Informatics Educational Institutions & Programs
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| Company type | private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Dot-com |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Defunct | March 2014 (purchased by Tes Global); January 2019 (site taken offline) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Key people | James Byers, Adam Frey (co-founders), Dominick Bellizzi |
| Products | Wiki hosting |
| Website | www.wikispaces.com |
Wikispaces was a wiki hosting service based in San Francisco, California. Launched by Tangient LLC in March 2005, Wikispaces was purchased by Tes Global (formerly TSL Education) on March 9, 2014.[1] It competed with PBworks, Wetpaint, Wikia, and Google Sites (formerly JotSpot).[2] It was among the largest wiki hosts.[citation needed]
In September 2014, Tes announced that free hosting of non-educational wikis would cease. Those wikis faced a 14 November 2014 shutdown deadline. Only wikis used exclusively in K–12 or higher education would remain free.[3] Private wikis with advanced features for businesses, non-profits and educators remained available for an annual fee. Wikispaces also gave away more than 100,000 premium wikis to K–12 educators.[4]
Since 2010, Wikispaces had cooperated with Web 2.0 education platform Glogster EDU. Glogster EDU embedded Glogs into Wikispaces services.[citation needed]
Due to cost issues, classroom and free-level Wikispaces closed on July 31, 2018, while private Wikispaces closed on January 31, 2019.[5]
References
- ^ Wan, Tony (March 4, 2014). "TSL Education acquires Wikispaces". EdSurge.
- ^ Singel, Ryan (September 7, 2006). "Veni, vidi, wiki". Wired News. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis". Wikispaces. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Terdiman, Daniel (September 15, 2008). "A quarter million teachers to get free wikis". CNET.
- ^ "It's time for us to say farewell..." Wikispaces. February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- Abramson, Larry (November 29, 2007). "Illinois School Looks to Tech Tools to Teach". Morning Edition. NPR.
- Hagopian, Peter (September 10, 2007). "Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems". Information Week. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- Etherington, Darrell (December 8, 2008). "3 Key Web Working Tools for Students". webworkerdaily.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
