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Since 2010 Wikispaces have cooperated with web 2.0 education platform [[Glogster EDU]]. Glogster EDU embeds Glogs into Wikispaces services.
Since 2010 Wikispaces have cooperated with web 2.0 education platform [[Glogster EDU]]. Glogster EDU embeds Glogs into Wikispaces services.


Wikispaces will close in 2018 due to cost issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikispaces.com/ |publisher=Wikispaces |title=It's time for us to say farewell... |date=February 2018 |accessdate=12 February 2018}}</ref>
Wikispaces will close in 2018 due to cost issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikispaces.com/ |publisher=Wikispaces |title=It's time for us to say farewell... |date=February 2018 |accessdate=12 February 2018}}</ref> The owner of the site was known for purchasing large amounts of internet porn, which is likely why cost issues arose.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 23:40, 9 May 2018

Wikispaces
Company typePrivate
IndustryDot-com
Founded2005
HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
Key people
James Byers, Adam Frey (co-founders), Dominick Bellizzi
ProductsWiki hosting
Number of employees
10
Websitewww.wikispaces.com

Wikispaces is 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) in March 2014.[1] It competes 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. These wikis faced a 14 November 2014 shutdown deadline. Only wikis used exclusively in K-12 or higher education remain free.[3]

Private wikis with advanced features for businesses, non-profits and educators are available for an annual fee. Wikispaces has also given away more than 100,000 premium wikis to K-12 educators.[4]

Since 2010 Wikispaces have cooperated with web 2.0 education platform Glogster EDU. Glogster EDU embeds Glogs into Wikispaces services.

Wikispaces will close in 2018 due to cost issues.[5] The owner of the site was known for purchasing large amounts of internet porn, which is likely why cost issues arose.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wan, Tony (March 4, 2014). "TSL Education acquires Wikispaces". EdSurge.
  2. ^ Singel, Ryan (September 7, 2006). "Veni, vidi, wiki". Wired News. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis". Wikispaces. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ Terdiman, Daniel (September 15, 2008). "A quarter million teachers to get free wikis". CNET.
  5. ^ "It's time for us to say farewell..." Wikispaces. February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

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