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Bringing learning to life - Bringing Life to learning!

To start with, I think Project-based learning is the future of education. It puts students into real situations where they have to:

... I could go on for a while here!

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These are the skills the world, employers, charities and universities are crying out for, far more than any specific content schools might have traditionally taught. The world is changing too quickly to be concerned with static content and these general skills that enhance one's ability to learn new things quickly will be key to success in this century.

Fortunately, I don't have to cover PBL in much detail as there are a number of sites and Youtube channels that do it brilliantly, especially EDUTOPIA and BIE.

Here's Edutopia's introduction:

Just one Important distinction!

Project-based learning is not 'doing projects'. PBL is student-driven and specifically open to interpretation to ensure students learn through carrying out a project and not doing a project pre-designed by the teacher. They are driven to answer a 'big' question and carry out their inquiry and design in teams. They are also under pressure to present their results to a third party of some kind. The students decide on how to achieve the goals and are not carrying out teacher-designed tasks.

PBL APPS (version 1)

Here's my quick representation of PBL by iPad App. The process is not necessary linear but the apps might help you start various stages and help students and teachers understand the task at hand.

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Bringing learning to life - Bringing Life to learning! To start with, I think Project-based learning is the future of education. It puts students into real situations where they have to: Act professionally be a team player understand their assigned role Stick to deadlines as a team Problem solve Project manage Communicate ideas ...

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It's ann app that allows you to create activity sheet and distribute it to your students.

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A paperless classroom on your wish list? Going paperless is a hot topic in edTech these days and shows lots of improvement on the traditional style of teaching from a pile of papers. Even students are weighing in that paperless teaching has positively impacted their ability to connect with other students and their work.

Paperless Classroom

While some paperless classroom guides have great first steps on how to go paperless, determine the best technology to use for core elements of your classroom is the first step. If you've tried to create a paperless classroom, you likely ran into a few bottlenecks when trying to find the right apps for your classroom to go paperless.

If handouts are a huge part of your classroom, focusing on turning handouts digital is a great first step towards being paper-free. Handouts is a paperless student/teacher platform for tablet-centered classrooms that might be just what you're looking for.

Most classrooms making the transition to paperless focus on converting old paper handouts to digital form, students being able to easily and quickly use new digital handouts, and teachers' ability to review, correct, and grade handouts. Handouts' paperless classroom app looks to solve those problems.

With this paperless classroom app teachers can create handouts to distribute to students by taking a picture of a paper activity sheet or importing digital files they've already made. Teachers can select which handouts they want to distribute and send them to the whole class or individual students, all while saving paper and reducing classroom clutter.

Student Handouts

Once students are sent handouts they can open them on their tablet and use their finger or a stylus to complete the activity. After they've finished, students can turn in their work straight to their teachers, reducing lost homework and stacks of handouts on teacher's desks.

Teachers can grade student work from within the app and send feedback for students to review. With Handouts teachers can even select certain pieces of student work to put in a digital portfolio for a unique teaching experience for each student.
Paperless classroom apps like Handouts are a must have if you're making the transition to a paper free classroom.

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Handouts for a Perfectly Paperless Classroom - Class Tech Tips

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A paperless classroom on your wish list? Going paperless is a hot topic in edTech these days and shows lots of improvement on the traditional style of teaching from a pile of papers. Even students are weighing in that paperless teaching has positively impacted their ability to connect with other students and their work.

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Free Ipad apps for virtual trips

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Not every school has the resources necessary to take their students on an airplane . . . or spaceship. The iPad can bring the world to your students' fingertips in ways never before possible. Many national parks and museums have apps designed for onsite visitors. These navigational tools are also great for classrooms who can't make the trip. In fact, a variety of free apps can be used as virtual field trips so that children can travel the world from your classroom!

National Parks by National Geographic

National Parks by National Geographic is full of breathtaking pictures and information on National Parks including Acadia, Mount Rainier, Yellowstone and Zion. With details on weather conditions and interactive maps, this app is a great resource for bringing the National Parks to your classroom.

Gettysburg

For a virtual tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield, the Gettysburg Battle app can be used in classrooms commemorating the 150th anniversary of this Civil War battle. With information on a variety of sites at Gettysburg, including video clips and audio, you'll find plenty to support students' exploration of this historic site.

Getty Museum

The Life of Art app designed by the Getty Museum focuses on four items from their collection. With detailed information on each object, students can manipulate the artifacts by spinning high-quality three-dimensional images and tapping to learn more about the history and characteristics of each item.

NASA Earth Now

If you're looking for a trip on a more global scale, NASA Earth Now lets users view the Earth through a different lens. Whether you want a visual of daily temperatures or want to compare sea level in different hemispheres, this app can spark a conversation without a trip to Cape Canaveral.

Timeline - Art Museum

A trip to the National Gallery or Sistine Chapel might be out of the question, but Timeline - Art Museum will bring the works of famous artists to your students' fingertips. This app includes a variety of works including Rembrandt and Lichtenstein, to name a few.

Sphere

Formerly known as TourWrist, Sphere is an exciting way to bring the world back to your students. This app allows users to take a 360-degree panoramic photograph using an iPad or iPhone. Not only can you view user-uploaded pictures of the Washington Monument or Lincoln Memorial, but it's also a great way to document your own travels and share with students. Children can stand holding their iPad screen in front of them and turn in a circle to see the sights!

American Museum of Natural History's Creatures of Light

Although this exhibit is no longer on view at the American Museum of Natural History, the Creatures of Light app can bring the information from the show to your class. Students can explore nature's bioluminescence on land and in the sea with clear pictures, interactive widgets and a variety of videos.

Trees Pro HD Nature Mobile

If a trip to a forest is out of the question for your students, check out Trees Pro HD Nature Mobile. With information on a variety of tree species located in North America, the high-quality images and easy-to-read graphics will help students distinguish between different trees in the great outdoors.

Congressional Record

The Congressional Record app is a fantastic resource for teachers who can't take their students to the floor of Congress. Up-to-date information as well as archived text paired with some CSPAN clips can bring the United States Senate and House of Representatives straight to America's future voters.

How are you using technology to bring the world to your classroom?

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Travel the World From Your Classroom: Free iPad Apps for Virtual Field Trips | Edutopia

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Not every school has the resources necessary to take their students on an airplane . . . or spaceship. The iPad can bring the world to your students' fingertips in ways never before possible. Many national parks and museums have apps designed for onsite visitors.

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Converting Your ILT Resources To eLearning: 5 Questions To Consider

Classroom Training And eLearning: Why Blending Them Is The Right Choice

A Breakdown Of Blended Learning

The 6 Steps to Flipping A Classroom Infographic synthesizes the overwhelming to-do list of flipping your classroom into 6 easy steps that make the whole process a little less daunting.

6 Steps to Flipping A Classroom Infographic

1. Plan
Figure out which lesson you're going to flip. Outline key learning outcomes and put together a lesson plan.

2. Record
Instead of teaching your lesson as usual, record a video. You can do this however you'd like, just ensure that the lesson contains all of the elements you would have if you were doing it in the classroom in person. Make it interesting and engaging. Ask yourself: would I want to watch this?

3. Share
Share the video with your students. Explain that the video's content will be discussed and used in class

4. Change
Now that your students have watched the lesson, they'll be primed to delved into the topic in more depth than they would otherwise be. Go for it!

5. Group
A great way to explore the topic is to engage the class in group discussions. Separate the students into smaller groups so that everyone's voice has a better chance of being heard, and questions are more likely to be asked. Give each group a task and a goal to work towards.

6. Regroup
Get the class back together to share each group's work with the whole class. As questions, offer opinions, encourage discussion.

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Converting Your ILT Resources To eLearning: 5 Questions To Consider Classroom Training And eLearning: Why Blending Them Is The Right Choice A Breakdown Of Blended Learning The 6 Steps to Flipping A Classroom Infographic synthesizes the overwhelming to-do list of flipping your classroom into 6 easy steps that make the whole process a little less daunting.

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A few years ago,I used wiki with my class and I used Flipped classroom for vocabulary teaching without being aware of it. Before the lesson I put some vocabulary explanation and activities on the wiki and told students to study them.Then we revised them in the class. It wasn't a totally flipped classroom but later when I learned more about FC,it definitely has given me more ideas about how to flip my classroom.

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7 Must-Have Tools For The Flipped Classroom by first appeared on gettingsmart.com

The flipped classroom uses technology to allow students more time to apply knowledge and teachers more time for hands-on education. It's a continually changing strategy that evolves with technology.

Innovative educators are usually on the lookout for the latest technology breakthroughs that will help them better organize and conduct flipped classrooms.

The following tools are listed from most basic to most sophisticated and can be used alone or in tandem to make flipped classrooms more engaging.

Google Drive

Google Drive (Docs) has many advantages over traditional word processing programs, including real-time automatic updates visible to all users, a feature that enables robust discussion and sharing. Google Drive can be embedded into almost any online learning platform, and the program's growing popularity in higher education and the workplace makes it a must-learn for students of all ages.

YouTube

Ideal for first-time flippers, YouTube offers a user-friendly, universally understood platform for taped lectures and other educational videos. Teachers can structure coursework according to topic and create student "playlists" while enjoying basic video editing features, such as captioning, sound-tracking and trimming/stabilizing. YouTube.com/schools offers an ad-free format for uploaded educational videos, while YouTube itself remains the premier site for sourcing and sharing new material.

Teachem

Teachem is a timely and valuable resource ideal for teachers interested in a more structured flipped classroom but unwilling to commit to paid or complex programming. A limited-option learning management system (LMS), Teachem helps educators build classes around YouTube videos. Teachers can create their own videos or source from YouTube itself; flashcards and time-stamped "smartnotes" complement video learning. Teachem is gradually adding new features and functionalities, including an enrollment dashboard, extended link-sharing and a centralized teacher-specific (rather than course-specific) structure.

The Flipped Learning Network

A social media site open to first-time and experienced flippers, the Flipped Learning Network contains resources for all kinds of flipped classrooms while facilitating discussion, collective problem-solving and peer networking. As with other social networking sites, users create distinct pages and have the option to join a variety of groups organized around subject matter, physical location, level of experience and teacher resource (i.e., Camtasia, Edmodo), among others. The site originates with Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, authors of the seminal Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day. Other means of networking, such as the Twitter feed #flipclass and Bergmann's solo blog (The Flipped Class Blog) are also available.

Camtasia Studio

Perhaps the most popular screencasting technology available, Camtasia Studio is now in its eighth incarnation and has remained up-to-date with educational trends. Teachers can source new and existing screen-captures, PowerPoint presentations, webcam videos and even video games to create coursework that features multi-track timelines, music, animation and a variety of other visual effects. Proprietary SmartFocus predictive technology focuses visual presentations according to cursor positioning; user-controlled editing options are also available. Quiz-creation and sharing across mobile and tablet devices are included in Camtasia Studio, as is a recently rebuilt, high-quality screen-recorder. TechSmith, Camtasia Studio's parent company, offers educators a 40% discount.

Edmodo or Schoology

Beyond enabling activities fundamental to the flipped classroom, such as video lectures and e-readings, these comprehensive online learning platforms offer educator networks and resources, discussion and collaboration features, and grading and assessment options. Advantages unique to each include Edmodo's design, which is similar enough to Facebook's that students can easily master the former's basic functionalities, and Schoology's proprietary content-creation and curriculum-management resources. Schoology also offers quantitative assessment and analytics that translate hard data into quality instruction, feedback and remediation strategies.

With the plethora of tools available to enrich flipped classrooms, educators of all disciplines and philosophies should be able to find the right fit. Whether it's the foundational Google Docs or the sophisticated and broad-reaching Schoology, any tool's most important feature is the instructor's enthusiasm for its application.
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I am so impressed by how students have used tablets to personalise their learning. Edmodo,Imovie and bookcreator seem great apps for students to build confidence and gain independent learning skills.

Here is a link to some resources. Hope you find them useful.

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Resources for using tablets from Edutopia

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Resources for using tablets from Edutopia

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If you're a high school teacher looking for iPad resources targeting your needs, you've come to the right place. Students in grades 9-12 will engage with technology in different ways than younger children. They can create content, interact with their peers, and explore a range of topics using an iPad. Whether you're in a BYOD setting, in a one-to-one program, or simply looking to use one iPad effectively, this list has apps, activities, and ideas for your high school classroom.

Favorite Apps

Create Engaging Presentations With Free iPad Apps (Edutopia, 2015)
Students can become content creators on iPads with engaging presentation tools. These iPad apps are perfect for high school students looking to share what they've learned and create a product connected to the real world.

20 Awesome BYOD and Mobile Learning Apps (Edutopia, 2014)
If you're teaching in a BYOD setting or using a class set of iPads with your high school students, check out this comprehensive list of apps. Vicki Davis describes how each app can be used in your learning environment and offers tips for BYOD classrooms.

Test Prep With Virtual Tools: 10 Flashcard Apps for Mobile Devices (Edutopia, 2014)
There are lots of different study tools for iPads and this post covers a wide range. You'll find a handful of apps that can help students learn and review a wide range of subjects. Many include multimedia support and interactive games for students.

5 Apps for Making Movies on Mobile Devices (Edutopia, 2014)
This article highlights five different apps that can be used to make movies with tablets. Students can create high-quality videos that show off their creativity as well as their understanding of a topic. Their final product can be used as an assessment or shared with the entire school community.

6 iPad Apps for Creative Writing (Edutopia, 2014)
High school English teachers can choose from this list of low-cost iPad apps when using technology with their students. There are strategies for gathering ideas for new stories and ideas for how to publish your students' creative writing. This list includes a mix of resources for students of all ages.

The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now) (Edutopia, 2014)
Vicki Davis shares a wealth of apps and platforms that can facilitate teaching and maximize learning within a BYOD classroom and school environment. Her favorites include Explain Everything, ThingLink, and a few you've probably never heard of!

Best Practices

Empowering Teachers With Tech-Friendly Formative Assessment Tools
Formative assessment -- gathering information about student understanding before the big test -- can be easier and more efficient with technology tools. This article provides apps and ideas for teachers who want to check in on comprehension and mastery during a lesson.

iTunes U (iPad in Education/Apple)
If you're working with high school students who have access to an iPad, then iTunes U is just what you're looking for. This fantastic course platform gives teachers the power to organize class work and assignments for their students. If you aren't ready to build a course yourself, check out the resources available in another teacher's iTunes U course and share that content with your students.

1:1 iPads in Minnetonka Classrooms (Minnetonka Public Schools)
Schools interested in rolling out an iPad program with teens should check out this section on Minnetonka Public School's website. It provides video examples of iPads in action as well as resources that one-to-one programs can use as a model. They have handpicked apps to use with students, prepared a helpful guide for parents, and much more.

The 4Ss of Note-Taking With Technology, by Beth Holland (Edutopia, 2014)
Any system of note taking (digital or otherwise) helps students master cognitively demanding tasks if it provides support and helps them save, search, and share.

Engaging Activities

One Best Thing (iTunes)
This brand-new collection of iBooks, written by Apple Distinguished Educators, includes iBooks that outline engaging activities using technology and several that focus specifically on working with high school students. You can read them straight from your iPad to gather ideas on how to reach students using technology. Browse the whole collection; or check out these selections, which are perfect for high school teachers:

Using Tablets to Teach Sensitive Subjects (Teaching Channel, 2013)
In this video from Teaching Channel, a teacher uses tablets in the classroom to help students talk about tough subject matter. Instead of jumping into class discussion (where they might be hesitant to share), students use a screencasting app to record their thoughts. A teacher's guide and supporting materials accompany the video.

Travel the World From Your Classroom: Free iPad Apps for Virtual Field Trips (Edutopia, 2013)
This list provides an overview of nine, free apps for virtual field trips that can be used in your high school classroom. Instead of asking students to research a destination by looking in an encyclopedia, these apps can give teens a new appreciation of Gettysburg, wildlife, and outer space. Apps for virtual field trips are a great choice for all subject areas.

Accessing Multimedia Using QR Codes (Edutopia, 2014)
QR codes, an exciting medium for kids learning how to use mobile devices, are a natural tool for linking students to resources you want them to find.

Real Classroom Stories: Brandi McWilliams (Real Stories/Apple Education)
This site tells the story of Brandi McWilliams, a high school teacher in Kansas who uses iPads with her students. Watch a great video overview, and find examples of assignments that are perfect for high school English language arts classrooms.

What are your favorite apps or lessons for using iPads with high school students? Share a must-read blog post or resource in the comments below!

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Resources for Using iPads in Grades 9-12 | Edutopia

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I normally group students according to how well they work together and I try to include a student who has good organising skills. It's always a good idea to set a time limit. To ensure all students contribute to the task,I always get feedback from students how much a student contributes. That is,they explain their part in the task. Sometimes,it's stressful for students who doesn't enjoy group work,so at the beginning I try giving them simpler tasks in their group. It usually helps.

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Tellagami is an app that allows you to create animated videos. You can create your own avatar,add background image and record your voice.When you finish, your 30 seconds video is ready to share. You can use it in many ways such as;

-You can ask a question in the class and students send their answers via Tellagami

-Students talk about their reflections on a book or topic you study at school

- Students can send holiday messages to the teacher or to each other.

-Students can describe a place in their own city/country and send them to the partner students if they work in a project.

Overall,I like this app and there are so many ideas to use it. It's free and both for IOS and Android tablets. :-

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What kind of content can you produce with your class?

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What kind of content can you produce with your class?

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A few years ago I was teaching English Literature to 11th graders so students read a few books in this lesson and they prepared book reports. Instead of preparing book reports in an usual way ,I made my students use web tools to prepare them. They worked either in groups or as individually. First they brainstormed their ideas ,then they researched some sources and then they prepared their reports.Finally they published them on our class wiki.They enjoyed this process so much and they both developed ICT and foreign language skills. I taught them Glogster,Goanimate,Prezi,etc and made them choose the appropriate one for their reports. Now I think ı can make students use tablets for this kind of project. There are many nice apps for book reports.

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Because I've done an ITEC project before,I'm familiar with Learning Scenarios concept. But it's good to revise the key points here and how they can be used effectively in classes. It's always useful to have a framed plan or a map when you apply such projects in your classes because they will guide you throughout your project.

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Since I started working in my new school just a few months ago,I haven't started using Edmodo yet.I know Edmodo very well and I'm a big fan of it.I've used it for an online professional development course on teaching with technology (by EVO). I think it's easy to use and a good online environment to keep your students organised and it helps students work collaboratively.

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Module 1/Q3: What do I need to consider at a classroom level when using tablets?

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Module 1/Q3: What do I need to consider at a classroom level when using tablets?

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As in module 1 the instruction says,just bringing tablets to school doesn't work and I truly agree with that. First of all,we should plan before how to implement tablets in our teaching and also we should consider the pedagogy of it. I mean it shouldn't be just for the sake of using technology but it should be used to complement our lessons to make more meaningful and beneficial lessons for students.

Secondly,teachers must know how to use certain apps before trying them with the students.

And finally,when we have technical or pedagogical issues,we should work as a team with other colleagues to get over them.

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Module 1/Q2: What do I need to consider at a whole school level when using tablets?

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Module 1/Q2: What do I need to consider at a whole school level when using tablets?

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A lot of teacher training must be given to the teachers and technical support must be always easy to reach. Instead of applying using of tablets to the whole school,at the beginning applying it in one or two piloting classes makes more sense. Besides,students and parents must be well informed before starting using the tablets. Therefore, I believe there must be a clear,well-planned school policy on using tablets so that students and teachers can benefit from it so much.

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Module 1. Q1: Why do I want to use tablets?

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Module 1. Q1: Why do I want to use tablets?

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I want to use tablets because of the reasons below

it will motivate students

it will be more engaging

it will encourage team-work or group work

it is suitable for blended learning,flipped classroom and project based learning

it will develop students' critical thinking skills

I think it will move learning and teaching beyond classroom walls.

it will help students and teachers be more organised.

it will develop students' ICT skills

it will develop students' creativity

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My school is an academic school and students need to score a certain grade to be educated at this school. Last year 9th graders were given Android tablets because of a project called FATIH project that is run by the Minister of Education. So as teachers we were given android tablets as well. Honestly,I have my own Ipad and I use it more for my personal and school work. Also,in every class there are IWBs and we have one IT room.

Because of my husband's work I've had to change a few schools for the past a few years. In one of my previous school I started integrating technology by using a wiki and participating in e-twinning and ITEC projects. In my opinion they improved me and my students so much and added so much value in my teaching practice. Now,I'm looking forward to doing new and exciting things with my students in my new school. You can check out my class wiki here . foreignlanguageclass.wikispaces.com

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Wikispaces was founded in 2005 and has since been used by educators, companies and individuals across the globe.

Unfortunately, the time has come where we have had to make the difficult business decision to end the Wikispaces service.

We first announced the site closure in January 2018, through a site-wide banner that appeared to all logged-in users and needed to be clicked on to dismiss

During the closure period a range of banners were shown to users, including a countdown banner in the final month. Additionally, the home page of Wikispaces.com became a blog, detailing the reasons for the closure. Private Label Site Administrators were contacted separately regarding the closure

Wikispaces Tier

Closedown Date

Classroom and Free Wikis end of service

31st July 2018

Plus and Super Wikis end of service

30th September 2018

Private Label Wikis end of service

31st January 2019

Why has Wikispaces closed?
Approximately 18 months ago, we completed a technical review of the infrastructure and software we used to serve Wikispaces users. As part of the review, it became apparent that the required investment to bring the infrastructure and code in line with modern standards was very substantial. We explored all possible options for keeping Wikispaces running but had to conclude that it was no longer viable to continue to run the service in the long term. So, sadly, we had to close the site - but we have been touched by the messages from users all over the world who began creating wikis with it and now running them on new platforms.

The Wikispaces team

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I'm an English teacher in a secondary school in Istanbul. I've been a teacher for 18 years.

I like reading,riding my bike,swimming,cooking,taking photos and travelling. My wallpaper photo was taken in Scottish Highlands.

I enjoy integrating technology into my lessons and I have several apps and sites that I like using both for myself and for my classes.I'll share my favourite ones with you,as well :)

I enjoy using social networking sites for my professional development. You can find me on Twitter as @arzuteacher and I'm a mentor at iTDi (International teacher development institute)