How to Manage Classroom Digital Portfolios by Using Page-level Permissions in Google Sites

Earlier this week on the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page I re-shared written directions for using page-level permissions in Goo...

Wikispaces Improves Mobile User Experience

Wikispaces has good news for teachers and students who access their wikis through iPads and Android tablets. The latest update to Wikispac...

Wikispaces Adds GeoGebraTube to Their Widget Library

Math teachers who use Wikispaces may be happy to learn that Wikispaces has just added GeoGebraTube to their education widget library. GeoGe...

Bulb - Create and Share Collections of Educational Media

Bulb is a new service through which you can create, share, and browse through collections of educational materials. On Bulb you can create ...

Blogs vs. Wikis - Video Explanations

A question that I am frequently asked by teachers at this time of year as they start to think about going back to school is, "should I ...

Two Free Wikispaces Classroom Webinars

Earlier this year Wikispaces introduced Wikispaces Classroom. Like the standard version of Wikispaces that you may have been using for year...

Wikispaces Introduces a Brand New Look for Classroom Wikis

Wikispaces has been a great supporter of classrooms for years now. They allow any teacher to use their services to create wikis for free an...

Free Webinar - Building a Knowledge Base With Wikispaces

Next Tuesday, January 22, Wikispaces is hosting a free webinar for people who are interested in learning how to use the free Wikispaces serv...

5 Ways You Can Use Wikis With Students

This week I'm taking a few days off to ski, play with my dogs, visit with friends and family, and generally recharge my batteries. If yo...

Wikispaces Introduces a Nice New Website Style

One of the questions that I am often asked is, "should I create a wiki or a website?" For a while my answer has often been to use ...

Wikispaces Updates Viewing and Editing on iPads

Wikispaces does not have an iPad app, but they do have a mobile-friendly site that was recently updated for a better iPad viewing experien...

Wikispaces for Education Boot Camp

Wikispaces is hosting a free online boot camp for educators interested in learning more about using Wikispaces in their classrooms. The webi...

5 Ways You Can Use Wikis

Today I had the privilege to participate in Discovery's Beyond the Textbook forum. One of my take-aways from the day's conversation ...

Wikispaces Adds a New Commenting Feature

My US History students are currently wrapping-up an assignment in which they each had to contribute a page to a Wikispaces -hosted wiki abou...

Wikispaces Now Offers Free Wikis to Higher Ed

To date, Wikispaces has given away more than 980,000 free advertising-free wikis to K-12 classrooms. Wikispaces has the stated goal of givi...

Wow! Qwiki is Engaging

In the last 48 hours since they opened up to the world, I've had numerous people tell me that I had to check out Qwiki . I finally did c...

Blog, Wiki, or Doc? Which Is Right for You?

Earlier today someone (sorry, I forgot to note who) posted a link on Twitter to this chart made in Google Documents. I did a little digging...

Wikispaces Updates Editing Options

If you're a Wikispaces user the next time you sign into one of your wikis you will notice some new editing features. Late last week Wik...

The How-to Series

Back in August I ran a series of five how-to posts. Those posts gave directions on how to use six Web 2.0 tools that can be used in any clas...