Company:Wikispaces
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| 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. https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-03-04-tsl-education-acquires-wikispaces.
- ↑ Singel, Ryan (September 7, 2006). "Veni, vidi, wiki". Wired News. http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/09/71733.
- ↑ "Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis". Wikispaces. September 16, 2014. http://blog.wikispaces.com/2014/09/wikispaces-is-no-longer-offering-free-non-education-wikis.html.
- ↑ Terdiman, Daniel (September 15, 2008). "A quarter million teachers to get free wikis". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10041911-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware.
- ↑ "It's time for us to say farewell...". Wikispaces. February 2018. http://blog.wikispaces.com/.
- Abramson, Larry (November 29, 2007). "Illinois School Looks to Tech Tools to Teach". Morning Edition (NPR). https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16709807.
- Hagopian, Peter (September 10, 2007). "Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems". Information Week. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805279&pgno=4&queryText=&isPrev=.
- Etherington, Darrell (December 8, 2008). "3 Key Web Working Tools for Students". webworkerdaily.com. http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/08/3-key-web-working-tools-for-students/.
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