This document discusses Web 2.0, wikis, and the wiki platform PBworks. It defines Web 2.0 as web applications that facilitate information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration. Wikis are described as websites that allow groups to collaboratively create and edit content without technical expertise. PBworks is a wiki platform formerly known as Pbwiki that is aimed at businesses, non-profits and education for collaboration. The document provides reasons for using PBworks and wikis in education, including for cooperative learning, projects and active learning strategies. It gives examples of how PBworks has been used for class participation, sharing resources, and educator collaboration.
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1. PBworks
In Online Learning
The Professional Development Series
in College of Education at Texas Tech University
Jongpil Cheon & Ninghua Han (March, 2010)
3. Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is associated with
web applications that
facilitate interactive
information sharing
interoperability
user-centered design
collaboration on the World
Wide Web
4. Web 2.0
Web 2.0 include
web-based communities
hosted services
web applications
social-networking sites
video-sharing sites
wikis
blogs
mashups
folksonomies
5. Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows
a group of people to create and
edit the website contents
without any special technical
knowledge or tools.
wiki = Hawaiian for quick or
fast. Or, What I know is.
6. Why Use a Wiki?
Allows for pedagogical strategies
Cooperative learning
Active learning
Project-based learning
Authentic instruction
Inquiry
Constructivism
Differentiated instruction
8. Pedagogy of a Wiki-Centric Classroom
Classroom
Instruction
Teacher Student
Created Created
Wiki
Online Online
Content Content
Cooperative
Learning
9. Pbwiki and Pbworks
Pbwiki, a startup that specializes in
helping businesses, non-profits, and
educational institutions collaborate via
wikis.
Name change from Pbwiki to Pbworks
reflects the companys expansion into
offerings and functionality that extend
beyond just a wiki. That is his history.
10. Why use Pbworks in Education?
Education Features
Encourage classroom participation
Encourage group projects
Keep a complete audit trail
Invite Students easily
Collaborate with fellow educators
11. Security Features
Access Controls
Page- and Folder-level Access
(Premium)
Hideable and Lockable Pages
(Premium)
12. How to use Pbworks in Education?
Pbworks Plugin
13. Encourage classroom participation
8th grade reading Journals Nice folks in Tamil Nadu
14. Share class resources
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