Category Archives: General

Do wikis make a difference in the way students collaborate?

As more universities adopt web 2.0 technology, administrators want to know exactly how students are using these tool and what benefits they bring. Campus Technology addressed this question in their latest article “Wikis, Blogs, & More, Oh My!’ Here are two different ways Universities are using wikis, and their results: Professor Kane at Boston UniversityContinue reading “Do wikis make a difference in the way students collaborate?”

Getting a "read only" message?

[9:09pm] If you’re getting a “read only” message on your wiki, our engineers are performing unscheduled maintenance and are currently working to restore full wiki access. We estimate restoring full access by 1am PST. Your data is safe. We’ll continue updating this post with the newest developments. If you have any questions, please leave aContinue reading “Getting a "read only" message?”

Use wikis to build your online classroom

Our educators portal has some great examples of teachers actively using wikis to build class networks, improve student learning and encourage open discussion and collaboration. But how did all these teachers get to this point? If you find yourself asking this question, we’re here to help! Tune in to tomorrow’s webinar to find out theContinue reading “Use wikis to build your online classroom”

Free tools to drive adoption of PBwiki within your organization

So you’ve created your first PBwiki.  Now the question is, how do you get the rest of your organization to adopt it? We’re here to help.  Just this week, I held a webinar on “Driving Adoption of PBwiki“.  For an hour, we talked about how you can use the four keys to driving adoption (structure,Continue reading “Free tools to drive adoption of PBwiki within your organization”

Using PBwiki to manage your projects

We just finished up another great webinar today, focused on using PBwiki for project management.  We spent an hour going over how you can use PBwiki templates and folders to build your own project management system, and answered a whole bunch of questions from users. To watch this and other recorded webinars, or to signContinue reading “Using PBwiki to manage your projects”

Announcing the Executive's Guide to Seven Wiki Essentials

Today we’re announcing an executive’s guide to the 7 must-have elements of every successful wiki initiative. It’s perfect for executives and project managers introducing collaboration solutions into the workplace. This guide to seven proven wiki essentials distills best practices, lessons learned, and collective insights from PBwiki’s 30,000+ business customers—as well as industry experts—across various companyContinue reading “Announcing the Executive's Guide to Seven Wiki Essentials”

A PBwiki Webinar, Starring *You*

As y’all might have noticed from our Web site, PBwiki is now conducting regular webinars to help folks learn how they can use PBwiki to make their lives better: http://pbworks.com/content/webinars The reaction to these webinars has been so positive, that now we’d like to expand them to include PBwiki users. If you’d like to beContinue reading “A PBwiki Webinar, Starring *You*”

Transition your 1.0 wiki to a PBwiki 2.0

We’ve received tons of emails from beta users requesting to transfer their 1.0 wikis to the new PBwiki 2.0. We’ve already invited a limited number people to transition their wiki, and we’re excited to allow a few more users the opportunity to transfer to a PBwiki 2.0. When you transition you will be able toContinue reading “Transition your 1.0 wiki to a PBwiki 2.0”