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Company 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.
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.
Due to cost issues, classroom and free-level Wikispaces closed on July 31, 2018, while private Wikispaces closed on January 31, 2019.5
References
References
- Wan, Tony (March 4, 2014). "TSL Education acquires Wikispaces". EdSurge.
- Singel, Ryan (September 7, 2006). "Veni, vidi, wiki". Wired News. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- "Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis". Wikispaces. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- Terdiman, Daniel (September 15, 2008). "A quarter million teachers to get free wikis". CNET.
- "It's time for us to say farewell..." Wikispaces. Tangient LLC. February 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- Abramson, Larry (November 29, 2007). "Illinois School Looks to Tech Tools to Teach". Morning Edition. NPR.
- Hagopian, Peter (September 10, 2007). "Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems". Information Week. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- Etherington, Darrell (December 8, 2008). "3 Key Web Working Tools for Students". WebWorkerDaily. GigaOM. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2008.