1. PBworks
In Online Learning
The Professional Development Series
in College of Education at Texas Tech University
Jongpil Cheon & Ninghua Han (March, 2010)

2. Web2.0, Wiki, and PBworks
Web 2.0
Wiki
PBworks

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

7. What Students Say

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 company’s 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
Grant School Technology CE5150

15. Camp syllabus

16. • Collaborate with fellow educators
Stanford continuing study program Camp Pbworks

17. • Multimedia Products
Video/Storytelling/Digital Book/Voice Thread

18. Live Chat Electric Map

19. • Others
Bio Conference

20. School Website

21. PBworks Quick Start
• Day1
• Day2 Please visit
• Day3 http://ninghuahan.
• Day4 pbworks.com
to download 7 days
• Day5 quick start.
• Day6
• Dat7

22. References
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
dnL00TdmLY&feature=player_
• http://isswikisandbox.pbworks.com/Everything
Wiki
• http://saisd.pbworks.com/Tutorials-and-
Resources#Web20Tutorials

23. • http://mrkospender.pbworks.com/#8thGradeR
eadingJournals
• http://extrabed.pbworks.com/Tamil+Nadu
• http://himssclinicaldecisionsupportwiki.pbwork
s.com/Common-Workflow-Diagram-for-VTE-
Prophylaxis-Discussion-Page
• http://grantlab.pbworks.com/
• http://edventures.pbworks.com/CE5150
• http://rfumsphysiology.pbworks.com/
• http://rfumsphysiology.pbworks.com/

24. • http://cspteachertech.pbworks.com/FrontPage
• http://camppbworks.pbworks.com/Surveys-
and-Graphs
• http://brazilbridges.pbworks.com/Cybersurfing
-with-Young-Learners
• http://camppbworks.pbworks.com/camp-
syllabus
• http://oboblsta.pbworks.com/OBOB-History-
and-Statistics

25. • http://jnthweb.pbworks.com/MyBio
• http://evosessions.pbworks.com/CfP
• http://cswl.pbworks.com/
• http://educators.pbworks.com/Plugin