Wikispaces

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) in March 2014.[1] It competed with PBworks, Wetpaint, Wikia, and Google Sites (formerly JotSpot).[2] It was among the largest wiki hosts.

Wikispaces
TypePrivate
IndustryDot-com
Founded2005
DefunctMarch 2014 (purchased by Tes Global); January 2019 (site taken offline)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
Key people
James Byers, Adam Frey (co-founders), Dominick Bellizzi
ProductsWiki hosting
Number of employees
10
Websitewww.wikispaces.com

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 embeds 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
  1. Wan, Tony (March 4, 2014). "TSL Education acquires Wikispaces". EdSurge.
  2. Singel, Ryan (September 7, 2006). "Veni, vidi, wiki". Wired News. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. "Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis". Wikispaces. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. Terdiman, Daniel (September 15, 2008). "A quarter million teachers to get free wikis". CNET.
  5. "It's time for us to say farewell..." Wikispaces. February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.


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