PBworks is a free wiki-based website that allows multiple users to easily collaborate on projects. It provides students and teachers a safe, monitored environment to work together online. Key features include version tracking of edits, private workspaces only accessible to invited users, and no advertisements. Teachers can use it to provide course materials, assign group work, and ensure students have appropriate online conduct.

1. Make a free workspace easily as Peanut butter sandwich.

2. PBworks is an easy-to-use free web page that multiple people can edit, it’s based on wiki technology.

3. Wiki means Quick in Hawaiian

4. In the classroom, P B works is a free tool that empowers every student to participate in group projects.

5. James has assigned a team research project. What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high quality work?

6. Converse Post ideas Respond Forum Write Publish Comment Create Publish Comment Converse Post Ideas Respond Share Edit Collaborate Engage Blog PBworks Three great ways to communicate with students

7. “ It's so easy to create a site to help guide students along with projects. I have found that it's a good way to make handouts available to students - I just point them at the web address. I post links to my PBworks Rockford's site so that parents can access project guidelines as well.” Justin Wylie Rockford High School

8. How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child predators? How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web? Mary wants to be sure her students are protected from the wider internet.

9. YOU control who sees your workspace You invite your students E ach student has a unique login and password

10. PBworks for Educator are free and never display advertisements NO ADS

11. Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on line. Will her students write offensive comments ? How can she monitor her students activity?

12. You have a history of every edit You are notified of every change

13. No more “dog ate my homework” Edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.

14. PBworks is Free and Easy to set up No IT department is needed!

15. Simply create a password and begin

16. Set it up and it works just like typing in Microsoft Word

17. Just like creating a Word document Easily insert Images and Video Just click and begin

18. Post a picture or a video

19. Teachers can make coursework and homework information easily available to both students and parents. With easy to use plugins you can create a calendar.

20. Quickly create new pages Templates designed with teachers in mind

22. For more ideas check out the PBworks educator page. You can find tips, suggestions, templates and a community of fellow teacher users. http://pbworks.com/education

23. Join the more than 400,000 teachers who have used PBworks for their classrooms, from elementary schools to Stanford and Harvard. http://cougarpedia.pbworks.com/ http://mrsangelacunningham.pbworks.com http://missb.pbworks.com https://andreclass.pbworks.com/

24. P B works is free, fast and easy to use. Create one now at www.PBworks.com