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=//Which Wiki Should a Teacher Choose?//= Which Wiki is best suited for educational use? The competition is fierce between [|PBWiki] and Wikispaces. Both are aimed at educational use and provide resources to help even the most technically challenged teacher join the wikisphere. The table below compares and contrasts key features of two popular wikis, PBwiki and Wikispaces.

There is an abundance of wiki software available to educators. A tool to compare a greater number of wikis is available from [|WikiMatrix.org].

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 * < ** Feature ** || **PBWiki
 * < ===Setup & ===

Inviting Users
|| Less than five minutes to create account

Invite users via email or add users with an existing PBwiki account

Individual who request access must be approved before accessing the wiki

Five user account permission levels

|| Less than five minutes to create account

Free [|"Plus" account] for educators

Submit student emails and pwords to Wikispaces to get student accounts

Four user account permission levels

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 * < ===Editing &  ===

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Page Formatting
|| <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">WYSWYG

Use template or customize pages

Plugins to insert widgets (includes equation editor)

Organize pages within folders || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">WYSWYG and HTML editing

Use template or customize page

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 * < ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Version Control  === || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Revisions accessed from link on page.

Versions compared using MS Word-like track changes markup

Delete button next to each revision

|| <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Color coded version tracking in when comparing versions

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Revisions accessed from link on page.

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 * < ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Discussion  === || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Comment feature below each article includes date/time stamp

|| <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Tabbed menu to access discussion forum

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> Private messaging available to contact other users ||
 * < ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Notification  ===

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">of Changes
|| <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Opt to receive and control who receives email notifications

Monitor changes via RSS feed or email. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Opt to receive email notifications of changes

Get RSS feed for space or page ||
 * < ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Page &  ===

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Space Security
|| <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Per-folder and per-page read-only, read-write and secret (hidden) page or folder settings

Password protected access levels

|| <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> Spaces can be public, protected, private, or locked

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> || statistics
 * < ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Monitoring Contributions  === || Premium account required to view wiki

Recent Wiki Activity links on sidebar. Less comprehensive data than Wikispaces. || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Usage statistics available for pages and individual members

Caution! Each "save" to a page results in an additional edit tabulation. Number of edits may be a misleading indicator of actual contribution to content. Click the number of edits to view pages edited with timestamps on each page.

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 * < ===<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">Additional  ===

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(104, 0, 255)">
||< <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Resources include: [|Education Wiki], info delivered via email, and, [|videos on help page]

||< <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Resources include: [|Video tours], help index, and Teacher FAQ

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