PB Works in the Classroom

a safe way to enhance research and collaboration

Why Use PB Works?

For Research:

teachers can create assignment pages with links to relevant sites to support student research

students can access this information from any computer

integrates use of print and online sources

Why Use PB Works?

For Collaboration:

teachers/librarians can add helpful content to each other’s pages

students can post questions/comments on discussion pages

provides easy way to communicate with other schools about similar projects

Incorporating More Technology

PB Works provides access to other collaborative technologies and multimedia such as Skype for discussions, and posting videos, audio, and documents from TeacherTube.

By accessing this technology in the classroom, students are able to learn how to use it effectively and appropriately

PB Works in Use

PB Works is already in use world wide. Here are some examples of schools who have made them part of the daily routine

http://prhslibrary.pbworks.com/ (a school library’s home page)

http://1984vlaskamp.pbworks.com/Country-Comparisons (a teacher’s assignment page)

Getting Started

It is very simple to create with a setup similar to MS Word

Here is a screencast to get started: http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter-createpage

Making PB Works Secure

teachers are able to control who adds content and who is able to view the pages

posts from others can be viewed by the creator before they are published on the page

http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter-setpagesecurity

Creating Student Accounts

Each student is able to have an account with a username and password

teachers can create settings of who has access to which pages

http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter-classroomaccounts

Educator Support Community

http://educatorforum.pbworks.com/forum/category/pbwiki-educator-community-topics/page1/

Educators can post questions and share what has worked for them. This promotes communication and collaboration that can improve student’s learning and everyone’s technology skills

Time to get Started!

Visit http://pbworks.com/ to try it out for yourself!