New: Free social writing platform for teachers and students

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Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor writes, "In today’s news, we highlight a new, free social writing platform for teachers and students that incorporates real-time formative assessments and safe social networking".

A free resource for social writing and online learning offers new tools for students and teachers who want to use safe social networking, group learning projects, and real-time formative assessments.
 

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Wikispaces Classroom is the first streamlined platform from Wikispaces that is optimized for mobile devices to help meet the needs of students and teachers.

“We have always focused on helping teachers and students succeed by actively listening and giving them the tools they want,” said Adam Frey, co-founder of Wikispaces, in a statement. “We have taken everything we’ve learned from our users and created Wikispaces Classroom.”

To view Wikispaces Classroom, visit: http://www.wikispaces.com/
 
Wikispaces Campus, a solution for school districts and universities, will be available soon. Contact Wikispaces Classroom for more information by scrolling to the bottom of this page: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/classroom/about.

Source: eSchool News