TOP 100 TOOLS
PBworks

PBworks (previously PBwiki) is a hosted collaboration solution suitable for businesses and education.
 

Website	www.pbworks.com
Cost	Free (also paid for premium editions)
Availability	Online
2007 ranking	43=
2008 ranking	35=
2009 ranking	34
Directory of Learning Tools	Wiki tools

Comments from some of those who selected PB Wiki as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2009

• For easy organizing the learning content Malinka Ivanova
• great way for prospective teachers to create and share safely their teaching portfolio; I am able to provide them feedback here, as well; unlike other online portfolios, such as LiveText, pbworks is free and can go with them after graduation and into their own classroom  Sarah Davis
• I have wikis for everything from the business plan to project planning to my doctorate. This is a fabulous way to work collaboratively and share files with distributed teams. (Carol Skyring)

Comments from those who selected PB Wiki as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

• "mainly for archiving goodies, somewhat for collaboration"  Jay Cross
• "I almost stopped using wikis about a year ago, but PBwiki brought me back with all kinds of new plug-ins and added functionality, plus it is ad-free for educators"  Barry Dahl
• "We are running our intranet or ‘Knowledge Pod’ on this. Cool, flexible and easy too use. Even a drunken monkey can use it."  Anol Bhattacharya
• "Lovely easy wiki software that anyone can pick up and use."  Phil Bradley
• "We use PB wiki to create wikis for class projects. They are replacing pathfinders that were static pages – the fact that users can edit pages has created another level of interaction in the development of resources for learning."  Jenny Luca
• "A couple of projects I have worked on lately have used PBWiki as a collaboration tool. It’s hard to beat for ease of use"  Jeff Cobb

Comments from those who selected PB Wiki as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007

• "For working collaboratively with colleagues, I set up wikis.  PB Wiki is great for this, especially as it is free, and I can quickly set up a space for any project I want.  PB Wiki has recently released some new features including a shared calendar and  spreadsheets."  Jane Hart
• "Pbwiki was beautiful in appearance before it was WYSIWYG in use, so I set up my business website using it"  Joan Vinall-Cox
• "We are running our intranet or ‘Knowledge Pod’ on this. Cool, flexible and easy too use. Even a drunken monkey can use it."  Anol Bhattacharya
• "amongst many free wikis this is my favourite one and which I not only promote for use with students, but use myself in my courses and module"  Nicole Cargill-Kipar
• "I like some of PBWiki's more advanced features, like being able to add a YackPack chat to the wiki and the option to easily create a portfolio"  Michele Martin
• "I’m using it to collaboratively collect evidence for an action/case  (to be held in early 2008) to learning technologies"  Gianni Marconato