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Education

 * **Course Projects:** Students work with other students in their class or students in another country to do research and learn. Using text, images, videos and other media, they can build an online resource about any topic. http://mrbruceshistory.wikispaces.com/
 * **Student-Built Curricula and Textbooks:** What better way to learn something than to teach it yourself. Teachers are using wikis as places for the kids to build resources that engage kids with the material. https://thescienceclassroom.wikispaces.com/The+Science+Classroom, []
 * **Study Guides:** Students take notes over the course of the semester on their wiki, building a study guide that they can then use as they prepare for their exams. http://apenglishizzo.wikispaces.com/
 * **Out-of-Class Learning:** Instructors post questions which students then interact with and answer outside of class, students work on their wikis from home, distance-learning courses have their own online space for notes, discussions, and projects. [], http://ah-bon-french.wikispaces.com/
 * **Lab Group Notebooks:** The professor in the lab can add the lab protocols and policies to the wiki and the lab groups can share their research, outline procedures they used, and post their results for others to see. http://genefish.wikispaces.com/
 * **Professional Development:** Teachers support their own learning by sharing curricula, lesson plans, labs, and other resources with their colleagues. []

See many more educational examples at http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com.

Business and Non-Profit

 * **Company Intranets:** People work together on their wikis, share documents, find calendars and videos relevant to their projects, and monitor the work of their teams.
 * **Simple Project Management:** Teams set up wikis for every project, using them to explore, design, plan, and implement the creation of new products or services for the company.
 * **Collaborative Editing:** Use wikis as an easy way for multiple people to contribute to and review marketing material, press releases, technical specifications or other content for your company or organization. http://skillstandards.wikispaces.com/
 * **Knowledge Bases:** Employees use their wikis to gather information, links, videos, and documents about their customers, markets, and emerging trends. [], []
 * **Customer Outreach:** Share upcoming company news and product specifications or create an engaging environment to interact with your customers or constituents. http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/, http://yourvisionformassachusetts.wikispaces.com/
 * **Organize Volunteers:** Provide instructions for your volunteers and give them a space where they can easily collaborate on their own with other volunteers. http://rt1daycenter.wikispaces.com/
 * **Event or Conference Planning:** Groups plan and manage their conferences, workshops, and trade shows directly on a wiki. http://educon20.wikispaces.com/