| A widget is any application that can be embedded within a page of HTML, i.e. a web page. You can use a widget to add content to your blog, website, Google homepage, Facebook...
A few uses:
- On the right is a picture of a widget that pulls in the del.icio.us bookmarks of edtechlive using a Feed. The widget is automatically updated as new bookmarks are added. This means that you can stay up to date.
- Widgets can also be used to "pull in" pictures from your photo Gallery. See the Flickr Widget on the School 2.0 blog
- An idea for the classroom:
- Place a widget on your classroom blog of all your learners latest posts.
- Place a widget of your learners latest tags.
- Place a widget of latest classroom photographs
- Create a "Homework widget"
- Place a widget of all the latest classroom discussions about a given topic
- .....???
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| How do I create a widget? |
There are quite a few third party platforms that makes the creation of widgets quite easy. More and more blogs allow for embedding code and widgets. All you have to do is to create your widget using one of the widget platforms, and then paste the piece of given code that needs to be embedded, into your html/blog page. Some blog platforms and themes do not, however, allow for widgets, so make sure that you choose a blog theme/platform that do! For instance, Google groups do not allow any code to be embedded -you are allowed to link to widgets.
| Some Widget- making platforms: |
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