Widgets explained
Widgets are mini-applications that may be embedded in websites, blogs, wikis, Nings, etc. They are often dynamic and interactive. You may use widgets to subscribe to RSS feeds and other push content.
Note: Most of the Digital Storytelling Tools and online Video portals provide embed code.
Finding Widgets
- NetVibes Ecosystem
- Widgets for Free blog
- Widget Box
- Google Gadgets
- Best Embeds for Educational Wikis and Blogs
- About.com Web Widgets
- ReadWriteWeb: Evolution of Web Widgets
- About.com: Top Widget Galleries
- Widgipedia
- SpringWidgets
- Embeditin (tools for embedding documents and web pages)
- Widgenie (create and embed charts and graphs)
- Widgets Everywhere (TechCrunch)
- Feedzilla
- WidgetBeat
- 50+ Web Widgets for Learning
- Britannica Widgets
- Widgadgets Widget Gallery
- MyBooo
- Wikispaces Widget Handout
- Top Ten Widgets for your Class Blog
- Education.com Free Widgets and Tools
- Using Widgets for Student Education
- Embedit.in (create embed code for any file or url)
News Widgets
- USA Today Widgets
- New York Times Widget Builder
- Washington Post RSS
- Washington Post Widgets
- Washington Post Time Space Widgets
- Reuters’ Widgets
- CBS News Widgets
- NBCU Widgets
- Time Magazine
- Twitter Badges
- Feedzilla News Widgets
- EdWeek Widgets
- Scitopia (science research)
Government Widgets
- US Government Gadget Gallery
- Government Widgets
- Free Government Information
- CDC Widgets
- EPA Widgets
- NOAAWatch Web Widgets
- Federal Citizen Information Center Widget
- FBI Widgets
- Open Congress
- Capital Tweets
- Open Secrets
- GovTrack(Congress)
- Library of Congress: The Commons (photographs)
- Library of Congress Flickr Photostream
Database Widgets
- EBSCO Searchbox Builder
- Gale Widgets
- Gale Publication Search Widget
- Gale Widgets for iGoogle
- Facts on File Widgets
- Alternate Facts on File Widgets (works better on wikis and blogs)>
- ProQuest Search Widget Creator
- ProQuest K12 Widgets
- SIRS, Login and go to Educator’s Resources to generate a custom SIRS Search Widget. (SIRS Leading Issues Widget
coming soon!) - WilsonWeb
- JSTOR Search
Presentation Widgets
- SlideShare
- AuthorStream
- Issuu (for presentations)
- Glogster and Glogster.edu (for embedding collage/posters)
- Digital Storytelling Tools
- Online Video portals
- Scribd
Assorted Widgets
- PBS Teacher Activity Packs
- National Geographic Widgets
- Education Week Widgets
- Daily Quotes for Lifelong Learners
- EdTechWidgets
- Daily Language Arts Printables, Grade 5
- This Day in History
- Gigapan (allows for amazing zooming and moving around)
- EdWeek Widgets
- SuperStickies
- Cozi (calendar widget)
- Picture Trail (for creating an animated slideshow)
- ShowYourself (for true social networking transparency)
- ClustrMaps
- FriendFeed
- Twitter Widgets
- Twidget
- FlickrSlider (embed image sets, groups, etc.)
- Picasa (albums, images, slideshows)
- NetWeather
- Scribd
- PollDaddy
- fmAtlas (embeddable maps)
- PictureTrail (fancy slideshows)
- Voki
- PhotoFaceDashboard
- Periodic Table
- Learning Activities Widgets
- Learning Activities Widget Games
- Surfing the Net With Kids Widgets (Barbara Feldman)
- School House Widgets
- MuseumPod
- Feedzilla Music Video Widgets
- ProProfs (quizzes, flashcards, polls)
- Image Chef (image generator)
- Online Stopwatch and other cool tools
Book Widgets
- Shelfari (social networking too)
- LibraryThing (big book network)
- GoodReads
- GuruLib
- Random House Book Widgets
- BookBox (embeddable bookshelves)
- KidderLit (twitter chat about children’s lit & widgets)
- HarperCollins BrowseInside
- Go to GoogleBooksand click on the link icon on upper right for embed code
- Embeddable Google Books
- Google Book Search Widget
- JacketFlap
- JacketFlap: Children’s Book Choice Award Widget
- International Children’s Digital Library Book of the Day Gadget
- BookLoverQuotes
- New York Times Book Review Widget
- Scholastic Teacher Book Widget
- Amazon SlideShow Widgets
- Children’s Book Review
- Dewey Decimal Rap
- Renaissance Learning Widgets
Joyce’s post on book widgets as face-out shelving
Video (more at Video Search)===
- TeacherTube
- YouTube (choose frame and size)
- TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
- Academic Earth (video lectures by top scholars)
- TeacherTV
- SchoolTube
- ScholarSpot
- ForaTV (issues and ideas changing the world from universities and conferences)
- Snagfilms (free full-length documentaries)
- Free Documentaries
- Top Documentary Films
- JohnLocker (documentaries)
Personal Information Portals
- NetVibes
- PageFlakes
- iGoogle
- SproutBuilder
- Yahoo! Pipes
- Protopage
- LibGuides (pay service)
Map Widgets
Posters
- SproutBuilder
- Glogster and Glogster.edu (for embedding collage/posters
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