Widgets

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What is a Widget?
A widget is anything that can be embedded within a page of [|HTML], i.e. a web page. A widget adds some content to that page that is not static. Generally widgets are third party originated, though they can be home made. Widgets are also known as modules, [|snippets], and [|plug-ins].



Some Widgets
[|Widgetbox] [|Clocklink] [|YouTube] [|TeacherTube] [|Google Maps] Create a personalized map to embed on your blog or wiki. [|Maps.amung.us] With maps.amung.us you get to see exactly where your site visitors are from - live! Our maps update themselves on your site without having to reload the whole page. [|BubbleShare] Embed photo albums with audio and video captions. [|Sketchcast] You can “draw” on a whiteboard and record an audio explanation at the same time. [|Slide.com] Embed a slideshow into your blog or wiki. [|Slideshare.comClustrmaps] See at a glance //where// your site's visitors are located: instantaneously, even when the numbers are enormous! //Visitors don't need to click on anything: just viewing your page is sufficient. [|Read the Words.com]//Will read the words on a webpage or blog. [|Voki]Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters… animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone. [|Showbeyond] Create a slideshow to embed into your blog or wiki. [|The Weather Pixie] The WeatherPixie is a little graphic that shows a representation of the weather using data reported (mostly) by airports and aerodromes around the world.As the weather in a particular location changes, the characters clothes will reflect the weather and the graphic will show rain, snow, airborne particles and changes in cloud cover. Daylight, sunset and current moon phase are also displayed.

[|Voice Thread] Group conversations around images, docs and videos. Transform your presentations, projects and media into rich collaborative spaces. [|Flaming Text] Create an animated or nonanimated logo for your wiki. [|Sonific] Find the music you like, create your playlists [|YourMinis] The place to find widgets for your blog and wikis. [|Flip Books] Create online scrapbooks [|CircaVie] Create timelines with images and/or videos and text descriptions [|MyVox] Many applications, including voiceMaps which adds audio to a Google map [|SlideShare] The world's largest community for sharing presentations.