The US Centers for Disease Control has a widget for to help consumers keep up to date on the Food & Drug Administration recalls of peanut butter products. You can add the widget to your web pages. Or add it to your own iGoogle home page. The FDA is also sending out updates via twitter. [...]
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Google Gadgets & Library Search
Last year I fiddled around with creating some simple Google Gadgets for the catalogs of my local library systems. Mostly to figure out how to create them, but also because I’m lazy. I wanted easy access to all my local library catalogs in one place, on an iGoogle page.
I haven’t looked at editing gadgets [...]
Studiyo – fun quiz creator
Making quizzes just keeps getting easier and more fun. studiyo has a great interface that lets you create multiple choice quizzes and easily embed them in your blog or other web page. Quizzes can include images, video, and text. Other options include: choice of layout, addition of your own logo, feedback from users, [...]
Video, slidehows, photos – widgets add fresh content to your web site
Ever wondered how to add a flickr slideshow to your website? Or a YouTube video? Or a PowerPoint slideshow? Check out this great article by Aaron Schmidt: Widgets and Widgetry for Librarians: Copy, Paste, and Relax in MultiMedia & Internet@Schools (Posted Mar 1, 2008)
Widgets pull in updated content, making your web site less static [...]
