Wednesday, September 17, 2008

8. Adding a Google Gadget to Your Blog

If you look on the side panel of this blog, beneath the blog list, you will see a Google Gadget called "Reuter's News in Pictures". If you click on the Reuter's News picture, it takes you to the corresponding Reuter's news article.

These gadgets are constantly being updated - meaning that if you were to come back to this blog on another day, those 2 gadgets would display different content than what they are currently displaying. There are countless Google Gadgets that one could add to their blog! They can serve as points of interest for curriculum connections and blog discussions that you could use with your students. This is yet another wonderful way to engage your students in non-fiction writing!

Please view this video to learn more! "Adding a Google Gadget to Your Blog":


Your Turn!
Add a Google Gadget to your blog!

Discussion
Which Google Gadgets would you use on your own class blog? How would you use these gadgets? How might these gadgets foster learning?

Please share your ideas here! Simply click on "Comment" at the bottom of this posting and add your 2 cents! The more we share with each other, the richer we'll all be!

2 comments:

Paula said...

Of all the gadgets I see using for a library blog, I liked the poll and the photos. The photos could be the electronic equivalent to the "caught reading" posters. The poll speaks for itself - a quick way to gather information which could then be used as a basis for discussion or decissions. Which magazines would you like to see in the library? How often do you take out books? Why do you take out books? Would you use a blog to discuss books?

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