Friday, February 22, 2013

Gadgets and Widgets for Blogs

RECOMMENDED GADGETS FOR YOUR BLOG

  • TEXT   I recommend you make a text gadget with a photo of you, basic information. 
  • BLOG LIST  --   display you favorite list of blogs about children’s literature (starting point, use the recommended children’s lit blogger I provided.
  • LINK LIST --- create alist of best websites for supporting children’s literature.
  • LABELS    By using labels, you create an index of the topics for your posts.
  • SEARCH BOX  --  this would allow viewers to search your site for specific words in posts.
  • SLIDE SHOW   Use some special photos of you teaching, your reading, special books – use covers for photos
  • Remember to add gadget you go to template select the area of the page, choose add gadget.      Notice on the left margin it list basics   THERE ARE 27.    Go to MORE GADGETS you will see there are 1174!   Check them out.     SOME TO CHECK ARE BELOW;   PS  I would avoid gadgets like funny quotes, fish swimming on the page, - less formal for a teacher site.
  • Additional gadgets include
  • Amazon MP3 Clips
  • Flickr photo strEam – Flickr is one of my favorite websites to use with photos
  • PICASA PHOTO STREAM  -  My first favorite for photos.
  • PDF Man --   just saw this one, have not tried it – but think it should be a Great One.   You could add your PDF files – Author Study and Annotated Bib to your Blog Site!    (I only made it through 300, you can check even more.)
RECOMMENDED WIDGETS FOR YOUR BLOG 

Good Reads   How to Add Goodreads Widget to Your Blog
Shelfari  How to add Shelfari Widget to Your Blog

Where to get Widgets
  1. WidgetBox.comThe definite go-to place to find and build your own widgets.
  2. SpringWidgets.comAnother great source for widgets from many of your favorite sites on the web. User reviews and comments help you find the perfect widget for your blog.
  3. Widgipedia.comLike the two sites above, wigipedia is a huge and growing collections of widgets of all types and sizes.


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