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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2008
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ788693 |
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- Widgets to the Rescue Kroski, Ellyssa Computer Mediated Communication Internet Web Sites Access to Information Videotape Recordings Computer Software Library Automation Electronic Libraries A widget displays Web content from external sources and can be embedded into a blog, social network, or other Web page, or downloaded to one's desktop. With widgets--sometimes referred to as gadgets--one can insert video into a blog post, display slideshows on MySpace, get the weather delivered to his mobile device, drag-and-drop his Netflix queue into iGoogle, and much more. There's even a widget for "Meerkat Manor," which displays a video preview of the upcoming episode and fun facts about the Kalahari-desert dwellers. Widgets are also free and relatively easy to use. The one problem is there are just so many from which to choose. In this article, the author gives a quick tour of widgets, along with some picks.