It’s Fall, Baseball is almost over (Thank Goodness!!), so, “Are you ready for some Politics?” (Bet you thought I was going to say Football, didn’t ya?)
Steve Dembo recently invited me to join his Fantasy Congress League via Twitter
Now while my husband is feaverishly checking his Fantasy Football stats & hoping his starting QB isn’t injured next week, I can fantasize about my political dream team having a perfect attendance record for the next big Senate Vote. (I promise, we really do have some things in common 
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Check it out for yourself (I’m in the EduTwitterverse Leauge) Come join our league, or better yet, start one of our own with your students!! An AP History teacher @ my school is- and they’ll probably kick my you know what in the stats!
Ever wonder what a widget is? You know, those cool-looking, picture-boxy thingies you see all over peoples websites? Here’s my everyday definition: "A widget is, like, you know…"
Here’s my techie definition: Essentially, a widget is a small program that can
be placed on your website/MySpace, etc. profile/desktop that can range in
function from a simple profile to a full-blown application. Like
many things in Web 2.0, widgets are hard to define but way cool!
What’s really cool about widgets is that they are mostly HTML, CSS, and Javascript,
which means that anyone with a browser and a text editor can create them! SpringWidgets.com is a great site where you can browse pre-existing, generic widgets & customize them for your own use, or even create new ones VERY EASLIY from scratch! Below is a widget I just created on SpringWidgets- took me about 5 minutes…
Countdown to DEN National Institute: California
Slide has a fun tool called Guestbook that is just that-
Create a guestbook for your blog/website users to share picture/video of themselves. What a great way to expand on the user-tracking concept!
If you haven’t tried out Twitter yet, they’ve added a few new cool tools, like a personalized Twitter Badge you can embed in your own blog-
Check it out- Have Fun- Then think about how you could possibly use it with your students…
Here’s my badge:
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