Useful+Widgets

||  || thousands of widgets for your wiki, website or blogs || Possible classroom use: Weather - write a weather report script for a newsreader. Links with Science. || Links: Maths, health & Social Studies || Link: Social Studies || Link: English || [|Wordle] || allows users to create word collages || can use for spelling, creative language, identifying prior knowledge - compare with a final one ADD other ideas...[|Wordle] ||
 * Widget Box
 * Widget Box
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:green-word-a-day.gif caption="green-word-a-day.gif" link="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/green-word-a-day"]] || learn a new word each day related to the environment || Use the new word for the day in context in a report on an environmental issue. Links with Social Studies ||
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:world-counter.gif width="143" height="93" caption="world-counter.gif" link="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/world-counters"]] || world counter - gives a variety of statistics in realtime using a variety of reputable sources || Take a world statistic e.g. population of China and complete a related report or research
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:brainy-quote.gif caption="brainy-quote.gif" link="http://www.widgetbox.com/list/blidgets"]] || Quote of the Day from BrainyQuote. Enjoy a great quote each day and click on the author to view all the authors quotes. From BrainyQuote.com the largest, most user-friendly quotation site on the web. || Conduct an research inquiry on the author of the quote
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:bon-appetite.gif width="159" height="160" caption="bon-appetite.gif" link="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/fun-kids-nutrition-games-nourishinteractivecom"]] || click on screen to start playing Bon Appetit, a fun nutrition education game. See if you can aim fork to create a balanced meal! Free games 'PRO' share our widget it has no ads! Fun food and nutrition oriented educational, arcade style games- aim the fork to collect food items, learn about the food groups and create… (more) || Plan a dinner party using some of the ingredients collected in the game to create a healthy meal
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:shelfari.gif caption="shelfari.gif" link="http://www.shelfari.com/"]] || a site that allows you to add books that you've read to a virtual bookshelf || Students write reviews of books that they have read, opr read as a class and add them to the library ||
 * [[image:connectingcantycommunities:falshgear.gif width="184" height="41" caption="falshgear.gif" link="http://www.flash-gear.com/index.php?nhyp"]] || has many links to cool widgets that can add visual appeal to a wiki. The puzzles link allows you to upload images and turn them into jogsaw like puzzles that can be manipulated on the screen and range in complexity || download pictures of the world and students try to piece together or a face of a famous person. could use as a starter/catcher for a lesson. ||
 * [[image:English_notebook_cover.jpg caption="Wordle" link="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1059224/English_notebook_cover"]]