[TIPS] Google Gadgets on your wiki or web page

I’m sure this is coming as no surprise to many folks, but I didn’t make the connection until just moments ago. I knew that you could put google gadgets on your desktop, but did you know that you can also put them on your web page or wiki? http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open&source=cbos&cat=all

There are hundreds of them from which to choose, and they are sorted by category. Some samples include a stock chart, or weather modules, or clocks, rss readers, YouTube players and search fields, mp3 players, pointers to Picassa web albums, your google calendar or links to your google docs, games (including Mario and Bejewled!), converters, and SO much more. Even flickr plugins – and Flickr is owned by Yahoo!

Teachers: Looking for a way to draw your students to your web page? You’d get ME coming back if you had Bejeweled on there somewhere. J

To add a plugin to your Wikispaces wiki, you first select the plugin you want. On the next page is a description of it. Click the button to Add to Your Website. On the next page you will be given the chance to modify it. Some only allow you to modify the colors and others let you specify much more. When you’re done with your customizations, click the Get Code button and the code will appear below. Copy and paste it into the appropriate place on your page or wiki and it’s yours!

Y’ gotta LUV this stuff, eh?

P.S.

For those who haven't done this in wikispaces, you click the blue "TV" icon in the toolbar that says, "Insert media." Paste the code in there, Preview it, then save it.