PBS Now Has Widgets!

A "widget" is media that is easily embeddable on a blog, wiki, or web page. If you know how to copy and paste, you can add some really interesting content to your web site very easily. YouTube videos are, in a sense, a widget. One copies the embed code, pastes it into an HTML editor, and VOILA, the video magically appears on your website.

I just learned that PBS now has dozens of widgets, which they are calling "Activity Packs", on their website at: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/activitypacks/index.html

Here's one from the Social Studies area that is appropriate for Black History Month:

Notice that in addition to links to PBS content, there is an "Activities" tab at the top of the widget.


And if you want to add a widget to your website, you just need to click on the "Grab It" link on the bottom right. PBS provides the HTML code formatted for a variety of social networking sites-- simply click on the appropriate button and log in to your account. Or, if your site is not listed, the embed code is easily copied with the Copy button.