Talk for the Spring 2009 Bloomsburg University Instructional Technology Corporate Advisory Board meeting.
First upload. Updated version with better link listing and possibly audio after the weekend.
9. “A web widget is a portable
chunk of code that can be
installed and executed within
any separate HTML-based
web page by an end user
without requiring additional
Widgets compilation.”
13. Widgets
A widget is a mini-Web
application that can be put
onto a Web page, desktop,
blog, or social profile that
streams information in a
more consumable fashion.
45. IPhone changes dynamics of game software
industry
• “Only a few years ago, bigger guns, badder enemies and louder explosives
mattered most in video games.”
• “Now, small is beautiful, and Apple Inc.'s iPhone is largely responsible.”
• “...developers are starting to make shorter, less expensive games that are
released in more frequent installments. “
• It's not just the device that's having an effect. It's also Apple's App Store, an
online marketplace where users can browse through 25,000 software
applications from thousands of publishers.
55. Widgets for training and education
• Widgets deliver filtered information right on the user's desktop.
• A valuable widget presents the most relevant information that someone uses
daily.
• Widgets need to be available (at all times)
56. Common causes:
1. Email account
incorrect. Inst
2.
Smart help desks
Iframe tags are commonly used to add widgets.
Blog systems like wordpress also support widgets in sidebars, which can be added through the admin interface.
Data widgets used to created a ‘mash-up’ web page on Netvibes (Michael Wesh’s Netvibes page, http://www.netvibes.com/wesch#Intro_Class_Portal)
Netvibes also has a huge widget library (http://tour.netvibes.com/overview.php )
- According to Apple
Accessory Widgets – Totally self-contained, these do not require an Internet connection or any other application on the computer. A clock is an example of this type of widget.
Application Widgets – These widgets use another application, such as an address book or calendar, for a source and usually provide information in a simple interface.
Information Widgets – Designed to gather data from the Internet, these will show stock prices, top music lists, or other items from the web. These widgets will not work unless there is an active connection from the computer to the Internet.
Widgets are often about the use of the data outside of their original web site structure
