Thing 12

I do not understand how to embed code.  Check back Monday for some awesome doodling widget I want to add.  I did add a gadget to the left.  It is a building list of artists I admire.

UPDATE:

If you have noticed I have figured out how to add a widget.  To save face I would like to add that the widget that I was trying to add from WidgetBox actually had bugs in it.  I was unable to embed the code.  So it wasn't that I did not know how, it was that I did not trouble shoot with other widgets.  Lesson learned. 

As for widgets, I can not think of many that would benefit a classroom blog.  I do not like that the load time of my blog has been increased do to the widget I added.  They can be buggy.  I would rather a student or teacher visit my site and see a sleek minimal design with good content than I crowded site that will not load properly. 

However, there may be more useful tools that would not take the same amount of load time.  I could only think of three useful widgets to add to my art class blog.  A poll or questionaire to check for student involvement and understanding, a countdown clock to the end of the year or special event, and a slide show of student work.