Thing 12 Widgets

I'm not getting this at all. I copied the embed code for You Tube and pasted it under the "edit html" tab, but got nothing.

I use Firefox exclusively and had no trouble opening the two widgets. The Voki was very cute, but what would I say? A message to my students? Possibly. The Polldaddy widget could be very useful. I can see this being used daily.

There was an interesting scenario on Grey's Anatomy last week. A very disfigured person was having a "face replacement." Part of the eligibility requirement was having a support group to help with the transition. Apparently, he had met people online through his interest in orchids or something. They were to be his support group and unexpectidly showed up before the surgery. His refuseing to meet them in his disfigured condition disqualified him from the surgery. Long story short, he agreed and they turned out to be real friends and very suportive. Could this happen in real life. I think yes. The statistics for online mate selection, for example, seem to bear this out.

I thought having access to e-mail would be such a boon for communicating with students. This has not turned out to be the case. Apparently, no one e-mails anymore. The students don't check their accounts unless you specifically instruct them to, thus defeating the purpose. Facebook is the way to go. Unfortunatly, Facebook, et all, is blocked in our district and suspect it is blocked in every district. What to do?