Students will become familiar with this genre and, after searching for topics of interest in the newspaper, will use an online tool to begin planning their own letter to the editor.
The easiest way to get started writing gadgets is to use the Google Gadgets Editor (GGE). GGE lets you edit gadget specs and click Preview to see the live results of your changes, without even leaving the Developer Guide. You can also use GGE to save, host, and publish gadgets. See File Menu Commands for a list of the operations you can perform in GGE.