Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Shortening URL's

Social Media and Shortening URL's

First, Over the past couple of days, social media has been flooded with prayer requests for Connor and then support for each other. A simple search of #prayforconnor or #teamconnor on Twitter resulted in many wise words from around the Metro area. Below are just a couple examples of where social media was for GOOD and for LOVE! Just one example of technology being able to BUILD COMMUNITY no matter where you are and what time it is.






Second, congrats to Jackie and Emily who earned a Jean's Day pass for using Symbaloo to share links with their students. Look for them in your mailbox!

Third, this week's Tech Tip is for shortening URL's. Think back to a lesson where you directed students to a certain URL? Did it take 5 minutes because of how difficult it was to type correctly? Well if you want a way to shorten the URL to something simple and easy to students type,  here are a couple site that you can use. All you do, it take the long direct link that you have and enter it into one of these sites and it will spit out a short easy nice link. You don't need to sign in or register at all!

1. Google : http://goo.gl/

2. Tiny URL : http://tinyurl.com/

3. Bitly : http://bitly.com/

No challenge this week- we've got enough on our plate! Stay sane, stay loved. :)



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