Posted on May 27th, 2008 by mnichol1
Does this sounds familiar…your driving home from school and remember something (or multiple things) you forgot to complete. While driving, you scramble for a writing tool to inscribe a message on anything available (napkin, store receipt, hand, dashboard, etc.) before it escapes your memory! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could simply use your cell [...]
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Filed under: Cool Tools!, Web 2.0 Tools and Beyond
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by mnichol1
Good question! TinyURL is a free service to make posting long URLs easier. For instance, have you ever looked at the homepage URL for the Office of Special Education? The full address is: http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50990419143321/blank/browse.asp?383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=67732&50990419143321Nav=|1400|1759|&NodeID=1759&50990419143321Nav=|2982|&NodeID=2982.
WOW…that’s 175 characters! Imagine the difficulty in trying to copy that URL link into the body of an e-mail or word processing document [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by mnichol1
The Department of Instruction has purchased a subsciption to PD360 for all licensed employees within LCPS. PD 360 provides on-demand access to professional development addressing a variety of “hot” topics in education. Users can search through hundreds of indexed video segments featuring renowned experts and real classroom examples from schools across the nation. To access [...]
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Filed under: LCPS Administrative Network, LCPS Instructional Network
