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Archives for May, 2008

To Jott or Braincast…which one is for ME?

 

  
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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TINYURL..what the heck is that?

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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PD360 Anyone?

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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