tinyURL

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Resources:
[|Notlong]: This website does the same thing as tinyURL; however, instead of randomly giving you a url (which is what tinyURL does), you are able to pick the name.

Strengths:

 * Free!
 * Allows one to turn a url such as: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqmap.x=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bIgpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH3Q6OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvNlygTRMzqazPStrN%252f1YzA0oWEWLwkHdhVHeG9sG6cMrfXNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsKC9n8jslz%252fo188N4g3BvAJYuzx8J8r%252f1fPFWkPYg%252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCP" into "http://tinyurl.com/6
 * Helps reduce the likelihood someone will write down the wrong url
 * Easy to use
 * There is an option to add tinyURL to the toolbar, thus allowing one to create a tinyURL with the click of a button.

Weaknesses:
> to the toolbar.
 * There are a variety of links students could click on that would redirect them to other websites. However, this weakness is solved by adding tinyURL
 * Some school districts may have the website blocked.

Opportunities:

 * If you are using twitter in the classroom, students are able to link to other pages and still have some characters left to describe the link
 * Create an easy-to-remember URL

Threats

 * While visiting tinyURL, students may click on the ads and be redirected to potentially harmful websites.

Ideas for the classroom:
> difficult to create long sentences; however, if the students incorporated tinyURL, they would be able to link to pictures or other websites, thus > helping to explain their story. > and administrators.
 * Under the twitter section, an idea for the classroom involved having students create an ongoing story. The small character limit on twitter makes it
 * Teachers (and students) can verbally share websites with one another without having to write an extremely long URL.
 * Teachers can shorten their class blog and/or class wiki URL, thus allowing them to share the link much more efficiently with parents, colleagues,