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I don’t know why I haven’t used this free resource before.\u00a0 Today I was helping my wife with a presentation she is giving to a group of high school students that are thinking of becoming teachers.\u00a0 She showed me the URL for ODE’s teacher licensure information.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.ode.state.oh.us\/GD\/Templates\/Pages\/ODE\/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicID=1222&TopicRelationID=1283<\/a><\/p>\n Can you believe that?\u00a0 ODE re-did their web site last year and now most of their URLs\u00a0are more than 80 characters.\u00a0 For comparison, look at these nice short licensure URLs:<\/p>\n Arizona – http:\/\/www.ade.state.az.us\/certification<\/a> Unfortunately we are stuck with that\u00a0huge<\/strong> ODE link here in Ohio.<\/p>\n What if I could shorten it to<\/p>\n http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2ayfzy<\/a><\/p>\n That’s what TinyURL<\/a> does.\u00a0 Best of all, it is absolutely free.\u00a0 You don’t even have to give them your email address.\u00a0 You can go there right now with your super long URL.\u00a0 Paste that URL into the box.\u00a0 Your new 18 character URL will be generated.\u00a0 That URL will never expire.\u00a0 You can\u00a0distribute it\u00a0to as many people as you like and it works forever.\u00a0 If you ever forget that URL, create a new one.\u00a0 It takes five seconds.<\/p>\n BTW – Once you put a long URL into TinyURL, it will remember the associated short URL.\u00a0 If you take ODE’s ridiculously long URL and put it in right now, it will give you the same short URL I provided above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t know why I haven’t used this free resource before.\u00a0 Today I was helping my wife with a presentation she is giving to a group of high school students that are thinking of becoming teachers.\u00a0 She showed me the … Continue reading
\nFlorida – http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/edcert<\/a>
\nIndiana – http:\/\/www.doe.state.in.us\/dps<\/a><\/p>\n