Today I needed a quick way to get a web-link to students so I used bitly.com to shorten this URL:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=poster&ex=2&av=zwd150
to this:
http://bit.ly/17xetIO
Now I can quickly tell my students to type in the above URL address and they will quickly get to the choices for their project today. Other contenders: goo.gl, tinyurl, and ow.ly.
BONUS:
Just in case you are curious...the link goes to Microsoft Word poster templates that the students are going to use to showcase their 'Wonder of the World' project they will be creating. Microsoft offers a fantastic supply of templates on their website that is searchable by either the software package you would like to use OR the style of template you are needing. This has been a great resource to me for years and is always up-to-date with newer layouts and styles in publishing.
