Dear Reader,
It’s giveaway time! To celebrate the release of the family action adventure movie EARTH TO ECHO that opens in theaters on July 2, we are giving away a summer activity prize pack that includes:
* Nerf Super Soaker Arctic Shock Water Blaster
* Star Explosion Glow In The Dark Set
* Crayola 48 Count Sidewalk Chalk
* and much, much more!
Enter today and share the giveaway via Twitter and Facebook to earn extra entries.
See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
“Surfing the Net with Kids”
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Photo Sharing
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Photo Sharing Printable(** for Premium Members only)
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It’s easy to be overwhelmed by a growing collection of unorganized digital photos. And, as camera resolutions improve, file sizes get bigger, and even emailing pictures to friends and family becomes nearly impossible. Each of today’s picks take a slightly different approach to sharing and managing digital photos, but all of them are free.
Facebook
Facebook is the social sharing site we either love or love to hate, depending on the time of day. But it is exactly because of its ubiquity that it is a marvelous photo-sharing tool. We can use it on our phones, on our desktops, and even your elderly Aunt Martha has an account. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the privacy settings, where you can share with all your Facebook friends or create family groups to limit photo viewing. Even if your photos are not specifically private, you can choose to create a family group so that your work friends (et cetera) are not overwhelmed with pictures of the family’s newest little darling. Facebook is, however, only for those thirteen and up.
Flickr
Flickr is one of my all-time favorites for online photo management and sharing, and they recently gave everyone 1000GB of free storage. That’s one terabyte and it’s enough space for more than 500,000 photos. As for separating G-rated photos from the rest, Flickr asks users to categorize their own photos into three content safety levels: safe, moderate or restricted. Users can also set their search preferences to SafeSearch. As with most communities, policing is a public duty, so photos that are incorrectly flagged are usually reported.
Instagram
Although Instagram is primarily an app for smart phones, it does finally have a website for viewing photos, but not for uploading new ones. There are two ways to limit who can view your Instagram photos and videos. First is to set your account to private so that only approved followers can view them. The second is to individually control who can view an upload by using Instagram Direct. This is a separate tab on the Instagram app, and let’s you choose viewers on a photo-by-photo basis. Unfortunately there is no group sharing, so you will need to name each specific family member each time you share a photo.
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Photo Sharing Printable
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Surfing the Calendar
First U.S. Postage Stamp Issued Jul 1, 1847
Battle of Gettysburg Jul 1, 1863
First U.S. Zoo Opened in Philadelphia Jul 1, 1874
Diana, Princess of Wales’ Birthday Jul 1, 1961
International Joke Day Jul 1, 2014
Canada Day Jul 1, 2014
Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance Jul 2, 1937
American Revolution Jul 4, 1776
Thirteen Colonies Declare Independence from Britain Jul 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence Jul 4, 1776
Louisiana Purchase Announced Jul 4, 1803
Walt Whitman Published First Edition of “Leaves of Grass” Jul 4, 1855
Koko the Gorilla’s Birthday Jul 4, 1971
Pathfinder Landed on Mars Jul 4, 1997
Independence Day Jul 4, 2014