Tech Tips

September 2012

Create a Personalized Wallpaper Slide Show

by Barbara J. Feldman September 24, 2012
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It is really easy to create a wallpaper slide show of your favorite family snapshots in both Windows and Mac. First up, we tackle Windows. To view the Mac tutorial, just scroll down or click here. Windows In Windows 7, click on your desktop, and choose Personalize. Choose Desktop Background Slide Show, and chose a [...]

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How to Use Dropbox to Share Family Photos

by Barbara J. Feldman September 20, 2012
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Dropbox is one of my favorite cloud storage platforms because of the variety of tools they offer that make it dead simple. Reasons Why Here’s a rundown of reasons to use Dropbox: 1) They have software for all the major computer platforms (Mac and Windows) that allow you to use Dropbox as a local folder. [...]

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Digital Citizenship for Middle School

by Barbara J. Feldman September 18, 2012
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This infographic from Microsoft describes the middle-school digital culture as one of stalkers, bullies, haters and drama queens. It includes an EXCELLENT evaluation quiz to ask oneself before posting online. 1) Am I sure this is a good idea? 2) Can this get me in trouble? 3) Could it hurt my reputation? 4) Could it [...]

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Risks of Social Media

by Barbara J. Feldman September 10, 2012
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Hi Mrs. Feldman, I have two daughters, 10 and 12. My 12 year old daughter recently reconnected with a friend she knew from 3rd grade and we took her to the movies with us 2 weekends ago. When I told one of my friends about the outing she pulled me aside and showed me the [...]

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Do You Use a Disposible Email Address?

by Barbara J. Feldman September 4, 2012
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Do you ever use a disposable email address to prevent being bombarded with mailings from a vendor or other website? There are several ways to do this, including a few services that offer temporary emails for just this purpose. If you’d like to consider faking out websites that ask for your email address, here are [...]

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