Greg Berthume’s Blog

I created my first CONNECT! photo album today. It was very easy! You can select mutiple picture files to upload and you can also put them in a ZIP file and upload a single file. Visit www.winzip.com for more info on ZIP files (a compressed file containing multiple files for speed and ease of distribution).

A new topic has been added to the Homeschooling category called “Homeschooling Pictures”. I’ve added the first photo album containing pictures of my son J.Jay disecting a sheep’s heart.

Here you can create your own photo album and add to it on a regular basis. Add pictures of your homeschool classroom, your kids, fieldtrips, etc. Any pictures you’d like to share with the community. Add as many photo albums as you like. Just keep the picture files (JPG) less than 100k in size.

I frequently use a free utility called Easy Thumbnails to shrink picture files and to create thumbnails. You can download and use as well. Visit www.fookes.com/ezthumbs It is a very easy to use utility.

Your digital camera is most likely creating files that are fairly large in size so that the quality is high. You will generally want to shrink the file (create a new smaller one but leave the original alone) for quick emailing and for uploading to HomeschoolersConnecting.com

Members can watch slideshows of your pictures and comment on any of them.

Enjoy!

Greg

Homeschool Graduates Now Considered “Preferred Enlistees”

After a long struggle, the military has now fully opened the door to homeschoolers. Homeschool graduates who desire a career with any of the four branches of the Armed Services are being treated as “preferred enlistees.” As a result of this change, homeschoolers will receive the same educational benefits, cash bonuses, and available positions in the Armed Services as any of their peers.

Read more about it at:
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2734

December 11: USA Today
More black families home schooling
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2729

Hi All,

I just discovered a new website that looks interesting: www.happynews.com

It focuses on “happy” news as opposed to most of the news at the other news sites which just seem to focus on death, catastrophe, crime, etc.

Welcome to my blog!

Here I will share with you my thoughts on homeschooling and more…

Pamela and I have homeschooled for over 12 years and our four children range in age from 4 to 19.

Check back frequently!

God Bless.

Greg Berthume