Cloud Photo Storage

What should I do with all these Holiday Photos?

This week's blog is not necessarily something you will use in your classroom. This was originally written to share with parents through school newsletters, but it applies to anyone so I thought I would share:

If you are like my family, you fill up your camera, tablet, or phone with pictures and videos during the holidays. You want to cherish these memories for years to come, but you also don’t want to have these photos and videos taking up valuable space on your devices.

Here is where ‘cloud storage’ comes in. Cloud storage means that you can upload your photos or videos to a web-based site that will store your photos for easy access from any device. This is a safe option, because if you were to lose or break the device that has all your photos, you would in-turn lose all your photos too. Had you uploaded your photos to cloud storage, your media would be safe. There are many options to choose from when it comes to cloud storage. I have shared a few of the more popular ones with you below.

Name	Site	Max. Free Space (Roughly 150-250 Photos per GB)	Other
Dropbox	www.dropbox.com	2GB	Can add free storage by taking surveys, connecting to Facebook, etc..
Flickr	www.flickr.com	1,000 GB	Does not upload videos automatically.
Google Drive	www.google.com/drive/	15 GB	Easy uploads to popular photo editing sites
iCloud	www.icloud.com	5 GB	Integrates with all apple products
Amazon Cloud	https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home	Unlimited**	** Must be an Amazon Prime member ($99/yr)

There are many other factors to consider like ease of upload, photo editing, album creation, etc. I hope you find the perfect place to store and preserve your families memories.