1. Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School Central Campus Proudly Presents Technology Night 2013

2. Take Control of Technology in Your Home By Mr Schneider

3. How to Get Started  General Technology Security for the Home  Protect your Home & Family from External Threats  Control & Monitor Technology Use in Your Home  Create a Technology Policy for Your Home  Create a Technology Maintenance Program

4. General Technology Security for the Home  Computer & Internet Security (Control Access – Create Accounts)  Wireless Network Security (Control Access & Encryption)  Surge Protection (If it plugs in – Protect It!)  File Back-Up (Create a System that works for You)

5. Protect your Home & Family from External Threats  Predators  Hackers  Identity Theft  Information Theft

6. Control & Monitor Technology Use in Your Home  Cell Phone Use  Monitor Usage (Calls & Text Messaging)  Know the Phone Numbers (Who are Your Children Calling?)  Television Use  Learn & Use Parental Controls  Have TV Program Knowledge  Computer and Internet Use (Create Accounts!!!)  Allow Different Levels of Access for Different Family Members  Become the Administrator (Learn it & Do it)

7. Create a Technology Policy for Your Home  Computer Use Policy (How Much & When)  Internet Use Policy (How Much & When, What and Who)  Video Game Purchase Policy (Appropriate Content)  Video Game Use Policy - Home & Portable (How Much & When)  Cell Phone Use Policy (How Much & When, and Who)  Television Use Policy (How Much & When, and What)  I Pods Video & Music (Appropriate)  Portable Game Players – Check to see if lost or stolen

8. Create a Technology Maintenance Program  Dust that Computer  Keep Computer Security Programs Updated  Keep Computer Security Program Subscription Current  Take Inventory of Computers, Phones, Game Players, etc  When does your Cell Phone Plan Expire? – New Plan  Create a Computer File Back-Up System  Implement your Computer File Back-Up System  Monitor your Computer File Back-Up System

9. You Can Do It The End