Positive Uses of the Internet

1. APRIL 3-6, 2013, LONG BEACH, CA Positive Uses of the Internet These materials have been prepared by the CASBO Retiree Professional Council (or CASBO Associate Member). They have not been reviewed by State CASBO for approval, so therefore are not an official statement of CASBO.

2. Outline • Staying In Touch • Traveling • Online Shopping • Flyers and Invitations • Entertainment • Research • Banking • Security

3. Staying in Touch • Staying In Touch • Video Conferencing • Social Media • Email • Texting

4. Video Conferencing • Allows you to make video conferencing calls. • Skype • GotoMeeting • Spreecast • Google/hangout • Faceflow • mebeam

5. Social Media • Easy way to share information with a group or following • Facebook • Myspace • Pinterest • Twitter • Instagram

6. Do’s and Don’ts • Check your online security settings often • Don’t share information about your coming and going • Check what others are posting on your page

7. Email • Replaces the letter and post office • Allows for attachments • Formal/informal • Google – gmail • Hotmail • Ureach • Yahoo

8. eMail Do’s and Don’ts • Have at least 2 email accounts. One for junk mail and one for personal/business • Use the junk email for: • orders on-line • websites that require an email sign-on • Connections that might use your email for solicitation • Use the personal business email for: • Banking • Business • Family connections

9. eMail Do’s and Don’ts • Watch who you respond to – all or just the sender • Remember there is no tone or facial expressions in email – the reader applies their own • Others may get a copy of your email that wasn’t intended for their eyes

10. eMail Do’s and Don’ts • Don’t give out private information in response to any emails • Don’t give passwords, social security numbers or other personal information – all banks and finance companies never ask for this through email. • Change passwords at least once a year • Use passwords with upper and lower case and at least one number and one symbol

11. Text / Instant Messaging • Quick easy way to communicate • Abbreviated • Text • Via computer • Via cell phone

12. Traveling Easy way to shop prices and destinations • Traveling • Pricing • Research • Check-in • Updates

13. Travel Sites • Travelocity • Hotels.com • Orbitz • Priceline • Cheap • Kayak

14. Do’s and Don’ts • Read the fine print, some don’t offer cancelation or refunds • Price shop travel insurance • Watch for https in the address to ensure security

15. Online Shopping Great way to price shop • Online Shopping • Shopping helpers • Research • Price shopping

16. Online Shopping • Amazon • NexTag • Dealnews • Groupon

17. Shopping Do’s & Don’ts • Look for https:// in the webpage • Don’t pay directly from checking or savings accounts – credit cards and paypal give you protection for receiving your product • Read the fine print – some don’t offer returns or refunds • Watch for scammers if it is too good of a deal it probably is.

18. Flyers and Invitations Great way to design your own and price shop. • Flyers and Invitations • Electronic Invitations • Material for Paper Invitations

19. Paper Invitations • Uprint • Smilebox • PSPrint • Uprinting • Myscrapnook

20. Online Invitations • Evite • Greenvlope • Paperless post • Pingg • Punchbowl

21. Research • You can research anything on the internet – recipes, locations, information, job search, etc…. • Google • Yahoo • Ask • Bing

22. Entertainment • Movies • TV • News • Games • Music • Books

23. News • Newspapers • TV Stations • Yahoo • Google • AOL

24. Movies • Youtube • Hulu • Netflix

25. Music Music is moving away from CDs and online will be the only way to get music in the future. • iTunes • Amazon • Youtube

26. eBooks eReaders allow us to digitally download books on the fly and take them with us. Many are free. • Google • Amazon • Barnes and Nobles

27. On-line Banking • Ability to pay bills • Paperless statements and storage • On-line copies of checks • Account reconciliation • Home Deposits

28. Banking Do’s and Don’ts • Look for https:// in the web address • Look for the lock icon • Look for the banks name in the address • Don’t answer eMails from you bank – go to the bank and read the messages from there. • Never give out personal information.

29. Security • Things to watch out for and how to protect ourselves • Passwords • Attachments • Scams • Antivirus/Firewalls

30. Attachments Do’s and Don’ts • Unless you know the sender and the attachment don’t open it. • Pictures • Music • Videos • Word Docs, Powerpoints • Zip files • Never open .exe files

31. Passwords Do’s • Do: Use BOTH upper- and lower-case letters. • Do: Use numbers and punctuation marks. The more randomly you place them in your password, the better. • Do: Make your password between 8 to 20 characters long. The longer and more complex it is, the harder it is to crack. • Do: Use at least one of these special characters: ! @ # $ % * ( ) - + = , < > : : “ ‘ . • Do: Make your password easy to remember, so you won’t have to write it down. You need it to be easy for you to remember, but hard for anyone else to guess.

32. PasswordsDo’s • Do: Consider using a phrase or a song title as a password. This may help you to easily remember your password. For example, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” becomes “Sw0tR8nBO” or “Smells Like Teen Spirit” becomes “sMll10nspT.” • Do: Use a completely unique password for your university accounts. When you do this, you take an extra step to protect the university computer systems, and all your fellow Longhorns connected to the campus network.

33. PasswordsDo’s • Do: Change your passwords regularly, about every 6 months. • Do: Keep them to yourself. Avoid giving out your password to others. Once it’s out of your control, so is your security. • Do: Make your password easy to type quickly. This will make it harder for someone looking over your shoulder to steal it. • Do: Create different passwords for different accounts and applications.

34. Password Don’ts • Don’t: Use numbers in place of letters. For example, “Password” becomes “Pa55w0rd.” Dictionary programs are also equipped to combat this technique. • Don’t: Create a password of keys next to one another on the keyboard (asdfghjkl) or all one letter or number (aaaaaaa or 444444444). • Don’t: Use dates to create a password (for example,AUguST2001). • Don’t: Use the same password for different accounts or applications. If one account is breached, the others will be at risk as well.

35. Password Don’ts • Don’t: Create a password using your user name in any form (reversed, capitalized or doubled). • Don’t : Use your name, Social Security number or any other personal information that could identify you. This means pet names, girlfriend/boyfriend names, birth dates, phone numbers, license plates, car models or addresses. • Don’t: Use any word found in a dictionary longer than three letters. Hackers use automated programs to crack passwords using special programs that scan for any word found in a dictionary. This includes any word spelled backwards.

36. Password Don’ts • Don’t: Re-use any of your last 10 passwords. • Don’t: Write them down and store them near your computer. It’s like a key under a welcome mat. It’s the first place someone might look. • Don’t: Provide your password—or any of your sensitive or confidential information—over e-mail or instant message. Think of an e-mail message or IM like a postcard. The information can be seen while it’s traversing the Internet. Also, once you send an e-mail, you no longer control the information in it. It can be forwarded to other people without your knowledge or consent.

37. Password Don’ts • Don’t: Enable the “Save Password” option if prompted to do so. Pre-saved passwords will make it easy for anyone else using your computer to access your accounts. • Don’t: Walk away from a shared computer without logging off. This will ensure no other users can access your accounts. • Don’t: Use sample passwords given on different Web sites • Don’t share your password with others. 2013 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO

38. Antivirus/Firewalls • Keep your system up-todate • Purchase Antivirus software • Norton • McAffee • Norman • AVG • Purchase Firewall software

39. Antivirus/Firewalls • Keep your system up-to-date • Operating system updates • Purchase Firewall software • Norton • McAffee • Norman • AVG

40. Questions Michael Dodge mdodge@calschools.com 209-595-0791