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Safe Online Computer Games for Kids

May 20th, 2015

Safe Online Computer Games for Kids

In recent years, there has been a huge increase in the amount of resources that are aimed towards children on the internet. While children that are exposed to technology early in life have an advantage that many of their parents never had as children, naturally this brings safety concerns for parents. Parental involvement and monitoring are a necessity when children are granted access to the vast amount of information on the internet, but there are many websites that are designed with children in mind that can ease concerns that parents may have. Whether children are interested in classic board games or jigsaw puzzles, it’s a guarantee that there is a children’s website that will allow them to safely play online. Many of these websites also incorporate learning into their games so that children are having fun as they learn about geography, typing with accuracy or even simple mathematics. Children of all ages enjoy using technology and by using safe, entertaining resources, even something as small as clicking a computer mouse will become a great learning experience.

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Tips for Parents for Monitoring Child Safety Online

May 20th, 2015

The Internet is an invaluable and unavoidable tool for both adults and children. Not only is it an excellent means of education, but it is also a great way for kids to have fun and socialize with their peers. Unfortunately, the Internet is also potentially dangerous for children. Sexual predators and cyberbullies are some of the common threats that face children when they are online. In addition, children are also at risk of exposure to mature materials or downloading harmful viruses to the family computer. Educated parents can take steps to make their children’s online experiences safe.

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Kids’ Guide to Computer Skills and Safety

May 20th, 2015

Keep Kids Safe, Best Ways to Monitor Kids While Online

Using a computer is one of the most important skills you can learn. If you can navigate the Internet quickly and safety, you can get homework done quicker, learn things faster, and connect with your real-life friends better. Use some of these great resources to help you learn about computer skills and safety, but know that you have other resources, too: your parents and teachers. Ask them for help if you don’t know for sure whether or not something is safe, and ask them to help you practice your computer skills!

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Educational Online Computer Software and Games

May 20th, 2015

When you search the internet for something fun and educational to do, there are thousands of games out there for you to try. How do you decide which games are most useful or interesting? First think about the subjects you like most in school. Maybe you want to learn more about them. You might also ask yourself which subjects give you the most trouble. Extra help with math, science, language arts, and social studies through online games can help you do better in school. Another question you might ask is why these subjects are so important. Here are some reasons why learning more can help you go further in life.

Math is an important skill for every person to understand. We use it for just about everything in our lives, such as shopping and cooking. Understanding math basics will help you succeed in life. With math, you can determine how many slices of pizza to cut from a single pizza to feed yourself and a friend. You can use it to figure out a savings strategy if you want to buy an expensive toy or game. Knowing how to spend your money wisely is very important if you want to afford big things when you are an adult, such as a car and a house. Math is also the basic skill necessary for cool jobs like engineer and architect.

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Benefits of Computers in the Classroom

May 20th, 2015

Benefits of Computers in the Classroom

As technology continues to lead society’s future, computers in the classroom are a common sight. From elementary grades throughout graduate school, schools are granting approval for the use of computers in the classroom. Each school is different regarding the use and frequency of computers in school and there are debates regarding the benefits and the risks. Whether schools allow students to have individual computers or allow time in computer labs, one thing is certain: more children are using computers in their off-school hours and are becoming proficient in modern technology. For those who have used computers in the classroom, the benefits are unquestionable. More teachers are finding the connection with computers one that enhances and benefits students’ learning and expands knowledge; however, teachers must supervise all computer use in order to achieve the greatest educational benefits. Children and teens should never have free access to surf websites unsupervised in the classroom.Read More

Monitoring Employee Email

May 20th, 2015

Today you will hardly find a company that has no access to the Internet. And in many of them employees even work in the Internet during the whole day. A temptation to use Internet for personal needs is rather high and this dramatically affects employee overall productivity. That’s why more and more companies practice employee computer monitoring including monitoring of employee email. If you face the same problem and feel that your employees’ productivity is dropping, it’s a time to think about complex employee computer monitoring.Read More

Running Activity Monitor on computers protected by Symantec Antivirus 10

May 20th, 2015

Some anti-virus and anti-spyware programs can detect such SoftActivity programs as Activity Monitor, Activity Monitor Agent and Activity Logger as spyware. To install SoftActivity software you must be the owner of the computer or authorized by the owner. In this case you may easily add SoftActivity programs to Exclude/Ignore/Exceptions list of your anti-spyware. Most of such programs provide such lists.
To monitor employee computers in your company or your home computer you need to install Activity Monitor Agent on the monitored computers. If you have Symantec Antivirus installed on the remote computer, it will prevent you from installing or running this program and report this attempt to the user. Follow these easy steps to safely disable Antivirus from detecting Activity Monitor Agent and stay protected by Antivirus.

Instructions for Symantec Antivirus 10 Corporate Client and Activity Monitor.

These instructions should be also valid or similar for other recent versions of Symantec Antivirus. In Corporate edition of Symantec Antivirus all described below changes to Antivirus Clients can be made from centralized Management Server.
For disabling detection of SoftActivity Activity Logger software instructions are basically the same, but you need to add Spyware.ActivityLog to lists of exclusions.

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