Hillsborough Schools To Host Author Of iRules As Part Of The District's Parent Technology Night Series

Hillsborough Township Public Schools will hold its second Parent Technology Night of the school year on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 from 7:30 – 9:00 P.M. in the Hillsborough Middle School cafeteria. All parents, staff, and community members are invited to attend. The evening’s featured speaker will be Janell Burley Hofmann, author of iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up.

In 2013, Hofmann drafted an iPhone contract to go along with her son’s new iPhone. More than a contract, this document was a list of instructions as to how to live life as a good person. Her iPhone contract went viral and Hofmann has gone on to become an author, speaker, and parenting coach. She has been featured in The Huffington Post and the New York Daily News, and on Good Morning America.

During her presentation, Hofmann will present strategies to help parents parent in the technology age. She will discuss how technology is just a piece of the puzzle, falling under the umbrella of our core principles and values in all areas of parenting.

• How can we live in balance?
• What is the “slow tech lifestyle”?
• How can we make sure our children are being kind online and behaving with integrity?
• What are we afraid of?
• What do we want to protect?

All who are interested are encouraged to attend. To register, please visit www.htps.us/ptn.

Additional Parent Technology Nights will be held throughout the remainder of the school year on a variety of educational technology topics.