Fewer than 25 percent of educators feel comfortable teaching students how to protect themselves from online predators, cyberbullies and identity thieves, says a new study from the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Educational Technology, Policy Research and Outreach (ET PRO).
This from K12 Education.
My argument has been that filtering is not relevant, but education might be. I guess I had assumed educators would have some guidance to offer.
Sometimes issues are issues because they become no one’s responsibility. For example, I talk with my students about how they learned to study as they study. Did anyone offer them suggestions on how to take notes, read and review a textbook, etc. The point is after a dozen or so years of formal education many claim that no one has talked to them about potential strategies. We either assume it is someone else’s responsibility, that such skills are irrelevant, or that everyone knows how and what to do. Maybe this situation is similar. Maybe, like sex, we assume this is a parental responsibility. Maybe we don’t know what to say. Hard to believe that with all of the intervention programs teachers feel unprepared to offer advice. Maybe the programs have been targeting students rather than the educators. Beats me.
