Entry #6: "It's not my responsibility!"

Oh Snap!!  I forgot to get my blog done on time!  Bad Felix! BAD!!  Wait... I'm suppose to be finding my professional voice.  I shouldn't be all... "Oh Snap!! I forgot to get my blog done on time!"  That is not how a professional talks.  The problem is when I try to sound professional, I don't sound like me.  Can you have a personality and a sense of professionalism?  I hope so.  If we are to be the leaders of schools then we need to have personality.  We need to be ourselves.  (To an extent.  There is no way I can unleash the full Felixpalooza Experience)  I just hope I can limit all my awesomeness to a safe and acceptable level.

This week we looked at cyberethics, cybersafety and cybersecurity.  Being ethical, safe and secure on the internet are learned skills.  They are important skills to have if you want to be successful in today's world.  It seems that everyone in the education field agrees that these skills are important, however, they cannot agree on how or who should teach them.  Teachers are already overwhelmed with curriculum.  They don't have time to ad yet another thing to there plates.  And even if they did have the time, most don't feel comfortable with the material to teach it effectively.  Do we look at the parents to teach these skills at home?  Do we leave such an important job to an already overworked and under appreciated parent and just assume that it will be taught?  Who is going to teach the parent these skills?  Everyone is looking to pass the buck to someone else.  We are playing hot potato with our children's safety.  So what do we do?  We look to the people who are in the best position to organize and teach these skills, the school library media specialist!  SLMS know these skills and know how to pass them along.  The thing is, they cannot just let others off the hook.  They need to work with teachers and parents in teaching these skills to our students.  It can't be just one person or a small group of people responsible for this task.  Everyone needs to do their part.  Only when we work together can we teach out students how to be ethical, safe and secure on the internet.