Week 7 blog

.Hello everybody this is Brian’s week 7 blog for LIS 568. This weeks topic is Cybersafety, Cyberethics, and Cybersecurity and the Simpson chapter on Music Materials in the School. To tell you the truth before I read this weeks readings on Cyberissues I didn’t really think of it as a major issue for todays school librarians, but it really is. We as technology experts need to understand what students are doing online to ensure their safety and protect their innocence.

Of the readings my favorite was the article by Pruitt-Mentle, Davina, and Portia Pusey because I loved the statistics and graphs that dealt directly with Cyberissues. The two facts that stuck out most to me were. Nearly all technology coordinators, school administrators, and teachers thought that Cyberethics, Cybersafety, and Cybersecurity should be taught in schools. But only about half schools/school districts actually require content coverage of these issues

The article also brought up the issue of Cyberbullying which is becoming an increasingly important problem because now children can be bullied not just at school but also in their homes through the Internet. We as school librarians need to be cognizant of what out students are doing online so we can steer them away from things that might be harmful.

See you next week.