Teaching cyber safety in our schools

A recent survey conducted by the National Cyber Security Alliance interviewed school staff members about the cyber safety information being taught to students today. Below are some of the results that relate to the information we educate people on at Scam Victims United

What Cyberethics, Cybersafety, and Cybersecurity issues have come up within classroom discussions with your students?

Scams, fraud, social engineering, and phishing 1%
Identity theft 1%

Who is primarily responsible for teaching children to use computers safely and securely?
72% of Teachers answered Parents
46% of School Administrators answered Parents
58% of Technology Coordinators answered Parents

This part scares me since many parents do not know the correct information, so how are they supposed to teach their children? We need to get more information on scams and fraud into the schools. This is why I go to local high schools to give presentations.

If you would like to see scam education in your school system there are several things you can do.

1)  Contact me and I can assist you with finding an expert in your area to speak at your school
http://www.retaggr.com/page/ShawnMosch

2)  Sign our petition asking for scam education and awareness programs http://www.change.org/petitions/view/create_scam_education_and_awareness_programs

3)  Contact your school and have them contact us for more information.  If they have a Personal Finance teacher they are usually open to these presentations.  http://www.retaggr.com/page/ShawnMosch

Off-Topic: President Obama's speech to school children

Okay . . . this is a scam blog, but I am going off topic today because there is something that is really bugging me. Last night on the news I heard them talking about the speech that President Obama plans to give to children in school. From what I have heard, the overall message is to stay in school, get a good education, education is important, and set goals and look at what you can do not only for yourself but for your country . . . I am summarizing here, but you get the idea. So what I don’t understand is why everyone is so upset about President Obama giving this speech, and why some schools are talking about NOT showing it, or taping it and then decided later on if they will show it to the students. If he was planning on talking about items that don’t relate to the children in school I could understand it, but it sounds to me that he just wants to take this chance while the kids are getting back into school after the summer break to remind them how important a good education is.