In today's world it is increasingly important to protect your identity. What about the identity of your students? Who is responsible for that? Identity thieves are targeting schools more and more in hopes of retrieving personally identifiable information or PII. As educators, we are custodians of that information and it is our responsibility to protect it. When it comes to our students, the full impact may not be realized for many years, especially for those of you that teach younger grades. It is terrible to think about the possibility of the financial future of a student being destroyed when they are in Kindergarten or 1st grade. The school district, student information host and other service providers are obligated to protect that data as much as possible. Firewalls and other measures are being taken to protect that data, but all the security in the world is only as strong as the weakest link in the system. That weak link is often the end user and through that weak link ...
Being an educator is not for the faint of heart. People are always telling you that it can't be done. As teachers you rise to the challenge, not out of defiance or rebellion, but because you have a source of strength that allows you to do what needs to be done. This blog will focus on honing your craft, developing strength as a teacher. That way when others tell you it can't be done, you boldly respond, "Wait...Hold my chalk!"