Post on 05-Jan-2016
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KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE: CYBER BULLING AND ONLINE BEHAVIOR By Mackenzie Hemmerling
ISSUES OF CONCERN
Teaching internet safety from a fear-based perspective
Schools can sustaining bullying
Rumors spread online Non-credible information Schools not teaching about
cyber-safety
IN GROUPS…
What do you as a teacher worry about most with student’s being online?
What topic do you feel is the hardest to teach to students about online behavior?
CYBER BULLYING
Bullying and harassment most often is done by peers
Social network sites are frequently used in peer-to-peer harassment
Those at risk often already have difficulties in other parts of their life
Kids can be anonymous Disinhibition – easier for
people to gang up and bully individuals when it is not face-to-face
IN GROUPS…
Share some examples of where you have seen cyber bullying or online harassment in your life.
What do you think are ways that you can help your students be safe online even when they are not in the classroom?
PROPER ONLINE BEHAVIOR
What we need to teach: Cyber bullying is
unacceptable and students who are bullied should not reply to those messages, but should show an adult
Why not to post personal information online
Intellectual property – illegal downloading and proper citing
IN GROUPS…
What are some other things you think are important that we need to teach students?
SOLUTIONS
This training will do little to significantly reduce bullying problems
We need to change the climate of the school and its exceptions for student behavior
Support parents and the school-family connection
We need to teach not only what’s wrong, but how to do what’s right
IN GROUPS…
What are some ways that the school environment could easily change to help support anti-bullying in the school and online?
“The best way to train ethical, responsible, and resilient
cybercitizens is to have ethical, responsible, and resilient teachers
who are comfortable navigating the digital world.”
Hancock, Randall, and Simpson in
From Safety to Literacy: Digital Citizenship in the 21st Century
SITES ON CYBER BULLYING AND ONLINE BEHAVIOR http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/ http://cyberbullying.us/
http://safekids.com/mcafee_harris.pdf http://www.gctech.org/sites/gordoncooper/uploads/docum
ents/Appropriate_Online_Behavior.pdf
REFERENCES
Solomon, Gwen (2010). Keeping students safe online: What works. MWS, 1-13.