Cyber Safety - Bullying

Cyber Safety: Cyber Bullying 101A Lesson For Administrators, Educators, and Parents : Cyber Safety – Bullying Cyber Safety: Cyber Bullying 101A Lesson For Administrators, Educators, and Parents By Matt Swanson

Presentation Goals: : Presentation Goals: Give Parents/Guardians and educators a working definition of cyber bullying Help adults understand who, how, and when cyber bullying takes place Help us understand teen decision making Provide a list of tools that parents and educators can use to help prevent cyber bullying. Cyber Safety – Bullying

What is Cyber Bullying? : Cyber Safety – Bullying What is Cyber Bullying? Bullies seek to gain gratification through provoking or tormenting others. A cyber bully uses the internet or other communication tools to cause harm to others. “Hate, unfortunately – it’s a virus. There’s been racism, anti-Semitism. There’s been discrimination against people throughout the ages. The Internet just provides an instant tool and access to it.”– Deborah Lauter, Anti-Defamation League

Breaking it down a bit more. : Breaking it down a bit more. Cyber Bullying is verbal harassment that occurs during online activities. Cyber Bullying can take many forms. These are a few: A threatening e-mail Nasty instant messaging session Repeated notes sent to the cell phone • A website set up to mock others “Borrowing” someone’s screen name and pretending to be them while posting a message. Forwarding supposedly private messages, pictures, or video to others. (isafe.org) Cyber Safety – Bullying

What are the avenues Cyber Bullies use? : Cyber Safety – Bullying What are the avenues Cyber Bullies use? E-Mail (Flame Mail & Hate Mail) Bulletin Boards Chat Rooms/Sights Blogs Creation of Websites Text Messages

Example - Facebook : Cyber Safety – Bullying Example - Facebook

More Examples: : Cyber Safety – Bullying More Examples: http://www.bbc.co.uk/chatguide/flash/bullying_texting.gif

Teen Decision Making : Teen Decision Making Electronic environments make it more difficult to understand connections between actions and consequences. (Willard, 2006) Youth are using sites to explore their personal identity and establish “social status.” (Willard, 2006) Brain development – frontal lobes that allow for reasoned and ethical decision making. Disinhibition – you can’t see me, I can’t see you Cyber Safety – Bullying

What can we teach our kids when they are being bullied? : Cyber Safety – Bullying What can we teach our kids when they are being bullied? Tell Someone Don’t open or read messages by cyber bullies Don’t erase the message – it may be important documentation Protect yourself Cyber Savvy – Many Bullies can be blocked If you are threatened or harmed, inform the local police (These tips come from I-Safe America, inc.)

Teach them: How to keep from being bullied online : Cyber Safety – Bullying Teach them: How to keep from being bullied online Don’t give out private information Use Netiquette Don’t send a message when you are angry When it doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t (get off the site, chat, etc…)

Parents/Guardian : Parents/Guardian Limit the time your student student can spend online Sign up for the social sites that your adolescents are using to check their profile Understand how to check the history of your browsers Educate your student about cyber bullies and threats Put the family computer in a family location. Keep computers out of teens rooms. Cyber Safety – Bullying

Schools : Schools Two messages to impart to students: Don’t post material that an adult might perceive to be a threat. Report any material that appears to be a threat (better to be safe than sorry) (Willard 2007) Understand the legal issues of: search and seizure, free speech, district liability. Provide professional development Cyber Safety – Bullying

How Savvy are you at Netiquette? : Cyber Safety – Bullying How Savvy are you at Netiquette? Let’s test our own knowledge about Netiquette: Try and spot all the Netiquette mistakes the chatters are making on the following screen. Chat Transcript Provided by i-Safe America, Inc.

Slide 14 : Cyber Safety – Bullying Work Sheet provided by isafe.org

Classroom or at home activities: : Classroom or at home activities: i-Safe.org has online resources to help teach cyber bullying Other activities could include having students practice communicating using paper back and forth. These practice sessions should include opportunities to respond to appropriately to different situations. Positive Behavior Support asks that students have practice asking bully’s to stop and have set words and signals. Cyber Safety – Bullying

References/Websites : References/Websites i-safe.org Cyberbully.org Cyber Safety – Bullying