Cyberbullying Awareness Cyberbullying Awareness

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By Annie NiermanBy Annie Nierman

So what is cyberbullying?So what is cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is when a

child, teen, or pre-teen is:

TormentedTormentedThreatenedThreatened

HarassedHarassed HumiliatedHumiliated

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Cyberbullying is serious. Victims have committed suicide and offenders have gone to jail.

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43% 43% of teensof teenshave been have been

victims in the victims in the last yearlast year

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Eighty-one percent Eighty-one percent of youthof youth

said that others said that others cyberbullycyberbully

because they think because they think

it’s funnyit’s funny

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Nearly 30 percent of teensNearly 30 percent of teenswanted to seek revenge onwanted to seek revenge on

those who cyberbullied themthose who cyberbullied them

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Only 11 percent of teens talked to Only 11 percent of teens talked to parents about incidents of parents about incidents of cyberbullyingcyberbullying

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17% of teens were 17% of teens were victimized by victimized by someone lying about someone lying about them online.them online.National Crime Prevention Council

Over 70 percent of teens Over 70 percent of teens said that being able to blocksaid that being able to block

cyberbullies was the mostcyberbullies was the mosteffective method of effective method of

PreventionPreventionNational Crime Prevention Council

It’s our responsibility to It’s our responsibility to

teach students compassion teach students compassion

for one another and how to for one another and how to

stand up for themselves and their peers. stand up for themselves and their peers. School needs to be a safe place.School needs to be a safe place.

CYBER BULLYING TYPES• “Flaming’: Online fights using electronic messages with angry and 

vulgar language

• “Harassment”: Repeatedly sending offensive, rude, and insulting messages

• “Cyber stalking”: Repeatedly sending messages that include threats of harm or are highly intimidating. Engaging in other on-line activities that make a person afraid for his or her own safety

• “Denigration”: ‘Dissing’ someone online. Sending or posting cruel gossip or rumors about a person to damage his or her reputation or friendships

~Information on this slide taken from Trolley, Hanel, and Shields~

CYBER BULLYING TYPES• “Impersonation”: Pretending to be someone else and sending 

or posting material online that makes that person look bad, gets that person in trouble or danger, or damages that person’s reputation or friendships

• “Outing and Trickery”: Sharing someone’s secret or embarrassing information online. Tricking someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing information which is then shared online

• “Exclusion”: Intentionally excluding someone from an on-line group, like a ‘buddy list’

{Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D., Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use}

~Information on this slide taken from Trolley, Hanel, and Shields~

Differences Between Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying

BULLYING

• DIRECT

• Occurs on school property

• Poor relationships     with teachers

• Fear retribution

Physical: Hitting, Punching & ShovingVerbal: Teasing, Name calling & GossipNonverbal: Use of gestures & Exclusion

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CYBERBULLYING

• ANONYMOUS

• Occurs offschool property

• Good relationships with teachers

• Fear loss of technology privileges

• Further under the radar than bullying

• Emotional reactions cannot be determined

{McKenna & Bargh, 2004; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004}~Information on this slide taken from Trolley, Hanel, and Shields~

Lesson Plans for Teaching Cyberbullying

• Cyberbullying Lesson Plan for Primary Schools: This printable PDF offers ideas for a lesson on cyberbullying for young students. It also contains links to outside resources and interactive games.

• Common Sense Media: This is a great site that has 11 lesson plans for grades 2-12.

• SchoolCounselor.com: This is a site for school counselors but it does contain 4 lesson plans that deal with cyberbullying.

Resources for Resources for Teachers and ParentsTeachers and Parents

• Stop Cyberbullying for Teachers: An Stop Cyberbullying for Teachers: An extensive site that would be beneficial for extensive site that would be beneficial for teachers or parents. teachers or parents.

• National Crime Prevention Council: This is a National Crime Prevention Council: This is a great site that provides a lot of information great site that provides a lot of information on cyberbullying.on cyberbullying.

• Stop Cyberbullying Before it Starts : A Great Stop Cyberbullying Before it Starts : A Great resource to send to parentsresource to send to parents

• iSafe.org:Cyberbullying: Another great iSafe.org:Cyberbullying: Another great resource for parents with statistics and resource for parents with statistics and information on cyberbullying. information on cyberbullying.

Resources for Resources for StudentsStudents• Stop Cyberbullying: Gives info and tips Stop Cyberbullying: Gives info and tips

for students to prevent cyberbulllying. for students to prevent cyberbulllying. • KidsHealth.org:Cyberbullying: KidsHealth.org:Cyberbullying:

Information about cyberbullying Information about cyberbullying written at an elementary or middle written at an elementary or middle school reading level.school reading level.

• BrainPOP:Cyberbullying: An interactive BrainPOP:Cyberbullying: An interactive site for elementary students. site for elementary students.

• NetSmartz.org: An interactive site that NetSmartz.org: An interactive site that covers a variety of online safety for covers a variety of online safety for elementary students, tweens, teens, elementary students, tweens, teens, parents, and educators. parents, and educators.

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Works Cited• National Crime Prevention Council. "Stop Cyberbullying Before it Starts." 

     Cyberbullying. National Crime Prevention Council, n.d. Web. 12 July      2011. <http://www.ncpc.org/resources/files/pdf/bullying/      cyberbullying.pdf>.

• Trolley, Barbara, Connie Hanel, and Linda Shields. "Cyber Bullying." Power Point file. Web 12 July 2011. <www.nyssca.org/CYBERBULLYING-pp-BT28th.ppt>

• Wired Kids Inc. Stop Cyberbullying. Wired Kids Inc, n.d. Web. 12 July 2011.      <http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/what_is_cyberbullying_exactly.html>.