The Digital Playground

How do kids today communicate?

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I.M Cell phones Blogs Social Networks

Who is supervising this digital playground?

Who is teaching students about responsibility online?

When do we start to teach these skills?

What role do parents play?

The Talent Show

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What we know…..…….. Cyberbullying is harmful to children, and it happens

more often than we know. Educators and parents must teach children Cybersafety

from an early age so that they can safely interact with others online

Communications and conversations with your child/student is important in deterring and detecting cyberbullying.

The Kitchen Table

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8 Forms of Cyberbullying

Flaming: Using inflammatory or vulgar words to provoke an online fight

Harassment: Continually sending vicious, mean, or disturbing e-mails to an individual

Denigration: Spreading rumors, lies or gossip to hurt a person’s reputation

Impersonation: Posting offensive or aggressive messages under another person’s name

8 Forms of Cyberbullying, cont.

Outing: Posting or sharing confidential or compromising information or images

Trickery: Fooling someone into sharing personal information which you then post online

Exclusion: Purposefully excluding someone from an online group

Cyberstalking: Ongoing harassment and denigration that causes a person considerable fear for his/her safety

Action Items

Where is the computer in your home? What sites do your children visit often? Does your child have their own cell phone? Who are your child’s friends online? Do you talk about these things at home?

Think Before You Post

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Parent Tools for Help to Combat Cyberbullying

WiredSafety www.wiredsafety.org www.stopcyberbullying.org/

Media Awareness Network www.media-awareness.ca

Bully Online www.bullyonline.org/related/cyber.htm

More…

Internet Super Heroes www.internetsuperheroes.org/cyberbullying/

NetSmartz Workshop Real Life Stories www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm

National Crime Prevention Council - Cyberbullying www.ncpc.org/parents/cyberbullying.php

iSafe www.isafe.org

What we know…..…….. Cyberbullying is harmful to children, and it

happens more often than we know. Educators and parents must teach children

Cybersafety from an early age so that they can safely interact with others online

Communications and conversations with your child/student is important in deterring and detecting cyberbullying.