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What is Cyberbullying? Why Address It At School? What Can ... · digital citizenship while...
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Cyberbullying in Grades 6-8: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers
Why Address It At School? • Technology adds value to students’ lives,
but the same characteristics that allow these benefits increase the likelihood that technology will be used to misbehave and mistreat others.
• It can negatively affect the school environment.
• Since we already have a captive audience, it is within our reach.
• The law mandates that we do.
Cyberbullying Statistics • 93% of teens go online for two hours or
more per day • 1 in 5 teens have been cyberbullied • 73% of teens use social networking • 39% have been harassed on social
networking sites • Teens who have been cyberbullied are
twice as likely to commit suicide
What Can You Do? • Devise, discuss and
disseminate response & prevention strategies
• Create and promote acceptable use policies that prohibit cyberbullying and promote responsible digital citizenship while respecting student’s rights.
• Incorporate into your lessons
• Create an anonymous reporting system
What is Cyberbullying? Willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009)
Colleen Cerny [email protected] & Melissa Lambert [email protected], April 2013