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Advice to give students about Cyber Bullying.

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Advice to give students about Cyber Bullying.

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8 Tips for students will be found in yellow on this site. Share with students more than one to ensure the feel supported and so they know how to handle negative cyber experiences.

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Don't respond. If someone bullies you, remember that your reaction is usually exactly what the bully wants. It gives him or her power over you. Who wants to empower a bully?

Don't retaliate. Getting back at the bully turns you into one and reinforces the bully's behavior. Help avoid a whole cycle of aggression.

Save the evidence. The only good news about digital bullying is that the harassing messages can usually be captured, saved, and shown to someone who can help. You need to do this even if it's minor stuff, in case things escalate.

Talk to a trusted adult. You deserve backup. It's always good to involve a parent but - if you can't - a school counselor usually knows how to help. Sometimes both are needed. If you're really nervous about saying something, see if there's a way to report the incident anonymously at school.

Block the bully. If the harassment's coming in the form of instant messages, texts, or profile comments, do yourself a favor: Use preferences or privacy tools to block the person. If it's in chat, leave the "room."

Be civil. Even if you don't like someone, it's a good idea to be decent and not sink to the other person's level. Also, research shows that gossiping about and trash talking others increases your risk of being bullied. Treat people the way you want to be treated.

Don't be a bully. How would you feel if someone harassed you? You know the old saying about walking a mile in someone's shoes; even a few seconds of thinking about how another person might feel can put a big damper on aggression. That's needed in this world.

Be a friend, not a bystander. Watching or forwarding mean messages empowers bullies and hurts victims even more. If you can, tell bullies to stop or let them know harassment makes people look stupid and mean. It's time to let bullies know their behavior is unacceptable - cruel abuse of fellow human beings. If you can't stop the bully, at least try to help the victim and report the behavior.

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Reposted from ConnectSafely.org Don't respond. If someone bullies you, remember that your reaction is usually exactly what the bully wants. It gives him or her power over you. Who wants to empower a bully? Don't retaliate. Getting back at the bully turns you into one and reinforces the bully's behavior.

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Digital citizenship is the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use.

Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students should know to use technology appropriately.

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Acclimate yourself to how students can be digital citizens on social media. 

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Acclimate yourself to how students can be digital citizens on social media. 

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More than ever, cyber bullying is an issue we as educators and parents are facing with our students. Targeting others on social media sites has become an unfortunate regularity in the lives of teens today. Educate yourself so you can help educate them!

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Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. Cyberbullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.

The most common places where cyberbullying occurs are:

Social Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tik Tok

Text messaging and messaging apps on mobile or tablet devices

Instant messaging, direct messaging, and online chatting over the internet

Online forums, chat rooms, and message boards, such as Reddit

Email

Online gaming communities

Special Concerns

With the prevalence of social media and digital forums, comments, photos, posts, and content shared by individuals can often be viewed by strangers as well as acquaintances. The content an individual shares online - both their personal content as well as any negative, mean, or hurtful content - creates a kind of permanent public record of their views, activities, and behavior. This public record can be thought of as an online reputation, which may be accessible to schools, employers, colleges, clubs, and others who may be researching an individual now or in the future. Cyberbullying can harm the online reputations of everyone involved - not just the person being bullied, but those doing the bullying or participating in it. Cyberbullying has unique concerns in that it can be:

Persistent - Digital devices offer an ability to immediately and continuously communicate 24 hours a day, so it can be difficult for children experiencing cyberbullying to find relief.

Permanent - Most information communicated electronically is permanent and public, if not reported and removed. A negative online reputation, including for those who bully, can impact college admissions, employment, and other areas of life.

Hard to Notice - Because teachers and parents may not overhear or see cyberbullying taking place, it is harder to recognize.

Laws and Sanctions

All states have laws requiring schools to respond to bullying. As cyberbullying has become more prevalent with the use of technology, many states now include cyberbullying, or mention cyberbullying offenses, under these laws. Schools may take action either as required by law, or with local or school policies that allow them to discipline or take other action. Some states also have provisions to address bullying if it affects school performance. You can learn about the laws and policies in each state, including if they cover cyberbullying.

Frequency of Cyberbullying

There are two sources of federally collected data on youth bullying:

The 2017 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice) indicates that, among students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, 15% were bullied online or by text.

The 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) indicates that an estimated 15.7% of high school students were electronically bullied in the 12 months prior to the survey.

See also " Frequency of Bullying."

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Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. Cyberbullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else.

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As a Google-based district, all students and teachers have Google Accounts and can access and utilize Google tools to help further and enhance digital citizenship in your classrooms.

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G Suite for K12 Institutions | Google for Education

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G Suite for Education is Google's suite of free productivity tools provided without ads to K-12 and higher education institutions around the world.

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English resource for secondary teachers (great for any class using online tools!)

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English resource for secondary teachers (great for any class using online tools!)

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As more people gain access to technology, educators around the globe are embracing 21st Century learning methods. Whether your classroom is a fully-functioning 1:1 classroom where every student has access to a device or if you have limited access and take your students to a shared lab, teaching digital citizenship is more important than ever before. Our students need to know the power of the Internet, how to use it safely, and the lasting consequences of their digital footprints. We have to teach our students how to stay safe.

As a 1:1 high school English teacher, I utilize Google Classroom, shared Google Docs and Slides for collaboration, and other collaborative sites on a weekly basis, so my high school English students needs to know what is and is not appropriate behavior when it comes to electronically posting collaborative content.
Here are five different ways that you can include digital citizenship in your classroom.

1. INTRODUCE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

To introduce digital citizenship to your students, provide them with this Digital Citizenship Graphic Organizer and have them complete it individually or in groups. You will want to give them plenty of time to truly think about each section in the organizer. Once students complete the organizer, instruct them to discuss what they've written either in small groups or with the entire class. This gets students to start thinking about digital citizenship and everything that it entails. Once students see just how much of an impact their digital footprint can have, they really are quite amazed. You can download this free digital citizenship activity HERE!

2. MAKE THE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CONNECTION REAL

There are many examples of recent and relevant digital blunders to use as talking pieces and examples with your students. Because their are in the limelight, when celebrities, athletes, and public figures make digital mistakes, it does not take long for their inappropriate comments, tweets, or photos to go viral. Discuss some of these examples with students, and have them identify the mistake, and what should have been done instead. By being able to see just how important digital citizenship is, students will begin to take it more seriously.

3. TEACH MORE THAN JUST ONLINE SAFETY

While much of digital citizenship focuses on online safety, privacy, and acceptable online social norms, digital citizenship includes so much more than that. Digital citizenship also includes knowing how and when to use technology and the Internet effectively and efficiently for educational, professional, and recreational use. Two websites that are filled with an abundance of information for teaching digital citizenship are and Common Sense Education ISTE. Both of these organizations provide educators with updated resources and information about teaching digital citizenship. What I like about ISTE is that they provide digital teaching standards for educators that outline what students should know.

4. CREATE A CLASSROOM CONSTITUTION FOR DIGITAL BEHAVIOR

Take a day with your students to brainstorm proper, effective, and productive online behavior and acceptable use, and then use this information to make a classroom constitution for you and your students. Since they helped create this constitution, they will have more buy-in and take more care to follow the rules and use technology effectively.

MAKE A DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP FLIP BOOK

This Digital Citizenship Mini Flip Book covers many of the criteria for teaching digital citizenship in your classroom including Internet safety, social media, cyber bullying, electronic care, and more. The last page includes a student and parent consent form so that parents become aware of digital citizenship as well. I used this mini flip book with my students, and there was even a place in the book for us to all write in the digital behavior classroom constitution we created together. It is a fun, hands-on activity for secondary students that really gets them to understand the essentials of digital citizenship.

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Teaching Digital Citizenship in the Secondary Classroom

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As more people gain access to technology, educators around the globe are embracing 21st Century learning methods. Whether your classroom is a fully-functioning 1:1 classroom where every student has access to a device or if you have limited access and take your students to a shared lab, teaching digital citizenship is more important than ever before.

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1. Don’t respond. If someone bullies you, remember that your reaction is usually exactly what the bully wants. It gives him or her power over you. Who wants to empower a bully?

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2. Be a friend, not a bystander. Watching or forwarding mean messages empowers bullies and hurts victims even more. If you can, tell bullies to stop or let them know harassment makes people look stupid and mean. It’s time to let bullies know their behavior is unacceptable – cruel abuse of fellow human beings. If you can’t stop the bully, at least try to help the victim and report the behavior.

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Quick PalToon for 5 Basic Steps of Digital Citizenship

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Quick PalToon for 5 Basic Steps of Digital Citizenship

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3. Don’t be a bully. How would you feel if someone harassed you? You know the old saying about walking a mile in someone’s shoes; even a few seconds of thinking about how another person might feel can put a big damper on aggression. That’s needed in this world.

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4. Be civil. Even if you don’t like someone, it’s a good idea to be decent and not sink to the other person’s level. Also, research shows that gossiping about and trash talking others increases your risk of being bullied. Treat people the way you want to be treated.

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How does Cyber Bullying affect students?

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How does Cyber Bullying affect students?

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7. Save the evidence. The only good news about digital bullying is that the harassing messages can usually be captured, saved, and shown to someone who can help. You need to do this even if it’s minor stuff, in case things escalate.

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5. Talk to a trusted adult. You deserve backup. It’s always good to involve a parent but – if you can’t – a school counselor usually knows how to help. Sometimes both are needed. If you’re really nervous about saying something, see if there’s a way to report the incident anonymously at school.

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6. Block the bully. If the harassment’s coming in the form of instant messages, texts, or profile comments, do yourself a favor: Use preferences or privacy tools to block the person. If it’s in chat, leave the “room.”

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8. Don’t retaliate. Getting back at the bully turns you into one and reinforces the bully’s behavior. Help avoid a whole cycle of aggression.