Cyberbullying is taking the skill of bullying an individual and puts it online. This allows anonymous bullying to occur in a larger fashion, rather than just a note passed around a classroom. Cyberbullying is repeated harmful behavior directed at someone or a group of people through a digital or online component.
I would like to believe that the district don't have any issues with cyberbullying at the school, but I need to plan as if it does. As a member of the tech department, I get the task of tracking down issues that occur for teachers and principals. Thankfully, folks do not require my services often this year. Typically, any issues are taken care of at the level of the teacher or the principal. From what I have seen this year, most issues have occurred, not in Facebook or email, but through phones, using SnapChat, Instagram or any number of other apps/sites that allow invisible postings.
Nancy Willard summed up the issues we have seen in the fact that most cyberbullying occurs off school grounds, after school and unless the school/class is directly effected, it makes it difficult to deal with the issue. The stance of positive online behavior I think sends a better message to students than the punishment for doing something wrong online. Make positive behavior a focal point and reward that. Make it the main effert of any program and hopefully see more positive results, especially a the younger grades.
White positive behavior being the focal point, there can be more emphasis placed on positive online interaction and postings. The concept that whatever they post online will likely stay with them forever is a really strong point that needs to be addressed. Even programs like SnapChat, which says that everything is delated as soon as it is viewed have now been proven to be incorrect. Anything that is sent across the information superhighway has to stop somewhere to get directions, and that location can store the information. Even if things are hidden in places like Facebook or Myspace, can be seen by others and can end up being shown to the wrong individuals or come out later in life during things like job interviews. This doesn't even take into account what you post about others. People can save that information for years if it hurt them and than you will likely see it at the worst possible times. Granted, I would like to think that doesn't happen, but students and adults need to realize that whatever they put online is there for the world to see, eventually.
I would like to believe that the district don't have any issues with cyberbullying at the school, but I need to plan as if it does. As a member of the tech department, I get the task of tracking down issues that occur for teachers and principals. Thankfully, folks do not require my services often this year. Typically, any issues are taken care of at the level of the teacher or the principal. From what I have seen this year, most issues have occurred, not in Facebook or email, but through phones, using SnapChat, Instagram or any number of other apps/sites that allow invisible postings.
Nancy Willard summed up the issues we have seen in the fact that most cyberbullying occurs off school grounds, after school and unless the school/class is directly effected, it makes it difficult to deal with the issue. The stance of positive online behavior I think sends a better message to students than the punishment for doing something wrong online. Make positive behavior a focal point and reward that. Make it the main effert of any program and hopefully see more positive results, especially a the younger grades.
White positive behavior being the focal point, there can be more emphasis placed on positive online interaction and postings. The concept that whatever they post online will likely stay with them forever is a really strong point that needs to be addressed. Even programs like SnapChat, which says that everything is delated as soon as it is viewed have now been proven to be incorrect. Anything that is sent across the information superhighway has to stop somewhere to get directions, and that location can store the information. Even if things are hidden in places like Facebook or Myspace, can be seen by others and can end up being shown to the wrong individuals or come out later in life during things like job interviews. This doesn't even take into account what you post about others. People can save that information for years if it hurt them and than you will likely see it at the worst possible times. Granted, I would like to think that doesn't happen, but students and adults need to realize that whatever they put online is there for the world to see, eventually.