Transcript Help protect children from bullying

Online
Cell Phones
Laptops
Gaming Devices
INSTAGRAM
What are children putting online?
WEB 8.0
eww! what is she wearing?
Bullying + Technology = Cyberbullying
Help protect children from
bullying
Bullying is often seen as an unfortunate, but
natural part of adolescence. However,
pediatrician Dr. Sharon Cooper warns,
“Cyberbullying can affect the social,
emotional, and physical health of a child.”
For these reasons, it is important that steps
are taken to help children deal with and
respond to cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying
▪ Spreading rumors and gossip
▪ Posting pictures of someone without consent
▪ Stealing passwords to assume someone
else’s identity
▪ Threatening or harassing with offensive
language
Information Acceleration
Signs of Cyberbullying
A cyberbullying victim might
Stop using the
computer or
cell phone
Act nervous
when receiving
an e-mail,
IM, or text
Seem uneasy
about going to
school
Withdraw from
friends and
family
STEPS TO DEAL WITH
CYBERBULLYING
• Tell children not to respond to rude e-mails,
messages, and comments.
• Save the evidence, such as e-mail and text
messages, and take screenshots of comments
and images. Also, take note of the date and time
when the harassment occurs.
• Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) or cell
phone provider. Ask the website administrator or
ISP to remove any Web page created to hurt your
child.
If harassment is via e-mail, social networking sites, IM, and chat rooms,
instruct children to “block” bullies or delete their current account and
open a new one.
If harrassment is via text and phone messages, change the phone number
and instruct children to only share the new number with trustworthy
people. Also, check out phone features that may allow the number to be
blocked.
Get your school involved. Learn the school’s policy on cyberbullying and
urge administrators to take a stance against all forms of bullying.
Make a report to www.cybertipline.com, and if you feel something illegal
has occurred, inform law enforcement.
Sign Up
Email Address:
Password:
Block or ban
Set up a
Report
Save the
new
the bully from
messages
contacting
for evidence
account
to the
website, school,
your child
bully’s parents, or law enforcement
Cyberbullying Behaviors
▪ Quickly switch screens or close programs
when you walk by
▪ Use the computer at all hours of the night
▪ Get unusually upset if they cannot use
the computer
▪ Laugh excessively while online
▪ Avoid discussions about what they are doing
▪ Use multiple online accounts or use an
account that is not their own
Consequences of Cyberbullying
Cyberstalking
720 ILCS 5/12-7.5
• Sec. 12-7.5. Cyberstalking. (a) A person commits cyberstalking
when he or she engages in a course of conduct using
electronic communication directed at a specific person, and
he or she knows or should know that would cause a
reasonable person to:
(1) fear for his or her safety or the safety of a third person; or
(2) suffer other emotional distress.
(c) For purposes of this Section:
(2) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, sounds, data, or
intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic,
photoelectric, or photo-optical system. "Electronic communication" includes transmissions
through an electronic device including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular phone, computer,
or pager, which communication includes, but is not limited to, e-mail, instant message, text
message, or voice mail…
(3) "Emotional distress" means significant mental suffering, anxiety or alarm…
(4) "Harass" means to engage in a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific
person that alarms, torments, or terrorizes that person…
(6) "Reasonable person" means a person in the victim's circumstances, with the victim's
knowledge of the defendant and the defendant's prior acts….
(e) A defendant who directed the actions of a third party to violate this Section, under the
principles of accountability set forth in Article 5 of this Code [720 ILCS 5/5-1 et seq.], is guilty of
violating this Section as if the same had been personally done by the defendant, without regard
to the mental state of the third party acting at the direction of the defendant….
Don’t just be a bystander!
Talk to kids!
CYBERBAITING
More than one student has secretly taken a cell
phone picture or video of a teacher. Students
make a deliberate attempt to provoke their
teachers. Students then capture the response on
video, and post it online where anyone may see
it.
Teach children how to use
technology responsibly.
Preparation for Today
It is critical that students know how to use
Internet Communication Technology safely and
effectively, and educators are essential to
students attaining this knowledge.
Online Communication Tools
Increasing numbers of education professionals
are using online communication tools both
personally and professionally. Improper or
incautious usage may have consequences for
educators which include embarrassment,
ridicule, and job termination.
Appropriate Comments
Be Tech Smart - Personally
Even after the school bell rings, educators’
actions may be seen as representative of their
schools and their profession. If an educator’s
conduct is seen as “unbecoming of the
profession,” he or she may be dismissed.
When can your
comments get you into trouble?
first day at
work. omg!!
So dull.
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Educators should remember that content shared online can
easily become public, and take steps to protect themselves
such as:
• Consider comments and images before posting them online
• Using the privacy settings
• Keeping separate profiles for personal and professional use
• Not friending colleagues, students, and parents or giving
them access to personal blogs and image-sharing sites
• Being careful about job-related posts
• Do not make personal posts during school hours or with
school- or district-owned devices
• Do not post content about sex, alcohol, or anything else that
you wouldn’t want your students, their parents, or
administrators to see
Privacy Settings
- My status, photos, and posts
Friends Only
- Family and relationships
- Photos and videos I’m tagged in
- Birthday
- Permission to comment on your posts
- Contact information
Share a tagged post with friends of the friend I tag
Be Tech Smart - Professionally
• Educators should be vigilant against
unprofessional contact with students online.
• Log all online interactions with students.
• Limit other misunderstandings by:
Talking to administrators
• Know your school/district polices on the use of
online communication tools or help your school
develop a policy if it does not have one
• Give them access to class social media pages,
blogs, etc.
• Discuss procedures for reporting student
disclosures or conversations with potentially
inappropriate content
Talking to students
• Discuss proper etiquette for communicating
online, including your guidelines for acceptable
language and content
• Warn them that online communications are
being logged and saved
• Let them know that you must report
disclosures of maltreatment or illegal activities
to school administrators
Talking to parents
• Get their consent before using online
communication tools
• Invite them to view class pages and other
online communications where appropriate
Why not try these sites designed
specifically for schools?
• Instead of Facebook try Edmodo
• Instead of Wikipedia try Wikispaces for
Educators
• Instead of YouTube try SchoolTube
• Instead of Twitter try Twiducate
Help people in your community.
▪ TELL your friends and parents about these
resources
▪ ENCOURAGE your PTA to set up presentations
▪ And TALK to your school about using NetSmartz
Thank you!