Cyberbullying

Lesson Objectives

 * Understand different means of cyberbullying
 * Know how different online communities are used for cyber bullying
 * Be able to say 3 ways of stopping cyber bullying

Starter
Watch. Think.

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Activity
Cyberbullying is a real threat. In our current age of communication we have allowed bullies additional forums to pick on their victims. You might never know someone is being bullied. You might never see them being bullied. That doesn't mean they are being bullied. Use the wall below to write up different ways you think bullies can communicate with their "victims"

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Task
Use the internet to complete some research. Open the document below and answer the questions - remember when you quote your source it is NOT Google.


 * 1) Make sure you have YOUR name in the header
 * 2) Save
 * 3) Print your work

Activity
Read the article and discuss with your neighbor if you have ever seen this kind of bullying online? Would you have thought it would have that outcome?

Bullying Article

Plenary
Complete the World Cup cyberbullying quiz!

Cyberbullying Quiz


 * And finally** - this was a comment which was posted under a blog that a mother had written about her 8 year old daughter being bullied on Club Penguin -

"Great post! I recently watched with interest as my daughter navigated her avatar thru the Club Penguin Café. Some avatars openly dissed their fellow virtual inhabitants, while others rushed to their defence. When I have the opportunity, I always sit with her when she engages others in virtual conversation (as you suggested!). Most of it is 10 year old girl-speak…but the one thing that even the brightest kid doesn’t quite grasp is this: once you say it (on the web or IRL) it never goes away.

A good friend once gave me this idea to help kids understand this notion: take a tube of toothpaste, squeeze some out, and ask your child to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Of course, they can’t. And THAT’s what it means to say/diss/tattle on the web and IRL. You can’t take it back."


 * //Try and apply this to your life on and offline - before you speak think about the toothpaste.//**