Cyberbullying

*Cyberbullying assignment's goal was to bring awareness to what exactly constitutes as cyberbullying as well as talk about how being bullied over technology can effect a person. It also brought up the great question of how to minimize cyberbullying as well as being able to confront the situation with students and how we would go about doing such. I thought this assignment was a great one because a lot of people do not fully understand how a person can let another bully them over the internet. It is also an issue that is not highly regarded and is definitely hard to try to regulate, so no matter what people do to try to keep this type of bullying under control, it is one that is a lot more secretive and easier to get away with. I will definitely use this in the future, no matter what! I will have a block day devoted to talking just about cyberbullying, its effects, and what people can do who are being bullied to try to get it to be stopped. No child should have to deal with being bullied, period. Even more, no child should have to be afraid to be bullied while being away from where the bully is while in a supposed safe environment such as home.

=Cyberbullying =

When it comes to the scenario of James, I would take care of it by, one, being an open and respected individual he would feel comfortable talking about, but also bringing a "fake" scenario to the classroom as to begin to teach students about cyberbullying. People--young and old--need to be aware that this is happening and be educated how to best handle these types of situations. Sure, I could use the quizzes and crosswords to make learning about this "fun", but in my opinion, there should be no "fun" in learning about this: this issue is serious and can have dire consequences if continued. This is not something that needs to be brought up in a manner that people think are all fun and dandy; it needs to be brought up in an 'in-your-face' style. Perhaps I would use the two videos that you shared with us on it or different ones as to bring in the technological aspect, but I would also let there be a day or two in class (whether it be consecutive or spread apart) that would be devoted solely to a cyberbullying discussion. This would also be a good way to have students feel comfortable enough to bring forward any questions or situations that they are dealing with as well as get across to fellow peers how this is influencing their life.