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Video - The Impact of Cyberbullying by Childnet International
This is a wonderful video showing the social/emotional impact that cyberbullying can have on a child. The boy in the video does a lot wrong (like not talking to an adult immediately) and it provides a great starting point for a conversation with a class or your children. Of course, he is not to blame for being bullied but there are steps that he could have taken to get help a lot sooner.
According to a confidential survey conducted in October, over 100 of our elementary students use Facebook and/or Twitter.
244 students were surveyed from Grades 3-5.
Forty-five students have been a victim of cyberbullying.
Thirty students have admitted to cyberbullying someone else.
What are we doing as a school?
From Grades 1-5, we discuss Internet safety concepts such as never:
sharing passwords
password strength
never sharing information with anyone, and if someone says something bad or makes you feel uncomfortable you tell an adult immediately.
Every student and parent/guardian must sign an Acceptable Use Policy, which can be found here.
Students are constantly monitored in the IT lab.
We filter sites such as Facebook and youtube.
Ms. Rocio and Mr. Derwin are Designated Cyberbullying Trustees. That means, we advertise ourselves as being safe and secure adults who can help with cyberbullying problems.
Students are encouraged to tell an adult, whether it is a parent or teacher, whenever they feel uncomfortable about online content.
Discussions about college acceptances and job loss due to inappropriate social networking comments are discussed with the students (Grade 4 and 5).
Student information is not posted on school websites that are open to the public.
Here is a PowerPoint presentation that the IT Team and Miss Stephanie from counseling used with the Grade 4s and 5s. We also showed them the video above. The presentation just shows basic information and is intended to be used as a starting point for discussions.
What can parents do?
Experts recommend having computers in a public place in your house and never in the bedroom.
Sit down with your children and have an open dialogue with them about technology safety (cell phones and driving, Internet, messaging, social networking).
Check out cyberbullying.us. They have done a lot of research and have great resources for parents, children, and teachers.
Discuss and sign an Internet Usage Contract with your children and post it near the computer. Form 1Form 2Form 3 (and there are many others out there).
What can children do?
Be nice in person and on the Internet. :)
If there is any form of cyberbullying, talk to an adult as soon as possible.
There are great resources for children on cyberbullying.us as well.
How to take screenshots for proof of cyberbullying?
Screenshots can be a great way to capture proof of cyberbullying. A screenshot is simply a picture of what you see on your screen.
Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
If there is cyberbullying through cell phones, save the message or take a photograph of the message and transfer that photo to your computer and print it or save it as proof.
Children Accounts On Your Computer
Mac and Vista (7) allow for the creation of children accounts, which will allow you to limit the programs that your children can access and the times in which they can connect to the Internet. They are easy to set up and the links below provide guides on how to set up these accounts. Filtering programs never replace educating children about the dangers but they are a tool which can help
Bernadette Rego, B.Com, B.Ed., wrote a very detailed and current guide to using Facebook. It is meant for teachers but can really be applied to all professionals.
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