| Cyber-Bullying |
Information has beed taken from: www.stopcyberbullying.org Please visit this website for more information on this topic.
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What is cyber-bullying?
"Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened,
harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child,
preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital
technologies or
mobile 
phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been
instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is
plain and simple cyber-harassment or
cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or
cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.
It isn't when adult are trying to lure children into offline meetings, that
is called sexual exploitation or luring by a sexual predator. But sometimes when
a minor starts a cyberbullying
campaign it involves sexual predators who are
intrigued by the sexual harassment or even ads posted by the cyberbullying
offering up the victim for sex.
The methods used are limited only by the child's imagination and access to
technology. And the cyberbully one moment may become the victim the next. The
kids often change roles,
going from victim to bully and back again.
Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident.
Cyberbullying is usually not a one time communication, unless it involves a
death threat or a credible threat of serious bodily harm. Kids usually know it
when they see it, while parents may be more worried about the
lewd language used
by the kids than the hurtful effect of rude and embarrassing posts.
Cyberbullying may rise to the level of a misdemeanor cyberharassment charge,
or if the child is young enough may result in the charge of juvenile
delinquency. Most of the time the cyberbullying does not go that far,
although
parents often try and pursue criminal charges. It typically can result in a
child losing their ISP or IM accounts as a terms of service violation. And in
some cases, if hacking or password and identity theft is
involved, can be a
serious criminal matter under state and federal law.
When schools try and get involved by disciplining the student for
cyberbullying actions that took place off-campus and outside of school hours,
they are often sued for exceeding
their authority and violating the student's
free speech right. They also, often lose. Schools can be very effective brokers
in working with the parents to stop and remedy
cyberbullying situations. They
can also educate the students on cyberethics and the law. If schools are
creative, they can sometimes avoid the claim that their actions exceeded
their
legal authority for off-campus cyberbullying actions. We recommend that a
provision is added to the school's acceptable use policy reserving the right to
discipline the student for actions taken off-campus if they
are intended to have
an effect on a student or they adversely affect the safety and well-being of
student while in school. This makes it a contractual, not a constitutional,
issue.
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After this lesson SWBAT:
1. Identify words and phrases that are commonly associated with cyber-bullying.
2. Discuss the difference between "kind" words and "bully" words.
3. Effectively assist others when they are being bullied or being bullied themselves.
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