cyberbullying presentation 2008
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CYBERBULLYING
Josie FraserEducational Technologist
Approaching Cyberbullying
Consultation methodology: Safe to Learn: embedding anti-bullying work in school
• Understanding how technology has changed
• Securing online safety through awareness and education
• Producing practical and accessible advice
Understanding Cyberbullying
What is Cyberbullying & how common is it?
“the use of information communications technology (ICT), particularly mobile phones and the internet, deliberately to upset someone else”
Introducing the Technology
• Mobile Phones
• IM and VoIP
• Chatrooms and message boards
• Webcams
• Social Networking sites
• Video-hosting sites
• Gaming sites, consoles and virtual worlds
Forms that Cyberbullying can take
• Threats and intimidation
• Harassment or stalking
• Vilification/defamation
• Ostracising/peer rejection/exclusion
• Identity theft, unauthorised access and impersonation
• Publicly posting, sending or forwarding personal or private information or images
• Manipulation - Tech Abuse in Teen Relationships
How is Cyberbullying Different?
• 24/7 and invasion of personal space
• Audience
• Anonymity
• Profile of bully and target
• Evidence
Preventing Cyberbullying
Taking a whole-school community approach:
• Understanding and talking about cyberbullying
• Updating Existing Policies and Practices
• Making reporting cyberbullying easier
• Promoting the positive use of technology
• Evaluating the impact of prevention activities
A whole-school community approach
• Shared understanding & definition
• Cyberbullying can affect everyone
• Coordinating responsibility
Understanding & talking about cyberbullying
• Promoting awareness, keeping bullying a live issue
• Publicising sanctions
• Providing information about out of school support
Updating existing policies and practices
• New technologies, new practices - for example video hosting sites - asking students!
• Logging incidents
• Acceptable use policies
Make reporting easier
• Review and publicise existing routes
• Explore new routes
• Signpost external routes
Promote the positive use of technology
• Importance of teachers awareness of good examples & can act as good role models
• - Or even better, can support their students in modeling good practice!
Evaluating the impact
• Surveying, student & parent satisfaction
• Celebrate success & innovation
Responding to Cyberbullying
• Cyberbullying is a form of bullying
• Support for the person being bullied
• Investigation
• Working with the bully and applying sanctions
Cyberbullying is a form of bullying
• Cyberbullying is about behavior and harm - primarily a disciplinary and pastoral issue
• Drawing on existing anti-bullying and behavioral policies
• Awareness of differences
Support for the person being bullied
• Emotional & cultural support
• Online empowerment
• Containing the incident
Investigation
• Preserve evidence
• Identifying the bully
Working with the bully and sanctions
• Appropriate and proportionate sanctions
• Unintentional cyberbullying
• Cyberbullying as retaliation
Resources
• The guidance
• Overview document
• Online campaign
• Cyberbullying film and teacher support materials
• Digizen
Digizen
Thank you!
Josie Fraser
josie@josiefraser.com
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