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Week 6 Response to Cyberbullying

I was excited when I saw I was responding to this question this week because my literacy project lead me to creating a class blog and cyberbullying has the potential to impact my current class directly. As a teacher it is my job set clear and precise expectations of what is acceptable and unacceptable use of media literacy. I believe it is key to teach students at a young age that they always need to be conscientious about what they put in writing, especially on the internet. The message needs to be clear that you never know who may see it and how what you say can be interpreted differently than your intentions. A video post on NetSmart gave a personal experience about how they wish they could take back their internet posts. The boy was stated, "Once you put something online you can never get it back. It can be used in ways you never meant."

I am a little naive to think that cyberbulling wouldn't happen at my grade level, but you need to be proactive any time students are accessing the internet. Using Kidblog is a great way to be proactive as you are req cyberbullying.org uired as a teacher to either accept a child's post or decline it and meet with that student to discuss the appropriateness of their response. There are many resources out there that can help teachers be proactive and prevent the chance of cyberbulling in their classroom. One site that was helpful for me was . This website offers a clear cut list of ideas that can help you prevent cyberbullying in your classroom. When you click on the link scroll down until you see the red bulleted statements that offer several suggestions that are easy to implement in your classroom.

Another website was commonsensemedia.org . This link offers a tool kit to help prevent cyberbullying. I like this website because it has lessons you can incorporate in your classroom. They offer different lessons for different grade levels. So I liked this website because a few videos and lessons were geared toward elementary students. I enjoyed this video below because it gives you a sense of how technology is changing the teaching profession and that we need to stand up and get involved rather than stand by and watch cyberbullying happen in our schools. Be PROACTIVE!

Internet Resources
http://www.netsmartz.org/RealLifeStories/CantTakeItBack
http://www.cyberbullying.org/pdf/cyberbulling-information.pdf- 2004 Bullying.org incorporated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dygyi96-amM

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