Chapter ten
titled, “Preventing Cyber Bullying,” discussed how school staff, teachers, and
school leaders can prevent cyber bullying.
The chapter also raised the question of can cyber bullying be prevented altogether. Chapter ten provided eight sample questions
to assess the level of cyber bullying in schools. The questions can be sent as anonymous
surveys on a regular basis to measure computer habits among students and
staff. The chapter also found it important
to clearly define what cyber bullying is, so students can take responsibility
for their behavior. Students and staff
must be educated on cyber bullying in order to promote productive ongoing
discussions. Teachers may use real life scenarios
and vignettes as discussion examples for cyber bullying to enhance awareness of
what to do and how to do it. Chapter ten
goes on state how students need to be taught how to use technology responsibly
and that can happen with rules and expectations. The chapter mentioned other ways to deter
cyber bullying such as, peer mentoring, school culture, monitoring and
filtering software, and antibullying curriculum. Parents have an important role in cyber
bullying which includes, communication, and going online with their
children. The student’s role in
preventing cyber bullying is: protecting their personal information and
protecting passwords. Law enforcement
officials can play a big part in cyber bullying. Law enforcement officials can make students
aware of the legal consequences of what happens offline.
Personally, I have
never experienced cyber bullying, but I have read cases and I have seen news shows
depicting real people and how cyber bullying has affected them. You hear the old saying, “kids can be cruel,”
but cyber bullying is on a whole new level.
I hope parents, teachers and students make every effort to educate the
masses on the horrible effects of cyber bullying.
As I was reading your blog, I got to the line "kids can be cruel" and while I agree with you, I remembered that sometimes cyberbullying goes beyond just the students. Kids can really tear one another down, but I have also heard cases of parents getting online and cyberbullying other children. As an educator, I think we have to watch out for the warning signs of cyberbullying from students and also potentially parents. How would you handle cyberbullying in your school if you knew the cyberbully was a parent?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I have never been cyberbullying before, so I don't know what does it feel like. But every time when I see someone jumped out of the building trying to commit suicide on news because they can't take the pressure on cyberbullying. Honestly, I think it is wrong to do cyberbullying to people, but on the other hand, we need to educate students how to think outside of the box when they get cyberbullying. Overall, we need to teach our students and their parents how to prevent this happen, and what should they do when cyberbullying happens.
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