Cyberbullying
What is cyber bullying?
Who should you talk with online?
Real-life friends and family
What is the most important aspect of internet safety?
The password
What is a monitor?
The screen part of the computer.
What is one thing that you can do to stop cyber bullying?
Never take part in cyberbullying, report any bullying you see, block any cyberbullying accounts, help support the victims and give them a friend, tell your parents and teachers about bullying you see, and ignore any cyber bullying posts you get.
What type of information should you share online:
your real name,address, photo, phone number, and school
or
things like your favorite activities, favorite subjects in school, music, art, sports, etc
The non-personal information about your likes and other vague non-threatening information - never personal information
What should a good password be?
6 characters, at least one number and special symbol, and be easy to remember but hard to guess.
What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
Scenario: You are on social media and someone says your profile picture is ugly. They never say anything negative about you again, and this was the first incident. Were you cyberbullied?
Not really, no. While it wasn't nice to say, and you should still report and block them, cyberbullying is more of repeated offenses against a person in a power struggle.
You want to post a picture of yourself and your friends in front of your school. You can see the school's name and logo in the background, and the state flag. One of your friends is also wearing a shirt with their name on it. Should you post the picture?
No, it gives too much information like what state you live in and where you go to school and a friend's name.
Who can you share a password with?
Only your parents or other trusted adult.
What is the hard drive?
The memory storage that is on the computer and is actually made of parts.
What are methods of cyberbullying?
Repeated attacks against a person, embarrassing information/pictures being shared by someone other than the person who it applies to and it being hated on, sharing personal information, posting hurtful videos, making rumors, making websites about them, and encouraging self-harm/suicide
You get an email from an unknown address. They threaten that they know where you live and will come find you. They also give a link to a website that you don't know where it leads to.
You should immediately go to your parents, not click on the link, and don't respond. Your parents will help you handle it.
Scenario: You are online and there is a pop up saying to spin the wheel and you will get a gift if you complete a survey. Do you click on it?
No, you should leave the page without touching anything and tell your parents.
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
Who is at risk for cyber-bullying?
People who are perceived as different, kids who share a lot of personal information and post a lot, kids with disabilities, LGBTQ youth, kids who have depression, anxiety, or low self-esteem, or are not popular/have few friends
Scenario: Your friend posts a video diary and there is a lot of personal information - their first and last name, school they go to, friends name, home address, email address, phone number, and the video shows their whole face and room! How can you protect them?
You can tell your parents so that they are aware of the situation and talk to your friend to tell her to take it down.
You get a pop up asking you to plug in your parents' credit card number for a reward. Do you put it in?
No, never put in credit card information to an unknown source.
What does a CPU do?
It carries out the instructions for a computer program.