Cyber Bullying
Bullying
Online Safety
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Cyber bullying is using electronic means by a child, preteen, or teen to torment, threaten, harass, humiliate, embarrass, or otherwise target another child, pre-teen, or teen
What is Cyber Bullying?
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Cliques are more common in 6th-8th grade It is also a stressful time, your body is changing & peers become more important as you try to fit It can also be hard to know who your friends are. Kids can be nice one day and not the next.
Bullying occurs most frequently in grades 6-8. Why?
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No - because you never know if they are really who they say they are
Is it a good idea to friend everyone who asks on Facebook?
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Because emotions sometimes cloud our judgement.
Why shouldn't you send or reply to messages when you are angry?
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A person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part or help. Food for thought: only 10% of bystanders actually try to stop the bully
What is a bystander?
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Cell phones Chat rooms Social Networking Sites (Facebook, Myspace, Instagram, Twitter) E-mail Xbox Live
Name one way that people cyber bully
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Teasing can be fun between friends, but if the behavior is repeated over and over again it is considered bullying (especially if one person has asked the other to stop or only one person is laughing).
Does teasing count as bullying?
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None
What personal information is okay to give out online?
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No - remember someone might treat another badly when having a bad day or when angry about something. Bullying is repeated and on purpose.
Your friend is having a bad day. When you try to talk to him, he snaps at you and says something that hurts your feelings. Is this an example of bullying?
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teacher, parent, principal
Who should you tell if you are being bullied or you see someone else being bullied?
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YES
Would this message be an example of cyber bullying: "Party at Andrew's house, don't tell Jill!"
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They both want to hurt people or feel power
What do cyber bullies have in common with regular bullies?
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False - The Internet is an open forum for anyone and everyone. Bias is the rule rather than the exception. Evaluate carefully ALL information on websites, personal or public.
Information on the Internet can always be trusted to be factual (true or false)
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No - more than half of all middle school students have been bullied. Bullying isn't an issue people like to talk about, and many won't admit they are being bullied.
Kids who are bullied often feel alone. Is this true?
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challenging all bullying behaviour friending victims talk about bullying designing posters carrying out surveys Creating school mission statements and/or clubs
What are things you could do to help?
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They are being cowardly and feel like they can be anonymous by posting online
Why do people say mean things online or in a text instead of to that person's face?
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Name calling or being rude to someone over and over again Leaving people out of games or taking friends away Making someone do something they don’t want to do Leaving notes in other people's lockers telling them how to dress or act Taking, hiding or stealing things Making fun of someone for doing well in school or for not doing so well. Forcing someone to play rough games or mess fight when they don’t want to. Gossiping or spreading rumors Sending unkind text messages, notes, e-mails or drawing cruel pictures Making fun of the clothes someone wears, the bike they ride or the school bag they have Hitting, kicking, hair pulling, punching, spitting, poking. Calling people names because they look or sound different Making fun of someone’s family Making faces or actions to scare someone or make them feel uncomfortable
Children can bully in lots of different ways: name two ways
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A browser is a piece of software that runs on your computer (IE, Chrome, Firefox). A search engine is a piece of software that stores information (Google, Bing)
What's the difference between an internet browser and a search engine?
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Teasing is harmless fun, like when two friends joke about something and both people laugh. It stops if someone becomes upset about it. Taunting is when one person says something on purpose to hurt another person’s feelings or to make them cry. It keeps happening even when the other person says they don’t like it. Taunting is bullying
What is There is a difference between ’teasing’ and ‘taunting’.
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Be kind Befriend them Report bullying behavior Not laugh at a bully's actions
What are ways you could encourage a victim of bullying?
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Save the messages/print it off
How can you prove that you are a victim of cyber bullying?
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They don’t know how to change even though they know it’s wrong OR they like the feeling of power or the popularity that they feel comes from it.
If we all know what Cyber Bullying is and how bad it can be for the victim --- why do some people continue to do it?
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The fraudulent practice of sending e-mails purporting to be from legitimate companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information
What is Phishing?
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Children frequently do not tell their parents that they are being bullied because they are embarrassed, ashamed, frightened of the children who are bullying them, or afraid of being seen as a “tattle tail”
Why does bullying or cyber bullying go unreported?
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Empathy is the ability to put yourself in another person's place; being empathetic means that you can sense and identify with what another person is feeling.
What is empathy?
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