Cyberbullying
After reading
the assigned articles, watching the videos, and exploring the resources
provided, what stands out the most to me regarding Cyberbullying is that it is
not just a teen activity but the children and even adults engage in it. I really had not ever thought about
adults bullying each other online.
That seems silly of me because I have watched Dr. Phil when he has had
crazed ex’s on his show maligning their former spouses on Facebook. When I read the article “From the
Sandbox to the Inbox: Comparing the Acts, Impacts, and Solutions of Bullying in
K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace,” I was very sad to read about the
college student who killed himself after having a sexual encounter posted
online (2015, p.111). Further, I
was a bit surprised to read about “workplace mobbing” (2015, p.112). Adult cyberbullying absolutely surprised
me the most this week because I naively thought that only crazy people (think
Dr. Phil’s guests) and angry teenage mean-girls participated in
cyberbullying. I also did not have
any idea it was so prevalent.
From
the article “How It's Done: Incorporating Digital Citizenship Into Your
Everyday Curriculum” by Jon Orech, I learned that having older kids mentor
middle school students is an effective way to teach netiquette, digital
citizenship, and cybercrime prevention.
My students are 5th and 6th graders. I do teach digital citizenship, but had not thought to cover
cyberbullying until this weeks content.
I probably will not have the older kids mentor or write letters to my
students, because my kids are a bit innocent. However, the Symbaloo created by
Stephanie Thomas entitled Digital
Citizenship had a great set of informational sites with one video I am
going to use with my students called Oversharing.
Orech, J. (2012). How it’s done: Incorporating
digital citizenship into your everyday curriculum. Tech & Learning, 33(1),
16–18. Retrieved from
https://login.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=82590138&site=ehost-live
Faucher,
C., Cassidy, W., & Jackson, M. (2015). From the sandbox to the inbox:
Comparing the acts, impacts, and solutions of bullying in K-12, higher
education, and the workplace. Journal of
Education and Training Studies, 3(5), 111-125. Redfame Publishing, http://jets.redfame.com
I love the video Oversharing. I think the students will enjoy the song and learn at the same time. Many adults need to listen to this video also. I think we sometime get caught up in sharing that we don't think about what happens when we give out too much information. I have family all over so it is hard to see them, so I post pictures of my girls all the time but my page is not public. I often check in when I go places, but my husband hates this because he said, "it allows people to know where you are, and gives them access to information everyone does not need. If someone wanted to rob us they know we aren't home." Students don't always understand cyberbullying, something as easy as making a meme with a friends picture can be cyberbullying. I definitely was not surprised about adult bullying. Social media has just made it more visual.
ReplyDeleteI was not as aware of cyberbullying until I read about several sexting cases that were prosecuted in Ohio and Pennsylvania a few years ago. So I knew about sexting, but could not even understand why or how anyone would think that it was okay ever. But I met a classmate of one of my kids who was absolutely an oversharer and, apparently, an avid sexter to young men who caught her eye. I told my kids to never ever accept or pass on anything that involved her image, and I warned her to stop because digital is forever.I realized though that she had a lot of family problems, boundary issues, and was just extremely insecure. On the other hand, my youngest, who started a Facebook profile in 7th grade like all of her friends, eliminated it as soon as she entered high school and only recreated a new profile at the end of her senior year. She knew she didn't want old middle school dumb photos or posts being retrievable as she was college and scholarship hunting. She was already a careful curator of her own image and story.
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