Activity
5.3 Cyberbullying and Social Media
In
this activity, I assembled various internet resources on
cyberbullying into a Symbaloo webmix. My resources were targeting
toward secondary education students and for my reference in dealing
with secondary students. Symbaloo is an interesting web tool for
collecting resources together, especially by topic, and this activity
has given me the tools I need to use it for other branches of my
learning.
In
developing two strategies for dealing with cyberbullying to use in
the classroom, my first thought was to inform students as much as
possible about how to behave when online, both for their own safety,
and in respecting others online. The link 50
Crucial Rules for Online Behaviour
was a very helpful starting point for this plan, as it covers such a
wide array of online behaviours, though some of the advice is aimed
at a slightly older audience, secondary students can still benefit
from hearing those lessons early. Students should know that just
because they are online does not mean that they can behave
inappropriately, and what constitutes such behaviour on social media
sites and the like. Also, for those students who are experiencing
cyberbullying, I think they would find this link to be of use in
helping them: How
to make it stop.
The
second issue I want to address with students is a simple one: that
they can talk about their experiences. Victims of cyberbullying often
avoid telling adults about their online encounters with bullies, and
doing so online prolongs the problem. I will make clear to my
students that they can talk to me about their problems, and I will
help them make the appropriate decisions in dealing with them.
Allowing students to talk to you discretely after class allows them
to vocalize their problems without all their peers listening in, and
not having that audience around emboldens students to come forward.
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