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Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying. Awareness & Prevention Presented by Traci Terrill. ESC Region XV ~ Back to School Conference 2011. Effective Immediately. Changes in the Law - HB1942.

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Cyberbullying

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  1. Cyberbullying Awareness & Prevention Presented by Traci Terrill ESC Region XV ~ Back to School Conference 2011

  2. Effective Immediately Changes in the Law - HB1942 • Allows a school district to include procedures in its staff development relating to preventing, identifying, responding to, and reporting incidents of bullying. • Defines bullying as engaging in written or verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or physical conduct that occurs on school property, at a school‐sponsored or school‐related activity, or in a vehicle operated by the district and that has the effect or will have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student’s property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s person or of damage to the student’s property; or is sufficiently severe, persistent, and pervasive enough that the action or threat creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for a student. See Speaker Notes for Entire Bill

  3. Effective 9/1/11 Changes in the Law – SB407 • Meant to prevent and hold minors responsible for transmitting sexually explicit messages by establishing educational programs for violators. • "Sexting" between minors has historically been categorized as pornography, which means violators face felony convictions and possible registration for life in the Texas Sex Offender Registration program. Previously, anyone found sending or receiving sexts would be viewed by the law as possessing or trafficking pornography. The new law will grant exemption from punishment for those who receive a sext and either report or destroy it within 48 hours. See Speaker Notes for Entire Bill News Article – June 21, 2011

  4. Start the Talk – What is Cyberbullying? • Why is it important to discuss the topic of bullying? • Use news articles and real life stories to discuss examples of bullying. • Identify technologies used in cyberbullying. • Understand the bullying circle. • Identify rules against bullying. • Define cyberbullying. • Identify cyberbullying situation. • Identify the effects of cyberbullying on a student that is bullied, on bystanders, and the student who is the bully.

  5. Cyberbullying Prevention Commercials Watch… or Listen…

  6. Start the Talk In the news… • To Sue a Bully (Texas) • Cyber bullying likened to human rights abuse (Australia) • Bullies using Facebook to target victims (Australia) • First Amendment Limits Discipline Of Off-Campus Student Speech (Texas) • When Anti-Cyberbullying Strategies Worked -- and When They Didn't (Yahoo) • Cyber bullying: Out you go! (Malaysia, very interesting) • Cyberbullying, where to draw the line (has video by PD)

  7. How Should You React to Cyberbullying? • Identify steps to take if cyber bullied. • Identify what steps to take if someone they know is being cyber bullied. What would you do?

  8. Harmless Joke or Cyberbullying? ABC News

  9. Resources • www.netsmartz.org • http://www.cyberbullyingprevention.com/ • http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/ • http://www.cyberbullying.us/ • http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying • http://abcfamily.go.com/movies/cyberbully • http://www.isafe.org/

  10. Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4EjrFPAbbY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbtajOvAU10&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNumIY9D7uY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 Click here for YouTube downloader!

  11. Video Teachers Guide Let’s Fight it Together

  12. Start the Talk Bullying Circle Cyberbullying A Prevention Curriculum for Grades 6-12 by Limber, Kowalski, and Agatston

  13. Start the Talk What is Cyberbullying? "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.

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