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Cyberbullying. Grade 8 Health. What are some great things about technology ? What are some harmful things about technology? Turn and Talk. Write your ideas on your sheet. What types of social media sites do you use?. What is the Definition of C yberbullying ?.
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Cyberbullying Grade 8 Health
What are some great things about technology? What are some harmful things about technology? Turn and Talk. Write your ideas on your sheet.
What is the Definition of Cyberbullying? • Cyberbullyingis defined as bullying that takes place using electronic technology, including cellphones, computers, and tablets.
How many youth have been harassed over a cell phone or a email a. 1 out of 4 b. 1 out of 10 c. 1 out of 100 d. 1 out of 1000
How many adolescents and teens have been bullied online? a. Over half of all teens. b. 1 out of 5 c. 1 out of 10 d. 1 out of 15
How often do teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures of themselves taken without their permission? b. 1 out of 10 a. 1 out of 5 c. 1 out of 15 d. 1 out of 20
What are some examples of cyberbullying? • Writing hurtful things through texting, online messages, email, or online games • Posting hurtful and derogatory messages on social media. • Posting or sharing embarrassing pictures or videos of someone. • Creating a fake profile in order to humiliate someone else.
Why is cyberbullying different than any other type of bullying? • Cyberbullying affects victims in a different way than traditional bullying. • Bullying can follow a victim everywhere 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. • From school, to the mall, and all the way in to your home. • In traditional bullying usually the home is a safe place where you do not have to worry about being bullied. Cyberbullying follows you around where ever you go.
Bullying and the Law • In some cases bullying can be against the law. • These include • Threats – done either face-to-face, online, over the phone or through text messaging. • Assaults – including pushing, tripping, slapping, hitting, or spitting. • Theft of personal items – like a backpack, books, cell phones, ipads, etc. • Sexual Exploitation – sharing videos or photos with nudity of people under 18. • Hate crime – bullying based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, etc.
Why Do People Cyberbully? • People sometimes say or do things online that they wouldn’t say or do face-to-face. • Makes you feel POWERFUL. • Maybe you need to feel like you’re in CONTROL.
What are the steps to take if you are bullied online? • Don’t write back. • Don’t give the the bully any response they are looking for. If you send back a threatening post you could also get yourself in trouble. • Make a copy. • It is important to save all bullying messages, posts or pictures. • Block the bully. • Leave. • Remove yourself from the situation. Don’t go back to the environments that you have experienced bullying in. • Tell someone • Tell an adult that you trust about bullying.
If it gets really bad… • Call for help, harassment, threats, and blackmail, and intimidation are all illegal. Ask an adult to contact the police.
Other things you can do to protect yourself from cyberbullying • If you get a harassing phone call on a landline, dial *57 immediately when the call ends. The phone company will record the phone number that made the call, so police can get it. How to report online bullying in social media. • http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cycp-cpcj/bull-inti/index-eng.htm
Questions to Answer • How would you resolve this issue? • How could this issue be prevented? • If you were a bystander what could you do? • And who are playing the roles in this scenario? • Cyberbully – • Target – • Bystander(s) – • Who is the person you trust to tell –
Scenarios Activity. • I am going to hand out scenarios, in your group you are going to answer the following questions • How would you resolve this issue? • How could this issue be prevented? • If you were a bystander what could you do? • And who are playing the roles in this scenario? • Cyberbully– • Target – • Bystander(s) – • Who is the person you trust to tell –
Exit Slip • 1. From 1-10 how big of a problem is cyberbullying among your friends? (1 being the least and 10 being the most) • 2. From 1-10 how big of a problem is cyberbullying in your school? (1 being the least and 10 being the most) • 3. From what you learned today name 3 things to do if you are being cyberbullied.