1. Digital Footprints, Cyberbullying & Sexting What Mona Shores Students Should Know Mr. Mann Instructional Technology Consultant Muskegon Area Intermediate School District

2. The Problems Cyberbullying Students Digital Footprints Facebook Privacy Sexting

3. Cyberbullying tools… Email Instant Messaging (IM) AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, and MSN Messenger Cell phone - text messaging Defamatory personal polling websites Pager - text messaging Online gaming: Xbox Live and runescape.com to bully or otherwise harass an individual or group through personal attacks or other means.

4. “If you wouldn’t say it in person, why say it online?” Delete Cyberbullying. Don’t Write it. Don’t Forward it.

6. Powerful Stats… 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. 53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. Based on 2004 i-SAFE survey of 1,500 students grades 4-8 http://www.isafe.orghttp://www.isafe.org MNet Research - http://www.mindohfoundation.org/bullying.htmhttp://www.mindohfoundation.org/bullying.htm

7. Cyberbullying background… Girls are 3x more likely to cyberbully than boys Popular students tend to be more involved in cyberbullying www.flickr.com/photos/doubleimagephotography/

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnidirectionalhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/omnidirectional / Cyberbullying background… Home is no longer safe Home computers, cell phones 24/7 access Exponential distribution 1 message sent to many Strong norm What happens online, stays online

9. Where Does It Happen? Most cyberbullying occurs outside of school 50% of kids are online most of the time without adult supervision Should this be higher? MNet Research - http://www.mindohfoundation.org/bullying.htmhttp://www.mindohfoundation.org/bullying.htm

10. Once you put something online, you lose control over it… …I would have never said those things to someone’s face. Restarts Real Life Stories Cyberbullying: You Can’t Take It Back

12. How should you Respond? 3 Don’t reply to abusive messages, that may only encourage the bully. Or reply once with a clear message to stop. 6 54 2 Keep a record of events/messages or pictures, you will need them for the police or the ISP, or mobile phone company to trace the bully. 1 You have a right not to be harrased and bullied online, make sure you tell someone Think before you send pictures of someone via email, or mobile phone, they can spread far beyond your circle of friends. If you receive a rude image or text about someone else do not forward it, you could be assisting a bully or breaking the law. Treat your password like your toothbrush Don’t let anyone else use it.

13. Think before sending or replying Read what has been written before sending Ask: is responding electronically the best way? Only share photos with those you know Wait 24 hours before sending or replying Remember – a message or reply can be printed or forwarded with a mouse click

14. Don’t share your password…not even with a friend. What could happen if you share your password? Restarts Real Life Stories Cyberbullying: Broken Friendship

16. What students can do… If you are being harassed online, talk to an adult Leave the area or stop the activity Block the sender's messages & save them Guard your contact information: IM name, e-mail, cell phone number Treat your password like your toothbrush…don’t share it Take a stand against cyberbullying with peers Speak out if you see it happening or know about it From: http://www.bewebaware.ca

17. Statement of Rights and Responsibilities http://www.facebook.com/terms.php When you publish content or information using the "everyone" setting, it means that everyone, including people off of Facebook, will have access to that information… You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user. You will not post content that is hateful, threatening, pornographic, or that contains nudity.

18. Everyone seems to have a site Facebook MySpace Xanga Blogger Livejournal Friendster Tickle Furl If you have a site – one of these or another site – stand up

19. A Diary Was Private Now It is Public OK I THINK ITS TIME TO UPDATE LOL WELL IM RLLY BORAD AND I CANT WAIT UNTILL SKOOL STARTS BECUZ I GET RLLY BORED RLLY FAST LOL WELL AND I KINDDA WANTED TO UPDATE BECUZ ZACK IS RLLY HOTT BUT U KNOE THE SAME PIC GETS OLD LOL WELL I HAVE PICS OF ME ON MI OTHER XANGA IF U WANT TO LOOK WELL I ALSO TALKED TO ZACK BEYMER TODAY HE SO SO SO F***ING HOTT BUT HES LIKE UMM...14 BUT HES IN 9TH GRADE AND IM IN 7TH I MEAN WE COULD GO OUT BUT W/E AND UMM LETS SEE I SPENT THE NIGHT AT MI FRIENDS HOUSE LAST NIGHT AND I WENT TO BED AT LIKE 6:45 AND WOKE UP AT LIKE 7:30-8:00 SOMETIME IN THERE WELL AND IM NOT EVEN TIRED WELL I THINK MATT IS MAD AT ME Employers and colleges are looking at these sites What will it say about you?

20. Google and search for: mercy high school michigan myspace 16 or 17 With links to friends’ sites, a link to one site provide a connection to other students’ sites Just because there is a question on the form doesn’t mean you have to answer it Students’ New Permanent Record

21. Found this site from a Google search

22. In the past month have you Drank Alcohol? In the past month have you Smoked? What do you want to be when you Grow Up? In the past month have you been on drugs? In the past month have you Stolen anything? yes yes - today what kind? a teacher

23. Assume Everyone Will See Everything Nothing on the Internet is private An alias provides only minimal protection 44% of teens only use one screen name “Confidential” items may be saved/forwarded www.archive.org (the wayback machine) www.archive.org www.google.com (use the cache link) www.google.com A photo may be altered and forwarded Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Teens and Parents Survey

24. Deleted does not mean gone

27. Will what I say on Facebook impact my job or college choices? Watch this example.

28. You are who you are online “Your Google results are your new resume” 61% of employers are running online background checks of new hires 43% are not hiring someone based on these online results Does your online presence represent you the way you want others to see you? Ponemon Institute Survey as reported in Reader’s Digest Magazine, “Click and Clean”, April 2008 Actual photo from MySpace

29. Facebook Privacy Settings Default Settings Google search displays your profile Friends of friends can see your relationship status and tagged photos Are your friends as careful as you are about who they friend?

30. Facebook Privacy Settings Applications, Games and Websites Everyone can see your family, relationships Friends of Friends can see your birthday, photos you are tagged in. You don’t control who your friends friend.

31. Facebook Privacy Settings Applications, Games and Websites

32. Facebook Privacy Settings

33. Info accessible through your friends …your information is available to applications, games and websites when your friends use them. The more info you share, the more social the experience

34. Facebook Privacy Settings

35. Public Search … people who enter your name in a search engine will see a preview of your Facebook profile

36. Review Your Site Review privacy settings Does site and text represent you in a positive way? Who are you linking to? Would your information put you in danger? Let a parent/teacher see your site

37. Cell Phones #1 form of teen communications 2/3 of teens have a cell phone 70% of teens talk daily on their cell phone 60% of teens send text messages daily http://www.commonsensemedia.org/Cell-Phones-Tips#

38. Cell Phones Risks Cyberbullying Cell phone use while driving Inappropriate photos Drinking, illegal drug use, stages of undress Sexting A 17 year old boy posting a photo of a topless underage girl has just committed a felony. If convicted, he can go to jail and he will have a record which will follow him the rest of his life.

39. Teens Posting Photos & Text 21% of teenage girls and 18% of teenage boys have admitted to sending or posting revealing photos of themselves online 37% of teenage girls and 40% of teenage boys have admitted to sending or posting sexually suggestion text messages 1 in 3 teen boys; 1 in 4 teen girls have had nude images-originally meant to be private-shared with them 2008 Sex and Tech Survey National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com

40. Sexting Photo Led to Suicide Jessica Logan, a popular high school senior, broke up with her boyfriend Her nude cell phone photo –shared privately with her boyfriend was sent to over 100 classmates The Ohio senior was then bombarded with taunts: slut, whore, porn queen. Some girls even threw things at her. On July 3, 2009, Jessie hanged herself in her bedroom http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29546030/

41. Let’s hear from a girl who shared nude photos…

43. Now let’s hear from the other side, a boy who sent nude photos…

45. It was just a picture… At your HS reunion in 25 years, they’ll still be showing it. Watch this example…

46. Once a photo is online… A photo posted online is out of your control You can never get it back The photo will follow you forever

47. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8xtQNQYDQ

48. Requests for Inappropriate Pics How do you respond? www.thatsnotcool.com

49. Send a Picture of Your Dog’s Butt www.thatsnotcool.com

50. Sexting Recommendations Do not send or request inappropriate photos Delete inappropriate photos immediately Do not post or forward photos sent to you Take a stand w/ friends Collect cell phones at the door for sleep overs or parties Photos taken when just “acting crazy” can follow you the rest of your life

51. “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”

52. Cyber Predator Skit - SNL

53. Key ideas Someone can pretend to be someone they are not… Don’t trust someone’s age Don’t trust someone’s user name or school they attend Corrections to what instructor said... Don’t use a screen name which provides identifying information about you Don’t use your photo Don’t state if you are male or female

54. Take Action Take a stand against cyberbullying Save copies of text messages, emails… Review your social networking site Update your Facebook privacy settings Use cell phone & camera appropriately Never request or send inappropriate photos You are who you are online What you do or say online will not stay private

55. Discussion Time and Questions…