2. What are the differences between bullying and cyberbullying?

3. DIFFERENCES BULLYING DIRECT Occurs on school property Poor relationship skills Fear retribution Physical: Hitting, Punching & Shoving Verbal: Teasing, Name calling & Gossip Nonverbal: Use of gestures & Exclusion CYBERBULLYING ANONYMOUS Occurs on and off school property Good relationship skills Fear loss of technology privileges Further under the radar than bullying

4. What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies such as email, cell phone and text messages, instant messaging, web sites, and polling web sites to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others.

5. http://www.nsteens.org/videos/cyberbullying/

6. How many of you know someone who has been cyberbullied?

7. How Often Cyberbullying Happens  58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online  53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful things to another online  75% had visited a website bashing  40% had their password stolen and changed by a bully (locking them out of their own account) or sent communications posing as them  http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/friendship.htm http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/friendship.htm

8. What specific ways do students cyberbully other students?

9. How Do People Cyberbully Others? Exclusion Outing Polling Stalking Blackmail Flaming E-mail Websites “Piling” via IM Impersonation

10. How do you think cyberbullying impacts victims?

11. “Bully-cide”

12. What is the Impact of Cyberbullying? Psychological, physical, and emotional depression, anxiety, anger, school failure, school avoidance, suicide, and school violence Role modeling for others which increases likelihood of increased bullying

13. What is the Impact of Cyberbullying? Legal consequences –Appearance in court –Probation –Jail School Consequences –Detention –Suspension –Expulsion Very difficult to take back once it begins –http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/ canttake.htmhttp://www.netsmartz.org/stories/ canttake.htm

14. What can YOU do to stop it??

15. What Students Can Do …

16. If you wouldn’t say it in front of an audience…don’t put it online!

17. You never really are anonymous Thursday, August 20, 2009 “Google forced to reveal bully blogger's id” “Facebook, Teens Slapped with Cyber Bullying Lawsuit” “Facebook Cyberbullying lawsuit against New York Teenager” “School bullying grows from silent battle to crime”

18. Protect yourself online! http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/teresa.htm

19. Your BullyART