Bully Free Sophomore Class Session 2 Today all students will: Define cyber bullying. List examples of cyber bullying. Examine their online and cell phone behavior to determine if they cyber bully. Discuss at least five steps to take to keep from being cyber bullied. Bully Free Sophomore Class Session 2

Lesson 7- What is Cyber-Bullying? You need to know how to handle a form of bullying called “Cyber Bullying” What is cyber bullying? Cyber-Bullying: involves the use of information and communication technologies such as, email, cell phone, and text messages, instant messages, defamatory personal web sites and defamatory online personal polling web sites to support deliberate, repeated and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others.

About Cyber-Bullying Cyber-Bullying is becoming more and more prevalent and many states are passing laws that should stop many people from engaging in this damaging and often unlawful behavior. These behaviors include awful text messages that are sometimes threatening and videos and pictures that are embarrassing and humiliating. If someone has already been bullied and then cyber bullying starts, it intensifies the hurtful feelings. With just a few strokes on the computer keyboard, hurtful and destructive information can be anonymously sent to or posted for viewing by thousands of people. The bullied student feels like people around the world are involved and there is no escape. Therefore, it can be more destructive and hurtful than other forms of bullying.

Definition and Impact of Cyber Bullying (handout) When cyber bullying caps off years if bullying, some students become depressed and suicidal. Some students have committed suicide after being cyber bullied. Some decide to shoot individuals in their school. Do any of you know someone who has been cyber bullied? If so, how did that impact them? Students, Please write on your worksheet the thoughts and feelings created by cyber bulling. Then discuss them aloud. Definition and Impact of Cyber Bullying (handout)

Journal Entry #7 Students, write a paragraph about how it would feel to be cyber bullied. If you wish, you can write about a personal experience with cyber bullying or about the experience of a friend that has been cyber bullied

Keep up-to-date online www.cyberbullying.ca www.cyberbullying.org www.cyberbullying.us www.wiredsafety.org www.ncpc.org www.isafe.org www.csriu.org www.natfamilynews.org www.safekids.com www.cybertipline.com Additional websites PostSecret – FUN to see others deal with similar issues Live Journal – express yourself with an online diary Diary Project – day to day experiences growing up *All free to anonymously share secrets and get things off your chest.

Lesson 8 - What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like? I want to continue our discussion of cyber bulling. Cyber bullying comes in a variety of forms. Students are discovering more and more creative ways to use technology to hurt, threaten, embarrass, and humiliate people. The attacks can be direct by proxy. Cyber bullying by proxy occurs when a cyber bully gets someone else to do the bullying. Most of the time the proxy does not know that he is being used by the cyber bully.

Can you think of other ways people are cyber bullied? The attacks can be direct or by proxy. Cyber bullying by proxy occurs when a cyber bully gets someone else to do the bullying. Most of the time the proxy does not know that he is being used by the cyber bully. This is the most dangerous form of cyber bullying because it can get adults involved in the bullying who are unaware they are dealing with a student. Sometimes cyber bullies attack by posing as the victim to create problems for the true victim. For example, the student who bullies may make it look as though the victim is doing something wrong; the parents are then notified and the parents punish the victim. Can you think of other ways people are cyber bullied?

What does cyber bullying look like? (handout) Fill in the blank lines on the worksheet with additional example of cyber bullying. Any volunteers?

Students who cyber bully often use: Blogs- Blogs provide users with the tools to publish personal content online about a range of topics, such as hobbies, travel or work projects. People then connect their blogs with those of other people with similar interests. Chat rooms – These are virtual meeting places. Most chat rooms can accommodate more than one hundred users simultaneously. Discussion groups – Discussion groups are accessible via the Internet. Each group is categorized and devoted to a single topic. Messages are posted in bulletin form and remain on a server, rather than being e-mailed. E-mail – E-mail is a service that allows subscribers to pass messages from on e person to the other through an Internet service provider. Instant Messaging (IM) – This is an online activity that allows two or more people to converse online. Message boards – These are online places where people with common interest go to talk about those interests, such as sports teams, TV shows and online games. Short message service (Texting) – This is a service that allows text messages to be sent and received via cell phones. Facebook and Twitter

Journal Entry#8 Examine the examples of cyber bullying on the handout and select the one that would be most hurtful or disturbing. Explain why.

Lesson 9: Do You Cyber Bully? Read instructions on the following worksheet and complete the form. NO ONE will see your responses and you may keep this. If you have done any of the things on this sheet you have engaged in cyber bullying behavior, which is a form of school violence and may be unlawful. Please do what you can to prevent and stop cyber bullying.

Journal Entry #9 Reflect on the lesson and write a paragraph regarding your thoughts and feelings.

How to Prevent and Stop Cyber Bulling Lesson 10: How to Prevent and Stop Cyber Bulling We know: what it is what impact it has on an individual and on our school what it looks like when we have engaged in cyber bullying behavior

How to Prevent Cyber Bullying Protecting yourself from all cyber bullying may be impossible but there are some steps you can take to prevent much of it, reduce it and perhaps even stop cyber bullying. (handout) On the blank lines, list other strategies that you are aware of for preventing and stopping cyber bullying.