CYBERBULLYING CROSSING THE LINE WHEN DOES INAPPROPRIATE ONLINE

CYBERBULLYING: CROSSING THE LINE WHEN DOES INAPPROPRIATE ONLINE BEHAVIOR CROSS THE LINE TO CYBERBULLYING, AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? COMMON SENSE EDUCATION

WARM UP • WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS TEASE EACH OTHER ONLINE FOR FUN? • SEND JOKES BACK AND FORTH • ALTER PHOTOS OF ONE ANOTHER, IN A GOOFY WAY • WHEN DOES THE TEASING “CROSS THE LINE” AND BECOME HARMFUL? WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS, AND WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE IN THAT SITUATION? • THE TEASING BECOMES UPSETTING, NOT FUN ANYMORE • FEELING HELPLESS • FEELING LIKE YOUR REPUTATION MIGHT SUFFER • WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY

CROSSING THE LINE • HARASSING – BOMBARDING SOMEONE WITH MESSAGES OVER DIGITAL MEDIA, OR REPEATED CONTACT WHEN IT IS LEAST EXPECTED OR UNWANTED • DECEIVING – USING FAKE NAMES, POSING AS SOMEONE ELSE, OR CREATING A FAKE PROFILE ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE • FLAMING – SAYING MEAN THINGS, USUALLY IN ALL INTENTION TO HUMILIATE CAPS, AND OFTEN IN A PUBLIC FORUM WITH THE • HATE SPEECH – A VERBAL ATTACK TARGETING SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE, GENDER, RELIGION, ABILITY, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION

CYBERBULLYING • HARASSING, DECEIVING, FLAMING AND HATE SPEECH ARE ALL CONSIDERED CYBERBULLYING • WHY MIGHT SOMEONE MIGHT NOT WANT TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT A CYBERBULLYING SITUATION? • EMBARRASSED • FEAR • TATTLE • NO MATTER WHAT LABEL YOU PUT ON A SITUATION, IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, UPSET, OR HURT; YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT. • WHO?

STACEY’S STORY – WHEN RUMORS ESCALATE • STACEY’S REFLECTION ON A CYBERBULLYING EXPERIENCE: HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=HWDJWL 9 RGCE • WHY DID THE GIRLS START TO HARASS AND THREATEN STACEY ONLINE IN THE FIRST PLACE? • WHEN DO YOU THINK THE GIRLS’ BEHAVIOR “CROSSED THE LINE”? • STACEY SAYS, “PEOPLE TALK REALLY BIG, WHEN THERE’S, LIKE, MILES BETWEEN YOU. ” WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE MEANS BY THIS STATEMENT? • IN WHAT WAYS MIGHT THE ONLINE CONTEXT MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE THAN IF THE BULLY HAD HARASSED STACEY OFFLINE? • STACEY’S MOM SAYS THAT STACEY SHOULD CALL THE SCHOOL AND REPORT THE INCIDENTS. STACEY RESPONDS THAT IT WOULD “JUST MAKE IT WORSE. ” DO YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE? WHY OR WHY NOT?

CASE STUDIES • “ATTACKED FROM ALL SIDES” • “ELECTION SABOTAGE” 1. REVIEW THE CASE STUDY ASSIGNED TO YOUR GROUP 2. DISCUSS THE SITUATION AND THE QUESTIONS FOR YOUR CASE STUDY 3. PREPARE A GOOGLE SLIDES PRESENTATION TO ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CASE STUDY. ASK THE AUDIENCE THE QUESTIONS, CALL ON STUDENTS FOR THEIR ANSWERS, THEN PRESENT THE ANSWERS YOUR GROUP CAME UP WITH.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM • WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE WHEN A TEASING SITUATION “CROSSES THE LINE” FROM HARMLESS TO HARMFUL? • WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT FORMS OF CYBERBULLYING? • WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO FEELS CYBERBULLIED?