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• 13 Mar 09
  

  Lesie Palmer

  I would definately use the the video to show older students.

  cyberbullying

  • I have 4 D's that I think are issues that should be dealt with at an office  level. The first two D's are cut-and-dry/immediate office issues. These are  'no-brainers', you break these rules and you go to the office!

     

    1. Drugs- Alcohol is included in this category;

     

    2. Dangerous- Not just weapons, but physical violence too. The best policy is  a zero-tolerance policy... We don't solve problems this way. (Sorry President  Bush, but I'd be sending you to the office);

     

    The next 2 D's have some grey area between being an issue for the office and  being an issue that I handle myself. They are:

     

    3. Defiance- an absolute refusal to participate and/or co-operate. If you  don't come to class prepared to learn, or if you aren't willing to participate  with the class... If you can't offer me 5% of what I am offering you, then that  probably hinders my ability to give everyone else the time and attention they  deserve. I obviously can't help you, so there is no reason for you to be here.  I've only ever had one student absolutely refuse to engage in learning to this  point. I honestly felt that it was a disservice to keep him in the class and  made this the reason to send him to the office. (I have used this as 'leverage'  with other students in the past- not an ideal strategy, but sometimes a student  needs to know that you have limits);

     

    and the final 'D',

     

    4. Disrespect- If you are going to treat me, or others in a way that is  hurtful, if you are going to 'injure' others emotionally/socially... then we  have a problem. Hitting someone, or physically hurting someone puts you in the  'Dangerous' category and becomes an immediate office referral. Disrespect on the  other hand is a little different. If you emotionally or socially injure someone  then you are defying one or two of our  school beliefs : Respect and/or Inclusion.

     

    So why was this act of disrespect an office issue? Because it was bullying!  It may not satisfy the dictionary definition of bullying, 'to use superior  strength or influence to intimidate (someone)', but it injured someone's dignity  in a very public way. To me bullying of any kind, like physical violence, should  have a zero-tolerance policy. If I dealt with this on my own, then I would be  offering a perception that this is easily fixed... and it isn't. From Nails in Fence (from my Teaching  Metaphors):

       

    "When you say things in anger, they leave a scar... You can put a knife in a  man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound  is still there." A verbal wound can be just as bad as a physical one."

     

    
    This act, whether done simply as a joke, or with hurtful intentions, was  wrong on many levels, from identity theft with the use of Student 1's account to  social embarrassment of Student 3, (and Student 1 as well). It is cyberbullying  because it used technology as the medium to bully. 

     

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     For my class, the first thing I did (while still at home) was to send  out a wiki mail message to everyone. Basically it said, 'Don't use wiki mail  until we get a chance to talk tomorrow.' I didn't want it used to perpetuate any  more issues or, for that matter, gossip.

     

    Next, I changed my lesson plans for Science. It was our last day for the  project, (talk about putting a damper on the whole thing), and our school dance  was scheduled for the afternoon so I thought this would be a great opportunity  to have a lesson about bullying and cyberbullying.
• 15 Apr 08
  

  Anne Bubnic

  Teachable Moment involving identity theft of a student account at school.

  CTAP4 ad4dcss hacking cyberbullying

  • 4. Disrespect- If you are going to treat me, or others in a way that is hurtful, if you are going to 'injure' others emotionally/socially... then we have a problem. Hitting someone, or physically hurting someone puts you in the 'Dangerous' category and becomes an immediate office referral. Disrespect on the other hand is a little different. If you emotionally or socially injure someone then you are defying one or two of our school beliefs : Respect and/or Inclusion.
  • This act, whether done simply as a joke, or with hurtful intentions, was wrong on many levels, from identity theft with the use of Student 1's account to social embarrassment of Student 3, (and Student 1 as well). It is cyberbullying because it used technology as the medium to bully. 
• 15 May 07
  

  Cam Good

  cyberbullying wiki

• 06 May 07
  

  Scott Floyd

  cyberbully professional_development discipline

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