tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post405310043213270440..comments2022-01-22T10:17:05.970-08:00Comments on Tech-Savvy Teach: A Preservice Teaching Journey: Cybersafety OutreachElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992875100838521136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post-51215333900049445522011-04-27T05:53:11.340-07:002011-04-27T05:53:11.340-07:00Hi again Liz,
In the particular instance I was ta...Hi again Liz,<br /><br />In the particular instance I was talking about, the bullying went across the board. It was a power game by a particularly dominant individual who had been thwarted. It was very difficult to stop and direct methods didn't work. It eventually petered out by gradually empowering the bullied person. But I first came across cyberbullying in a blog set up by a year 9 - anonymously, which was full of gossip and rumours about various members of the year group (not so anonymously) and that person was not really someone you would immediately think of as a bully in the traditional sense. I believe that person didn't originally set out to "cyberbully", it just got out of hand....and I think this is where we as teachers can have the most effect in educating students about what constitutes cyberbullying early on and teaching them values that hopefully help them avoid doing it or being affected by it.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597625714879584699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post-80470699934035651492011-04-26T16:43:44.730-07:002011-04-26T16:43:44.730-07:00Hi Jo,
Thanks for the great comment. It is intere...Hi Jo,<br /><br />Thanks for the great comment. It is interesting that you have experience with cyberbullying. Were the people doing the bullying bullies in the traditional non-cyber sense? Or were they only bullies online? I imagine that cyber bullying would be carried out by people who wouldn't traditionally be considered bullies, due to the anonymity of the web. <br /><br />Also I agree that parents assisting their children in social networking may not be aware of what they are really facilitating. I understand the theory behind parents who let their children sign up for facebook etc, in that they can watch what their children are up to; however I think that if the parents are slightly naive to the cyber world they may easily miss what is really going on.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992875100838521136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779173134022579389.post-9367760245928265982011-04-26T05:42:19.893-07:002011-04-26T05:42:19.893-07:00Dear Liz,
Loved your video and I agree that we sh...Dear Liz,<br /><br />Loved your video and I agree that we should be empowering students with strategies for dealing with bullies, either as victims or bystanders. I have had some personal experience with cyber-bullying and it's a very slippery customer and insidious. Part of the problem at the time was that cyber-bullying was such a new phenomenon that no one seemed to know how to deal with it.<br /><br />A few years ago I attended a cyber-safety seminar led by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. It was mainly aimed at parents but a significant amount of cyber-bullying takes place at school and the perpetrators quite often hide behind the anonymity that technology can offer. Like many issues it needs an integrated school/community/home approach. Many parents are not aware of how tech-savvy their children are or of the potential pitfalls of facilitating their children's underage participation in social sharing sites.<br /><br />Dr Carr-Gregg has a blog (http://carrgregg.blogspot.com/) which has some useful information on bullying. His latest post is about a cyber-safety help button offered for free to any computer by the Australian Government (http://www.dbcde.gov.au/online_safety_and_security/cybersafetyhelpbutton_download). It seems like a step in the right direction for cyber-safety.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597625714879584699noreply@blogger.com