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1. Question • What was the internet attended for? • What is the internet known as? • Ans. Information super high way.

2. Cyberbullying

3. Statistics National Crime Prevention Cont’d

4. Statistics National Crime Prevention

5. Cyberbullying Here at MMS Out of a 100 sixth grade students surveyed during the 2008-2009 school year. • 42 Students have MySpace Accounts • 50 Students have computers in their rooms • 38 Students have been Cyberbullied

6. Bully vs. Cyberbullying • Bully: Put downer who harasses and demeans others, especially those who they think are different or inferior.

7. What is Cyberbullying? • Using communication technology such as email, cell phones, chat rooms instant messaging, blogs, or defamatory personal websites to send or post repeated deliberate, cruel and harmful text or images.

8. 8 Forms of Cyberbullying • Flaming: Using inflammatory or vulgar words to provoke an on-line fight. • Harassment: Continually sending vicious, mean, or disturbing e-mails to an individual. • Denigration: Spreading rumors, lies, or gossip to hurt a person’s reputation. • Impersonation: Posting offensive or aggressive messages under another person’s name.

9. 8 Forms of Cyberbullying Cont’d 5. Outing: Posting or sharing confidential or compromising information or images. 6. Trickery: Fooling someone into sharing personal information which then post online. 7. Exclusion: Purposefully excluding someone from an online group. 8. Cyberstalking: Ongoing harassment and denigration that causes a person considerable fear for his/her safety.

10. Protecting yourself on-line • Guard screen names & passwords. • Guard contact information • Use gender neutral screen names. • Accept messages only from people on your friends list • Take a stand amongst your peers • Use Netiquette

11. If Harassed • Tell an adult • Leave area immediately (chat room, website, online gaming site, etc.) • Never Reply. Block the sender. • Save harassing emails & send them to your internet service provider. • If the bullying involves threats, tell the police.

12. Warning Signs of Cyberbullying Victim • Unexpectedly stops using the computer • Appears nervous or jumpy when an instant message, text message or email appears • Appears uneasy about going to school or outside in general • Appears to be angry, depressed or frustrated after using the computer • Avoids discussions about what they are doing on the computer • Become abnormally withdrawn from usually friends and family members

13. Statistics-Are based on a 2005 survey from 1500 adolescents participants • 34.4% of respondents reported that they were bullied. • 12.6% were physically threatened and 5 % were scared for their safety. • 55.6 percent experienced bullying in chatrooms, and 48.9 using computer text. • 28% were bullied by email.

14. http://www.seattleschools.org/area/prevention/cbms_1_sa2.pdf • http://www.seattleschools.org/area/prevention/cbms_1_sa3.pdf • http://www.seattleschools.org/area/prevention/cbms_3_sa1.pdf • http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/InstrTech/model.htm

15. Sources • https://ewginternetsafety.wikispaces.com/file/view/cyberbullying2_05-full%3Binit_.jpg • www.onteenstoday.com/.../ • http://citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cyberbullying_anim.jpg • http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org/images/computer_messagescreen.jpg

16. http://glma.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/cyberbullying.jpg • http://www.ua.edu/features/abcsofeducation/images/main_cyberbullying.jpg • www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/saatchi_saatchi/ • www.ala.org/.../10reasonswhy.cfm • csrand.com/Students.html • http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/08/cyber-bullying-statistics-that-may-shock-you/