Cyberbullying

http://old.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5HLOZQcf1Q&feature=relmfu

http://www.puresight.com/Real-Life-Stories/phoebe-prince.html

Choose one of these three activities

1) Answer these questions on your blog:

1. If you and your friends know this is happening and do nothing about it, what
message does this send to the bully?
2. What are some things you can do or say?
3. If you choose to stand up for your classmate, how have you impacted your school
climate regarding cyber bullying?
4. In standing up for your classmate, what message is communicated to your classmate?  To the bully?

 

2) Read the following scenario and picture yourself as part of this group:

Eating pizza around the computer on Saturday with her friends, Jan sees that Chris, an
unpopular kid in their class, just logged on to Instant Messenger. Someone suggests they
tease Chris, who is always trying to join their friend group. Your friends all join in and
provide suggestions and start pressuring Jan. You are beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable.
At the request of the group, Jan starts asking personal questions of Chris like who he likes
best -- Drew or Jamie? Chris shares a lot of personal information thinking it’s a good way to
be a part of the group. Your friends have fun stringing Chris along and decide to create an
anonymous blog. There they post the IM transcript and share the blog URL with lots of kids
at school – including Drew and Jamie. By Monday, they know half the school will have read
it and Chris will be a total joke.

Assignment: What would you do if you were a part of this group of friends? Write 1-2
paragraphs explaining how this situation would make you feel, how you think you would
respond or participate and why.

 

3) Pick one scenario below to answer. Write 1-2 paragraphs explaining your thoughts.

1. How will Chris feel? What could Chris do? . If you were one of the kids who got the URL, how would you feel knowing that you were
never supposed to have seen this? What would you do when you saw Chris? Would you post
a response to the blog?
3. It doesn’t matter that this situation didn’t happen at school. It’s now all over school and
everyone is reacting. What should the school do about it?
4. What would you do if you saw Chris very upset at school?
5. Do you think Jan and the group of friends feel sorry? Or do they like watching Chris’
humiliation and start looking for new targets?
6. If you’re targeted next what are you going to do? Are you as comfortable sharing
information now or trusting others to be respectful of you?