I will touch upon my previous blog post titled "Cyberbullying via Social Networking". The previous article about cyberbullying really affected me and I continued to do some research on the matter. There are various sites provided that stand against this, however, Stop Cyberbullying was the one that I found to be the most user-friendly and beneficial.
How many of you were bullied in school? Outside of school? Both? Even if you weren't, as teachers, we are responsible for stopping these hateful and hurtful acts. This website provides students with information on the meaning of bullying, prevention, and online forums. It also allows parents to share their stories, and give each other advice on how to solve their child's bullying issues. Stop Cyberbullying makes itself more credible by providing the written law on bullying for its viewers to read. This website's target audience is teens who are struggling with being bullied or are the bully. They can participate in an online survey to test their etiquette. The end results let them know where they stand on the bully to victim scale and provide them with information on how to improve and be a better person.
I believe this technological device can be very beneficial to our students. Even if we do not witness bullying in our classrooms, this piece of material can help stop bullying before it begins. Although the focus is cyberbullying, it teaches students about bullying in general. It also teaches a students how to to be a good person overall. Students have greater access to this organization because it has its own website. It will be helpful to mention this website in class and ask students to visit it. It would even be nice to ask students to come in with a couple facts and questions they have about cyberbullying or bullying in general. It is important to make students aware of the consequences of bullying. Through use of this website, we can help advocate against bullying much faster.
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