Click on the link above to read the article and learn more about this new form of bullying that happens online and involves the computer.
Important parts from the article:
* Around 10 percent of all adolescents in grades 7-9 are victims of internet bullying
* 'This type of bullying can be more serious than conventional bullying. At least with conventional bullying the victim is left alone on evenings and weekends'
*Victims of internet bullying -- or cyberbullying -- have no refuge. Victims may be harassed continuously via SMS and websites, and the information spreads very quickly and may be difficult to remove. In addition, it is often difficult to identify the perpetrator.'
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What is cyberbullying?
'Cyberbullying occurs when new technologies such as computers and mobile phones are used to harass or bully somebody. The perpetrators often use SMS, e-mail, chat rooms and Facebook to spread their message.'
It is important to know what cyber bullying is. It is important for students to know what bullying is and to know cyberbullying because it is on the rise.
The article is about cyberbullying. It discusses how cyberbullying about how 10 percent of 7-9 graders are being cyberbullying. It talks about how victims are not left alone on the weekends and evenings. The students are not left alone because the students can be bullied through websites or through other technologies. The author talks about that parents should get involved.
This video is a great way to show cyber bullying. This video is a presentation about cyber bullying. It explains about the what cyber bullying is and shows what cyber bullying messages looks like and explains what can happen or take place based on cyber bullying. This video would be great to use in the classroom to introduce and show students what cyber bullying looks like. It is a great way to explain cyber bullying. This video would be good to use with grades six and up to show what cyber bullying looks like. It woudl great to show to kids who pick on other kids. It would be great to show to the class especially if you know that a kid is being picked on.
Cyber bullying on the rise. It keeps growing because more people are being exposed to the Internet. Cyber bullying has more to do with peer pressure and can happen over text message, Myspace, or Facebook. The peer pressure is beyond belief. It results in suicide and helpless. Cyber bullying is on the rise because this generation is more about not communicating or talking to each other out loud but more of talking to each other through Internet programs or text message.
Information below is from the website listed right underneath this typing.
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090322/NEWS/903220347
Bullying has moved beyond the playground and the school hallway, following young people to the realm where they spend a greater portion of their time: cyberspace.
In "cyberbullying," the name-calling, rumor-spreading and intimidation tactics take on new dimensions — and consequences — thanks to a generation of teens and pre-teens who have grown up with computers, the Internet and cell phones.
Kids today often slam each other via nasty text messages. They post mean-spirited comments on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The more tech-savvy youths spread doctored photos of other students and can even build entire Web sites to defame specific individuals.
"This is not the simple schoolyard bullying. This is peer pressure beyond belief," said Linda M. Pacheco, the director of public safety education for the Bristol County Sheriff's Department.
Cyberbullying results in many youths feeling alienated and helpless. Some have even committed suicide. Most teens will never tell their parents, who generally are clueless about what their children are going through.
"The problem is huge. The biggest concern for the most part is that parents are not aware of this," said Pacheco, who gives presentations on Internet safety in schools throughout the region. She also offers evening online safety classes for parents.
It may be prevented if caught in time. But parents are clueless and may not see the pain that their child is going through. Children who are cyber bullied may commit suicide before parents find out what the real problem is. Over time I think that cyber bullying could one day be lessen and possibly prevented but that will be a long time from now.
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