Cyberbullying

With the growth and spread of the Internet, cyberbullying is also becoming more prevalent in the virtual world many of us take part in. I would define cyberbullying as the repeated harassing, humiliating and/or threatening through the use of a virtual device (e.g. Internet, phone and computer). Students all over the world are harassed every day through social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

Cuberbullying is very demeaning and detrimental to the person being bullied. It lowers the self-esteem and self-worth of the person(s) being harassed. As an educator, I must be willing to teach my kids to use the Internet correctly. This ties back in with digital citizenship, and so I found some sites that would be very helpful as you teach your students about cyberbullying and why it is wrong.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html
http://www.internetsafety101.org/cyberbullying.htm
http://www.isafe.org/