Monday, July 16, 2012

Journal 2: School 2.0 Reflection

http://www.csriu.org/
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use

NETS-T 4: Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility


I read the article that discusses the issue of cyberbullying.  Nancy Willard explains that one issue of cyberbullying is that it is often overlooked.  Most people don't realize how ofter bullying happens online mostly because it usually isn't a public scene as traditional face to face bullying is.  Her solution to this problem is to inform students about the effects and feeling of their peers towards cyberbullying.  Based on former research about the decrease in binge drinking by university students that were informed that their peers had negative outlooks on it, she assumes that this method will also help decrease cyberbullying.  Once students know that their peers dislike cyberbullying they will stop.  However, lack of funds is holding this response to cyberbullying.

It is hard to supervise students in terms of technology.  Many teachers don't feel comfortable dealing with technology because they are unfamiliar.  There are so many devices and different forms of communication it becomes impossible to supervise.  Also, cyberbullying usually happens off campus, so intervention by teachers or principals becomes very difficult. Cyberbullying is a serious problem and districts should focus on reasonable solutions to help decrease the happenings of cyberbullying.

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