C YBERBULLYING Expanding Your Horizons ASU - STEM Conference February 23, 2013 Mark Crouch, Ed. D.

CYBERBULLYING

Expanding Your HorizonsASU - STEM ConferenceFebruary 23, 2013Mark Crouch, Ed. D.

TRADITIONALLY -A bully is primarily a person responsible

for bullying

Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group).

TODAY -Cyber-bullying is "the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others". - Wikipedia

WHAT THAT MEANS IS:Bullies in the schoolyard now

have a new place to wield their punches – cyberspace.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS:

“Cyberbullying,” as it’s now called, is like regular bullying except it’s done online through sites like Facebook and MySpace and the use of cell phones

BROKEN FRIENDSHIPWhat are some of the things that we use

passwords for?

1. E-mail2. Instant Messenger3. Web sites4. Bank accounts5. ????

BROKEN FRIENDSHIPWhy do you think the girl in the story

gave her password to her best friend?

Was it a good reason?

BROKEN FRIENDSHIPWhat types of things can happen to her

now that her password is out?

What should the girl do right away?

PASSWORDSDo not use common words or names

Do not use your birthday

Do not use your pet’s name

Do not use your SSN

PASSWORDSDo use random passwords

Do use letters AND numbers

Do mix lower case and upper case

Do use symbols such as $ @ #

PASSWORD EXAMPLE

m h a l l i f w w a smary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow

BETTER PASSWORD EXAMPLE

M h a L l i f w W a s

EVEN BETTER -

M h a L 1 i f w W a $

TEENAGE GIRLS ARE WORSE THAN BOYS ABOUT CYBER-

BULLYING

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT BACK

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT BACKHow do you think the victims felt?

Have you ever been ridiculed before? How did it feel?

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT BACKWhy did the boy rate the girls?

Do you think that girls ever rate boys like this?

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT BACKWhat would you do if you heard

that a friend was going to rate some other students on the Internet?

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Never post or share your (or your

friends’) personal information online.

Examples: full name address telephone number school name parents’ names credit card number Social Security number

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Never share your Internet passwords with anyone (except your parents).

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Never meet anyone face-to-face whom you only know online.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Talk to your parents about what you do online.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Be “anti-bully”

THANK YOU