1. Cyberbullying

2. Cyberbullying: Outline
 What is cyberbullying?
 What can I do to prevent or stop
cyberbullying?
 What does it mean to be a digital citizen?
 What’s my responsibility to my online
community?
 What does it mean to be a real person online?

3. Cyberbullying
 Cyberbullying is on the rise
 Bullying has moved from the schoolyard to
the internet
Image courtesy of Elijah Simith Elementary (Flickr)

4. Cyberbullying: Strategies
What can you do if you come across cyberbullying?
 Save the evidence
 Identify the person who is bullying
 Publicly demand that the bully stop the behavior

5. Cyberbullying: Strategies
What can you do if you come across cyberbullying?
 Ignore/block the bully
 File a complaint with the website’s Internet
Service Provider (ISP)
 Contact the police if you think someone is in
immediate danger

6. Cyberbullying: Star Wars Kid
(click to view)
Taken from YouTube

7. Cyberbullying: Star Wars Kid
“Perhaps the greatest tragedy for Ghyslain Raza
is that he will forever be known as the Star Wars
Kid.” – Dr. Alex Couros

8. Cyberbullying: Star Wars Kid
Questions to Consider:
 What did you initially think of the video?
 How do you think people reacted to this
video?
 How do you think this affected Raza?

9. Cyberbullying: Star Wars Kid
Some background info:
 This video was not uploaded by Raza, but
instead by a schoolmate who had found the
video in the basement of their school
 It was uploaded in 2003 and immediately
went viral

10. Cyberbullying: Star Wars Kid
Raza’s family filed a lawsuit against four of his
schoolmates’ families under grounds. Their
statement read that Raza:
 “had to endure, and still endures today,
harassment and derision from his high-school
mates and the public at large”
 “will be under psychiatric care for an
indefinite amount of time”

11. Cyberbullying: Star Wars Kid
Questions to Consider:
 Do you think Raza’s schoolmates intended to
harm in this way?
 Have we as an online community learned
from this?
 Would we act any different if this were to
happen again?

12. Cyberbullying: Amanda Todd

13. Cyberbullying: Amanda Todd
 What makes Amanda’s story so compelling?
 How can we raise awareness of cyberbullying
within our communities?
 What resources are available to the observers
of cyberbullying?
 Can anything be done to prevent
cyberbullying?

14. Cyberbullying: Megan Meier
(click to view)
Taken from YouTube

15. Cyberbullying: Strategies
What can you do to be a good digital citizen?
 Realize everything we do and say has an impact
on others
 Consider the “Golden Rule” principle
Image courtesy of Burkazoid (Flickr)

16. Cyberbullying: Strategies
What can you do to be a good digital citizen?
 Avoid discriminatory language and always use
positive reinforcement
 If you see what you believe to be a cry of help,
offer your support

17. What’s your digital tattoo?

18. Resources
 01cyberbully250.jpg (c) Elijah Smith Elementary
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/talweblog/437737613/in/photostream/). CC BY-ND-C 2.0
 “Megan Meier Story.” 17 Nov. 2007. YouTube. Web. 10 Aug. 2012.
 “Star Wars Kid.” 15 Jan.2006. YouTube. Web. 10 Aug. 2012.
 The Golden Rule (c) Burkazoid
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/djburkey/4360903186/in/photostream/). CC BY-NC 2.0
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