Blog Post #7 Cyberbullying

With all the technology during these times, the more amount of time that children often spend on them instead of getting a breath of fresh air. It can only lead to more and more cyberbullying. We often witness some students being victimized in a school setting but I feel cyberbullying online is often hidden more by the kids in that situation. I was surprised about the increase in the adolescents' mental health issues and decrease in psychological well-being (Bickham, 2021). It is time for older folks to be more educated on the usages of technology so that we can help the younger generation.

Technology can still have the benefits of networking and connecting with distant close people. Young people should be able to go online without always getting stressed out due to other people. October is national bullying awareness month where people often take a stance on educating kids to end the bullying but the consistency is the key. Hicks mentioned the horror stories of losing jobs due to unprofessional pictures and bad comments on the media. Even if we can't direct how students use the media, we can speak on the most responsible way to attempt to avoid any trauma later. "The internet has the capacity to bring the worse out in people", said Hicks so lessons on protecting themselves on the internet is needed. In Teacher's Guide to Digital Citizenship, it goes as far as to mention the severity that someone's comment to another person can do to them such as suicide. (2015) 

Seven Digital Deadly Sins was a great and very interactive story site that spoke a lot about digital citizenship. Although, it would not be as appropriate for the levels of students that I teach. I plan to follow a similar outline to the Screenshots curriculum that gave teachers a start with the full unit overview. Students are able to listen to different scenarios and be able to make the best decisions for themselves based on it. Aside from that, my students are currently learning the seven habits as well so I could incorporate different discussions daily. 


References

Bickham, D. S., Moukalled, S., Inyart, H. K., & Zlokower, R. (2021, September). Evaluating a middle-school digital citizenship curriculum (Screenshots): Quasi-experimental study. JMIR Meant Health, 8(9). https://doi.org/10.2196/26197 

Hicks, K. (2015). Teacher's Guide to Digital Citizenship. Edudemic.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from http://www.edudemic.com/teachers-guide-digital-citizenship/

Comments

  1. Christine DonaldsonOctober 22, 2022 at 7:30 PM

    Tiffany,

    I enjoyed reading your response to this week's topic. Seeing some of the statistics on the increase of mental health issues also surprised me. Words are not supposed to hurt us, but social media opens a door for many to add their own hurtful words and have them be visible to a far greater number of people. What used to be one passing comment in a hallway is now a comment that is visible to all your friends and can be shared with each of their friends and then shared again with their friends. The cycle is endless. It is no wonder that students are stressed and worried about what others think and say online. Consistency and repetition are key.

    Christine Donaldson

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  2. Carson McCallumOctober 23, 2022 at 6:08 PM

    I was also impressed by the Seven Digital Deadly Sins and the other lesson from this module. I thought they were a lot more engaging that the tasks I've done with students (provided by the school). I can also agree with the increase in mental health issues and bullying. The classroom of students that I taught five years ago does not compare to the misbehaviors and attitudes I've seen from students in the last two. Work needs to be done both at school and at home in order to make an effective change and these interfaces seemed like a good starting place to me!

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