Cyberbullying - Neat Site

Stories of Us is a website with information related to cyberbullying in schools. It has two excellent videos that show students in many differently bullying situations. This is a great starter video to begin the talks with your students about how there are many, many, many different situations where students are bullied. The kids might not even see some of these situations as bullying. There are also a few clips using technology to hurt other kids. One takes a picture and then posts it on her social networking page. Another student puts her cell phone on speaker and lets other girls listen in on the conversation. What a great way to discuss bullying and the effects it has on the person being bullied. It is a great way to begin the cyberbullying and digital citizenship conversation with your kids. It is one of the most important conversations you can have with your students. The more they hear it, hopefully the more responsible they become. They must understand that the information they put out on the internet is a "digital footprint" of themselves, and may never go away. It is our responsibility to educate them and their parents on how to make good, smart choices when dealing with the technology they all seem to have available to them.