Resources for Educators
Schools should be a safe environment for all adolescents. As an educator, you can provide tools and information to raise awareness about the consequences of bullying, cyber bullying and general Internet safety. Below you will find resources that you can hand out to your students and there are also student activities that you can do with your students in the classroom.
Digital Content:
• Cyber Bullying Fact Sheet: Identification, Prevention and Response - This document is a five-page summary to equip educators and parents to spot cyberbullying, respond to it appropriately and meaningfully, and to prevent its future occurrence among the children and teenagers they care for.
• Cyber Bullying Fact Sheet: A Brief Review of Relevant Legal and Policy Issues - This fact sheet provides a summary of important court cases and pending legislation that can help school districts evaluate and improve their current cyberbullying policies.
• Sexting: A Brief Guide for Educators and ParentsThis fact sheet defines "sexting" as it occurs among adolescents, and summarizes the current state of research on the problem. It also details informal and formal responses - particularly from legal and political authorities - and describes what schools should do as it relates to policy and response efforts.
• Cyber Bullying Scenarios: Talking to Youth About Internet Harassment - Engage educators in a discussion about cyberbullying by reading and discussing these scenarios.
• Preventing Cyber Bullying: Top 10 Tips for Educators - This list provides specific guidance for those in the school system to reduce the vulnerability of students to online harassment.
• Responding to Cyber Bullying: Top 10 Tips for Educators - This list informs school professionals about how best to deal with cyberbullying cases when they occur among students.
Online Quizzes:
• The Facts About Cyber Bullying - This quiz tests your knowledge about what the research says about cyberbullying.
• Dealing with Cyber Bullying - This quiz was created for children and teenagers to determine how equipped they are to deal with online harassment.
• Addressing Cyber Bullying - This quiz was created for children and teenagers to determine how equipped they are to deal with online harassment.
Books:
• School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying and Sexting One Classroom at a Time. - This book connects teens’ technology use to the school environment and provide tools (including a companion website) for creating a positive school climate that counteracts cyberbullying and sexting. Written by Dr. Sameer Hinduja and Dr. Justin Patchin
• Cyberbullying Prevention and Response: Expert Perspectives - The book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at the major issues that teachers, school administrators, counsellors, social workers, and parents need to be aware of with respect to cyberbullying identification, prevention, and response. Written by Dr. Sameer Hinduja and Dr. Justin Patchin
For The Classroom:
• Teen Technology Bingo - Provides a fun way for students to get to know each others' technology experiences, and for educators to initiate dialogue about safe and responsible online participation.
• Peer Scavenger Hunt - An activity that teens can use as an icebreaker in class to learn about each other's tech use, and for educators to continue the conversation surrounding appropriate Internet behaviors.
• Cyber Bullying Incident Tracking Form - Use this document to track individual incidents of cyberbullying that occur at your school.
• Cyber Bullying Report Card: Assessing School-level Awareness and Understanding - Complete this cyber bullying report card to determine how well your school is currently dealing with cyberbullying issues. Identify weaknesses in curriculum and policy and determine an appropriate course of action to remedy any deficiencies.
• Cyber Bullying Fact Sheet: Common Chat Room and Text Messaging Abbreviations - This fact sheet defines and explains the multiple acronyms and shortcuts used by teens during computer-mediated communication such as texting, instant messaging, and chatting.
• Cyber Bullying Fact Sheet: How to Preserve Cyberbullying Evidence Through Screenshots - This face sheet provides instructions on how to create an image of the contents of your computer desktop so that evidence of Internet harassment can be saved and used to support a case.