Combat cyberbullying with information. During this plan, learners watch a couple of videos, consider online behavior scenarios, brainstorm long- and short-term consequences, and discuss how to react to bullying in order to build up to creating a class charter with specific rules for online conduct. 

Concepts

internet safety, the internet, Digital Citizenship, cyberbullying

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Additional Tags

Media Literacy, youtube, Digital Citizenship, cyberbullying, online safety, online reputation, digital footprint, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Once your class has created the charter, you can refer back to it with specific individuals when there is an issue, or as a whole class to refresh the topic

Classroom Considerations

• The presentation in the additional materials titled Online Reputation and Cyberbullying is the main resource for this plan; when the procedures refer to a page number, they refer to this presentation
• Note that the second video does include strong language in the form of examples of cyberbullying
• This document includes additional lessons that are part of this same unit

Pros

• Includes a presentation with imbedded videos, questions to ask your class, and tips for dealing with cyberbullying

Cons

• None