Assignment 1: After having looked over these cyberbullying sites, go to your blog and respond to the following questions:

• What online resources and information did you find most useful?

I thought they were all useful. I actually send out an email to the other staff members in my building sharing the sites. Cyberbullying is so new and we are expected to teach about it this year but we really haven’t had a ton of training on it. I think we know to an extent what it is but don’t necessarily know what we can do to teach our students proper Internet etiquette and how to stay safe when online. It is funny that this was our assignment for the week because I was just discussing with my kindergarten team how we were going to address the issue of cyberbullying in our classrooms. These resources were quite useful in helping decide how to go about addressing the issue with my kindergarten students. I was a little disappointed that the link of additional resources on the National School Boards Association did not work.  I would be interested to read “The Cyber Jungle” for the American School Board Journal. The article looked like it may have some good information.

• How can these resources be used in your school to address cyberbullying?

I don’t think there is a ton of training out there yet for staff members on how to teach about cyberbullying. By having resources like these teachers can get online and resource about cyberbullying. They can find out what cyberbullying is and how to address it. Teachers can inform students about what to do if they feel they are involved in some way with cyberbullying. As I said in my other response I did pass on the websites to other staff members and I think they will be able to use them in their classrooms as well.

• How do you teach students and staff about cyberbullying?

You teach students and staff members about cyberbullying by providing resources like these. By providing resources like the ones we looked at for class staff members are able to found the information they find useful and apply them to their classroom. Especially with a topic like cyberbullying that is so new it is important to provide students and staff members with resources they can use. I also think by creating accountability for teachers to teach about cyberbullying it will help to ensure that students are getting the information they need to stay safe while using the Internet.