Cyberbullying is a way of harming or harassing by using technology such as cell phones or the internet. According to stopbullying.gov,Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.A study done by the Cyberbullying research center states that 25% of the students they surveyed were cyberbullied, 16% of which admitted they had cyberbullied someone else before. Cyberbullying should be taken very seriously because you never know who you are talking to on the internet. Cyberbullying can take place at any time of the day and can have very negative effects on the person being bullied. Cyberbullying is quickly increasing because of the amount that technology is being used. A way to prevent cyberbullying is to set rules and to be aware of what your students and children are doing online. A resource that would be good for teaching cyberbullying is: http://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/index.html
The website includes games, facts, and videos that are appropriate for kids that teaches about cyberbullying and how to be safe on the internet.
Coding: I am seeing that coding is becoming very popular. To be honest, I had not heard of this term before today and it was interesting to read about the many benefits of coding. Many of the websites and articles I read including "Anybody Can Code" talk about the benefits and why a coding class should be offered in schools. I am very interested in online learning especially for upper elementary and high school. Technology has grown so much and I think it is a great resource to use. I am very traditional and love being in a classroom setting, but using technology when a student misses and assignment or when they are sick and miss school is very beneficial. I think it is very important to teach coding in schools and to have a class where technology is taught. It allows students to learn how to type and use programs. Technology is only going to grow more so it is important that students are exposed as early as possible! The only difficulty is to make sure there are teachers who are trained and able to teach such things to students. This definitely affects me as a future educator because I know that I may be the one who needs to attend classes or do online training to learn more about the growing technology that is out there.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/06/a-nude-snapchat-video-and-cyberbullying-lead-to-teens-suicide/
ReplyDeleteThis story is about a 15 year old girl in Florida that committed suicide because she was recorded while bathing by a so called "friend". Do people think it is funny to do this kind of thing? I just don't understand, why someone, especially someone you consider a friend to invade your privacy like that, and why they would share it on a social media site. This isn't a new topic, and there have been so many deaths because of cyber bullying it is crazy that it is still happening. I think this problem could be under reported in some ways. We hear so often of gun violence to each other on the news but cyber bullying isn't talked about nearly enough it is happening this often. I have seen this happen to people, luckily no one has died over it, but I haven't seen anything done about it.I don't know what policies are in place at my school. I feel it is one of those topics that people don't want to talk about because there is no way that their child could be that mean to another child. Because of this I don't know what schools should do. It is a very hard topic to talk about and if you do talk about it will the students listen? Schools should do workshops maybe to show what is happening out in the world and possibly close to home, and then talk about it with students. Schools shouldn't just brush it under the rug because it does happen and they need to start talking about it so another life isn't cut short.
Megan I totally agree with you. We hear so much about gun violence, but never hear as many story about the harmful effects of cyber bullying. My school showed videos and had people come in to talk to the students about cyberbullying and how harmful it is. I think that every school should have a program like that and explain how serious it is! Bullying is always a big topic, but cyberbullying should defiantly be included in that especially now.
ReplyDeleteCarlee I agree, schools should have programs in place to show how serious cyberbullying is, but it shouldn't be one of those topics where it comes up once a year and then is left alone until the next year.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing you'll see and participate in are school assemblies. Think about how much attention is paid to those by students and consider how much difference they'll make (and I understand the, "if it makes the difference in one life, it was worth it" argument. However, at a large high school, were I taught, a good chunk of students (25-30%) all seemed to have doctor's appointments on assembly days. Hrmmmmm....
DeleteI enjoyed reading your blog and comments! I have actually never heard of coding before until reading this post. I looked up a few different articles on this subject, since I didn't know too much about it. I find it to be very beneficially to teach technology. My placement was in a kindergarten classroom this pass semester and the students struggled to use the computers because the teacher never really had an opportunity to teach that because of the availability of the lab. I as a future teacher would love to see more technology being used in the classroom, just like you said technology is only going to grow.
ReplyDeleteI think coding has fantastic applications from the high school level down to elementary. While the language of coding is too difficult for most students until they reach the high school level, I think the underlying logic and reasoning is a skill that students can learn at a young age. Coding teaches students cause/effect and problem solving skills, and I think students would benefit greatly from building those skills at a young age.
DeleteSome of the drag and drop languages now, like Scratch and Alice, are incredibly simple to learn, and still provide those computational thinking experiences. I've been in 3rd grade classrooms where the students were doing some pretty high level work with programming.
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