CyberbullyingWhat is it?

For a complete description and psychological background visit…

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Please visit Disciplining Students for an in-depth guide on what you can do in your classroom to make it safe from cyberbullying.

Educate your students, teachers, and other staff members about cyberbullying, its dangers, and what to do if someone is cyberbullied.

One last thing to think about…Cyberbulling Video

What Educators Can Do

The Online Privacy Protection Act protects the privacy of students using the internet. COPPA

The Electronic Privacy Information Center was created to make sure that our privacy is not ignored. Epic.org

Internet Privacy and Student Data

Children of 13 and under can not have their information used or collected unless parental consent has been given.

Schools can not release information about a student under the age of 18 unless they have written consent .

i SAFE Founded in 1998, i-SAFE Inc. Is the leader in Internet safety education.

Tips for Educators

AUP’s are guidelines for appropriate technology use in the classroom

They are used to monitor and control the use of internet in schools

They are signed contracts by the student and guardians

These policies make internet/technology use easy and safe for students and staff.

Acceptable Use Policies

Social Networking focuses on building online communities for people who share interest and ideas.

It allows teachers and students to interact with each other inside and out of the classroom.

Popular school networking sites include: tappedin, connectyard, echalk, and epals

These sites allow students and teachers to make discussion boards where you can talk and respond to various topics.

Social NetworkingIs Social Networking Effective?

Students Be clear and concise Avoid flaming (do not

respond to inappropriate email)

Use the thread feature (reply, do not start new emails)

When writing an email use letter format

Teachers Personal messages

should only go to the intended person.

Never send chain letters Only send emails you

can show to anyone Avoid the use of ALL

CAPS. Never Flame

Netiquette

Legal use of Digital Media

• Copyright• Fair Use

• Creative Commons

copyright refers to the author’s exclusive right change, reproduce, and publish their work

The absence of a copyright notice does not mean that there is no copyright.

Copyright is still violated whether you charged money or not

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (music, movies, etc)

Teach Act of 2002 (provides educators with a separate set of rights in addition to fair use)

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/teachact.htm http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/

Copyright guidelines

Need to be aware of copyright rules With the Teach Act installed it is easier for teachers to

perform and display works but material still needs to be shown distant and not in whole

Certain guidelines may only allow for class performances and displays, not for digital delivery or instead of

Can download things for class but do not post back up on the open web

Always give citations Copyright for educators

Educators…

refers to the exception to the copyright law which permits the use of material without the author’s or owner’s permission

criticism, teaching, comments, news, reporting, scholarship and research

Fair Use test: purpose or character of the work, nature of copyrighted work, amount used from copyrighted work, and the effect or value of the copyrighted work.

Fair Use

Fair use laws allow teachers to use material in certain ways but it is important not to abuse the law and to follow the guidelines

Use the four parts of the Fair Use test or get permission from owner to use material

You can still get in trouble The National Digital Library Program is a great

resource Fair Use supports educators using material to

benefit students Fair Use for teachers

Educators…

What: a non-profit organization that is available to the public for free and to share, reuse, and remix

A standardized way to grant copyright permissions with possibilities to the public domain

Works alongside copyright Free licenses and tools Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ Educators can use to assist students in manipulating

material and creating their own works

Creative Commons

Software programs generally are geared towards males

Males tend to have more experience with technology

Hinders females from entering certain careers

Females are dominant users of online communication

Gender

RACE

Minority groups (white females, African Americans, and Hispanics)

• use computers less

• enter careers in math, science, and technology areas at lower rates

• mainly use technology for remedial work, regardless of internet access

RESOURCE EQUITY

Many low-socioeconomic schools remain without access to computers or the Internet.

E-Rate: Created in 1996 to provide schools and libraries with assistance to afford internet access

“Information poverty” has emerged as a result of the Digital Divide

Financial resources

Technology resourcesequals

21st Century Learning

Student technology use and technology incorporation asks "How do you bridge that gap?“ Podcast

For Teachers…

Provide opportunities for females to use technology during class

Choose software that appeals to bother genders

Introduce technological careers (show female examples)

Encourage students to use technology for projects outside of class

Teacher Guide

Digital Divide has increased about 30 percent since 1994

Internet access for all students has increased

Low socioeconomic areas have limited access to technology at home

These students need technological skills to compete for jobs

Socioeconomic

Provide students with access during school Provide tutorials for students Provide necessary background information Don’t assume everyone has same

resources! Help students develop resumes and practice

interviewing skills

Teacher Guide

Out of date materials and sexist attitudes lower self-esteem of female students

Personal beliefs, biases, experiences shape our identity

This affects how we teach and what we teach

Teachers should provide multiple perspectives

Teacher Bias

Know your own preferences Use a variety of teaching methods Survey students to find out their interests Give students choices Provide all students with access to same

materials

Teacher Guide

Creative Commons. (2001). Creative Commons. About Histoy. Retrieves April 27, 2009 from http://creativecommons.org/about/.

Library of Congress. (August 8, 2008). The Learning Page. How to Understand Copyright Restrictions. Retrieved April 27, 2009 from

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/cpyrt/index.html

. Bitter, G. Gary, Legacy, M. Jane. (2006). Using Technology

in the Classroom. Ethical and Legal Concerns in Education. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Resources