Monday, November 30, 2015

What is Cyberbullying?

Technology has brought society to a world filled of online communication, the art of face to face has slowly become a thing of the past. It is true that we are benefiting from these advancements but now our children are faced with an even greater obstacle, CyberBullying.  Growing up, bullying could be seen as a right of passage and for the most part seen as harmless due to the simple solution of "walk away."  Now that bullying has evolved to Cyberbullying, walking away is no longer a viable solution.

First we must ask our selves, what is Cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is the act of bullying (use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants) through the use of electronic technology.  Today their are numerous forms of electronic technology such as e-mails, cell phones, social media and chat websites.  Through the use of these devices, students that were only bullied at school can be targeted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Cyberbullying statistics 
 According to Cyber bullying statistics from the i-SAFE foundation:
  • Over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying.
  • More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyberthreats online.
  • Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet.
  • Well over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyber bullying occurs.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 3, 2015 at 7:46 AM

    Good questions. I am actually going to use these same exact stats for my second post on my blog: safeandsoundschooltech. I want to discuss the reality versus perception of cyberbullying. Maybe look at some stats that are inconsistent with the cyberbully website?

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  2. nick hobarDecember 3, 2015 at 8:15 AM

    Congrats on posting your blog. I liked the way you framed its purpose in the introduction. Is F2F really a thing of the past? Wondered at the end about the role of school leaders in addressing cyberbullying. You can bring that in with links to other school leader thoughts that build on your own and with some blogger gadgets. Good use of stats with the graphic -- might enlarge it for readability.

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  3. R. SkipperDecember 4, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    The graphic of stats was very effective. I'd like to know more about your professional views on this topic based on what you've observed in education and how it compares to what you've learned through research.

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  4. UnknownDecember 9, 2015 at 3:39 PM

    This looks great! A really great topic to touch on...this has actually become a huge problem and goes so much deeper than people realize. In some instances this cyberbullying id glorified as a "meme". We all laugh and most of these memes are harmless but some border bullying...I honestly dont know what grounds the school would have in stopping this. Especially because a lot of these instances aren't reported.

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