Anti Online Bullying

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Anti Online Bullying

• Issues of Online Behaviour Management

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Presentation roadmap

• What is online bullying?
• What can be done?
• Four steps
• Two brief case studies
• Reality check
• Who do I turn to?
• Where can I find more info?

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What is Online Bullying?

• repeated, deliberately hurtful..
• physical (hitting, kicking, theft)
• verbal (name calling, racist remarks)
• indirect (spreading rumours, excluding someone
  from social groups) (NGfL)
• Online, the same definitions apply.
• physical threats made by online message, chat or
  discussion board can be delivered in the real
  world
• repeated insults, name-calling, harassment,
  against which the victim cannot easily defend
  themselves, may contribute to physical symptoms
  (stress, sickness, wanting to stay off
  school/college and so on)

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What can be done?

• Four strand approach

Personal
Technical
Policies
Curriculum
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Case Study 1

• Darkness Angel, Oct 2004 to Aug 2006I just want
  to say thanks for all the help for my coursework
  and that. Its hard 4 me and I feel stupid
  sometimes and you give me lots of help and stuff
  and dont get cross.

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Case Study 2

• Im not a cowboy, June, 2005
• hi howz u? just thought I shuld message u. once
  agen Im sry about getting u involved I still
  feel as if I need to cut but not as much, I still
  cnt talk 2 mrs face 2 face but Im getting there
  I stud up to sum1 is well which I havent been
  able 2 do P Im really pleased about that. But
  now and then I get called names but everythink is
  going really well thxs 4 all your help I cnt
  thank u enough !! ? I betta go message bac

Im not a cowboy has been coming to the
eMentor team with problems she has experienced
around self-harm, inflicted as a result of being
bullied at school. She eventually agreed to go
and seek the help of her school
counsellor, something she had flatly refused at
first.
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Reality check

• Keeping online bullying in perspective
• Most students dont get bullied most of the time
• Remember the advantages of online education
  outweigh any disadvantages
• Often for the very students who are the victims
  of offline bullying or who are disaffected in
  school/college in anyway
• Most students really enjoy learning and
  socialising online most of them want to keep the
  online learning environment welcoming and
  friendly

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Who do I turn to?

• Online staff
• School/college staff
• The Police
• Childrens charities
• NSPCC
• Childline
• Other charities
• The Samaritans

Dealing with online bullying is a shared
responsibility. It is everyones responsibility.
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Where can I find more info?

• Web references
• www.itsafe.gov.uk
• www.besafeonline.org/English/bullying_online.htm
• www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com
• www.iwf.org.uk (Internet Watch Foundation)
• www.childline.org.uk
• www.virtual-workspace.com/introduction/parents.htm
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• Publications
• Becta E-safetyDeveloping a whole-school
  approach to internet safetyRef BEC1-15327