This document discusses cyber bullying and provides tips for how to recognize, avoid, and handle it. It defines cyber bullying as using the internet to intentionally harm others. Common tactics of cyber bullies include sending mean emails, posts on message boards, and creating websites to embarrass others. The document encourages telling a trusted adult if being bullied and provides advice on internet safety, such as not sharing private information online and using polite etiquette. It also discusses the importance of empowerment and how students can help address this issue in their community.

1. Cyber Bullying
Level 7

2. Hey It’s Me Again!
I’m Tek – your i-SAFE guide.
I’m a part of i-SAFE America.
i-SAFE is concerned with
teaching you how to be safe
online.
We want you to recognize and
avoid dangerous, destructive or
unlawful online behavior.
Also, we hope to empower you to
communicate what you learn
from i-SAFE with others.

3. All right – Let’s talk Empowerment
Remember -
Empowerment means
you own what you
learn and can use it to
teach others and make
a difference.

4. i-SAFE includes an empowerment activity in
every lesson. By completing the activity you
may be eligible for neat incentives and prizes.
Check it out at www.isafe.org – Click
on the link to contests and Incentives.
So not only are you learning and
sharing, you are getting rewarded for
doing so!
Empowerment is the Key to Learning!

5. The Plan
In this lesson, you will be learning
about cyber bullying and
netiquette. You will be
developing articles or brochures
on the concepts of being
considerate online, etc.

6. All Right – Let’s Get Started
Make sure you have a copy of the activity
page called The Cyber Bullying Fact Sheet
We will be using it to learn more about Cyber
Bullying.

7. Time to Brainstorm
1. What is bullying?
3. Why do people act as bullies?
5. What are some things that a bully might do?
7. What are examples of things a cyber bully might do?
9. Have any of you had incidents in which you were
bullied?
11. Have you had experiences with a cyber bully?

8. Let’s Take a Closer Look at
the Cyber Bullying Fact Sheet

9. "All cruelty springs from weakness.” (Seneca, 4BC-
AD65)
Bullying has become an online event as well as a
physical one. Intimidation online can be just as bad,
and in some cases worse, than when bullying occurs
in the physical community.

10. Bullying
Bullies are those people who gain
gratification (a sense of happiness) when
they have provoked or tormented others.
They feel better by making others feel worse.
Cyber bullies are those bullies who use the
Internet to be mean to others.

11. Bullying
E-mail provides one method of communication for
these bullies.
Flame mail – mail designed to make another
person mad – is used along with hate mail – mail
that shows racism, sexism, or other prejudices.
Another way bullies use the Internet is through
bulletin boards and chat sites to make their
comments public.
Finally, some cyber bullies build websites devoted
to making a person or persons feel bad.

12. Think About It!
Do you think it’s a sign of strength
or weakness to use the Internet
for bullying? Why?

13. Tell someone. Don’t keep this to yourself. Tell a trusted adult
about the bullying.
Don’t open or read messages by Cyber bullies.
Tell the police if threatened.
Tell your Internet Service Provider.
Tell your school if it is school related. Schools have a bullying plan
in place.
Don’t erase the messages – they may be needed to take action.
Instead, put them in a folder unread.
Protect yourself – never agree to meet with the person or with
anyone you meet online.
If bullied through chat or instant messaging, the “bully” can often
be blocked. Tell someone!

14. Don’t give out private information such as
passwords, pins, name, address, phone number,
school name, or family and friends names. This
information can be used by bullies and other
harmful people on the Internet.
Use Netiquette. Be polite online and others will
tend to do the same. If someone does get angry
or bullies you, ignore them – online Cyber bullies
want a reaction just like other bullies.
Don’t send a message when you are angry – it is
hard to undo things that are said in anger.
Delete messages from people you don’t know or
from people who seem angry or mean.
When something doesn’t seem right, it probably
isn’t. Get out of the site, chat, etc.

15. The best defense to keep
from being a bully online:
Use Netiquette.
Be polite online and others will tend to do the same.
If someone does get angry or bullies, ignore them –
online bullies want a reaction.
Think about ways to apply E-mail netiquette to the
following:
Subject lineS AttAchmentS
ForwArded meSSAgeS SpAm
chAin letterS hoAxeS
Your originAl meSSAgeS

16. Chatroom Netiquette
Many of the same conventions that
apply to newsgroups and e-mail are
also relevant in chatrooms. You're still
just typing your thoughts and sending
them to people, but in a chatroom
they're just a little quicker to respond.

17. While chatting:
1. Avoid Using ALL CAPS - It’s considered yelling.
3. Decide What Tone the Conversation Has
Before Posting - Don't use offensive language or
nicknames. Always avoid making personal
attacks and calling names.
5. Don't "Flood" the Chatroom - Flooding is
repeating messages over and over, or filling the
screen with gibberish, in order to impede
communication in the chatroom.
7. Be Nice to Newbies - Remember your first chats?
If someone stumbles into your chat, who is
obviously new to this medium, show some
patience and help him or her get the hang of it.

18. Resources for your
Community
What resources are available at your
school level?
What is your school’s anti-bullying plan?
What are resources in your community?

19. Time for Group Work
Your teacher will divide you into groups for the
next activity.
In your small groups, read the activity page and
follow the directions to complete it.
1st - Read the letters you received. Some will be
from bullies and some from victims.
2nd - Each group should then draft a response
letter advising one of the letter writers.
Incorporate information on local resources,
help, advice, etc.
3rd - Once the responses are drafted, design an
advice article or informational brochure about
how to recognize and handle Cyber bullying.

20. Presentation Time
Present your advice letters and brochure/article to
the class.
Then Discuss:
How could you make a difference in other peoples lives
and help both cyber bullies and victims.
Refer to the Point to Ponder at the end of the Activity
page:
If the problem of online bullying grows, what might be
some consequences to freedom on the Internet?
How would those consequences affect you personally?

21. So How Do you Know When
You’re Done???
Have you:
1. Covered all the reference sheets?
2. Discussed with your class what you
have learned?
3. Completed the Online And Helpless
worksheet?
4. Completed and shared your article or
brochure?

22. It doesn’t have to end here!
Find out about DRiVE!

23. Take Action
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to learn about the i-Mentor Training Network.
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through the process of accomplishing any of the
i-SAFE Outreach activities you can do in your
school and community.
To watch the videos go to the i-Mentor Network
located in the Kids and Teens section of the
i-SAFE website at www.isafe.org.

24. Take Action
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