Want to increase safe, ethical and responsible use of technology in your school and community? Discover free, Common-Core-aligned resources to promote digital citizenship. Purpose & objective Educators will develop awareness by… • protecting private information • respecting themselves and others • staying safe online • standing up to cyberbullying • balancing the time online and offline Outline: • The importance of teaching digital citizenship in our schools to our teachers and students. • The necessity of getting parents involved in the teaching, modeling, and monitoring of safe, responsible, and ethical technology use. • Digital Citizenship resources for parents, teachers, and students using sites such as Common Sense Media - www.commonsensemedia.org and other nationally recognized work. • After the session, educators will continue to collaborate through social media to share resources, strategies, and best practices. Standards addressed: All resources and lessons provided in the session will be linked to Common Core State Standards.

1. Digital Citizenship
It Takes YOU and a Village
Martin Ricardo Cisneros
@TheTechProfe

2. What is Going On?
Every day, you see how
cyberbullying hurts students,
disrupts classrooms, and impacts
your school's culture. So how
should you handle it? What are
the right things to do and say?
What can you do today that will
help your students avoid this
pitfall of our digital world?
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

3. What is our outcome?
What is in the World of Cyberbullying?
Teaching our kids to be Digital Citizens
Resources & Tools
Next Steps

4. Cyberbullying: In Plain English
The use of digital media
tools, such as the
Internet and cell phones,
to deliberately and
repeatedly hurt, harass,
or embarrass someone
else.

5. You know that kids can be mean But Cyberbullying is entirely different!

6. Digital Drama
• Examples of cyberbullying behavior
➢ Publicly sharing messages or images
meant to be private – sometimes
“sexting”
➢ Repeatedly sending hurtful,
harassing, or threatening messages
➢ Spreading rumors, lies, or
embarrassing stories
➢ Posting cruel comments on the
Internet
➢ Setting up fake social networking
pages to make fun of targets
Cyberbullies aren’t always the
kids we’d expect

7. Social pressure often motivates behavior
!
More public, permanent, and
inescapable than
traditional school yard bullying
!
Targets commonly experience sadness,
social anxiety, or acting out
!
Crosses-over between school and home

8. What CAN you do?
What SHOULD you do?
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

9. Together WE can…
Prevent
kids
from
adopting
bullying
behavior
Support kids
who are
targeted
Inspire
the
other
2/3
of
kids
stop
bullying
when
they
see
it
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

10. How do you do it?

11. What OUR PROGRAM is doing
Setting clear, realistic, and
enforced policies Teaching digital citizenship
in our classrooms
Giving students a trusted “go-to”
adult Encouraging students to
stand up, not stand by
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

12. What can (You, Parents) do?
•Know what kids are doing online
•Keep an eye on online socializing
•Explain the basics of good behavior online
• Teach about their digital footprints
•Keep passwords private
•Encourage communication with a trusted
adult
•Establish consequences for bullying
behavior
•Be prepared to deal with cyberbullying
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

13. How do you deal with a Cyberbullying
Incident?

14. Middle school preteen or teen
Kim receives a call from the school principal
about her twelve-year-old son. The principal
says that her son — who’s never had any
trouble in school — faces suspension
because he sent some threatening text
messages to another student in class. The
texts said, “14 days until you die — the
power of Zircon will prevail.” Four other boys
in the class are involved and one of their text
messages warns, “Disaster will come if you
step into our circle of fire!” Her son is being
held in after-school detention, and Kim has
been asked to come in immediately.
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

15. Middle school preteen or teen
What would you do if you received this
call? What questions would you have?
» Who are all the people affected in this
situation? What might their views be?
» What do you think the consequences
should be for the kids involved?
» How can parents monitor their kids’ cell
phone messages, pictures, and texts?
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

16. Middle school / high school teen
Jennifer’s tenth-grade daughter Mia has just broken
up with her boyfriend Ryan. It was a hard break-up
and Ryan is still steaming, but he has started to date a
girl
on Mia’s volleyball team. All the kids in Mia’s class are
on Facebook — they use it to plan parties, post
pictures, share the latest news about their favorite
bands, and
just hang out. Jennifer and the other parents complain
that Facebook is a waste of time, but they’ve pretty
much accepted that it is part of their kids’ lives.
While cooking breakfast one day, Jennifer hears her
daughter scream and then rush down the stairs. “Mom,
my friends just texted to tell me that someone posted
a video of me naked in the locker room on YouTube!
And all over his Facbook page there are old photos
of Ryan and me kissing and private emails that I sent
to him. I tried to get on to his profile page to see them,
but he’s blocked me as a friend. Mia collapses at the
table sobbing, “I’m sooo pissed and so embarrassed.
My friends are going to hate me!”
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

17. Middle school / high school teen
What would you do and say if this
happened to your child?
» What role do you think the school should
play in addressing this situation, as
opposed to the parents or the kids
themselves?
» What are some different ways that kids
can use technology to bully others?
» How can playing pranks, even relatively
innocent ones, have hugely damaging
consequences when video technology and
the Internet are involved?
» How can we teach our kids to self-reflect
before they self-reveal? Treat one another
kindly online? Respect their own privacy
and the privacy of others?
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

18. High school teen
Nima senses something is bothering her teenage
son. He’s been quiet and withdrawn lately. She
suspects it has something to do with his being
online, because some- times he appears frustrated
and walks away from the computer abruptly. The
family uses an Internet monitor- ing software, so
Nima decides to check the web history
to see where her son has been online. He was on
MySpace a lot. One MySpace page was a profile
that showed a picture of her son’s head morphed
onto a dog’s body with some other degrading
content. After her initial shock, she was confused
about how someone could have done this. She
knew what MySpace was but had never really
visited the site before.
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

19. High school teen
» How did Nima know
something was wrong?
» What steps should she
take in this situation?
» What can be done to help
her son, who has been hurt
and ridiculed publicly?
» Who can her son turn to if
he can’t approach his mom?
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

20. Bully
Target Acknowledge
the
problem
Bystander
Upstander
Dealing with Cyberbullying Incidents
Because you must!
Offer support
Provide solutions to help Stand up for
them
Prevent future incidents
Understand
their
feelings
Enact
consequences
Get
help
if
needed
Thank
them
for
sharing
Encourage
action
Keep
communication
open
Commend
their
good
choices
Encourage
community
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

21. Starting the Conversation
• Discuss what it means to be a good
friend
• Talk about online vs. offline talk
• Model good communication
• Ask if they’ve seen kids being mean
online
• Encourage the “stand up, not
stand by” policy
• Emphasize that your door is
always open
Source: CommonSenseMedia.org

22. Let’s do the tour :-)
www.commonsensemedia.org

23. For more info & advice
CommonSenseMedia.com

24. Questions or Comments?

25. MART I N
RICARDO
CISNEROS
EDUCATIONAL
T ECHNOLOGY
COORDINATOR
!
E:
thetechprofe@gmail.com
Web:
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google.com/+MarSnCisneros
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