Cyberbullying involves negative virtual communication such as threatening messages, stealing passwords, impersonation, and spreading photos online. Common forms of cyberbullying include instant messaging, blogs, websites, email, and social media. To prevent cyberbullying, understand that teasing and threats are bullying, and tell parents or teachers if it happens. Parents should inform the school of any cyberbullying and consider counseling.

1. Cyberbullying

2. What is cyberbullying? Cyberbullying in any kind of negative virtual communication.

3. There are many ways to bully someone other than just sending them a message.

5. Instant messaging Sending threatening messages through IM’s or texting. Sending warning messages not to tell on them. Creating screen names that are 1 letter away from someone else’s screen name and sending offensive messages Texting wars and death threats

6. Stealing passwords Student’s may steal passwords and access other’s accounts to send offensive messages to anger them. Students may gain access to an account and then change the settings to lock them out.

7. Blogs Blogs are used as online journals to write damaging thing about someone’s reputation.

8. Web Sites Web sites are created to insult another student or a group of students. Students also post pictures and personal information about other students.

9. Sending pictures through cell phones and email Sending degrading photos through e-mails; the emails can then be passed around to hundreds of emails within hours. New cell phones are now able to send photos and can be spread to an entire address book at once.

10. Sending Malicious Code Student send viruses, spyware and hacking programs to other computers as a form of harassment. Some programs can even give the student access to a victims computer.

11. Impersonation When a student impersonates another students they usually do this in a chat room. The students reveals personal information that could include name, address and phone number. This could lead to an attack on the victim.

12. Prevention Understand that teasing, threats and taking over someone’s identity are all forms of bullying. If this happens to you report the behaviors to an adult. Parents

13. Parents Tell you parents. Parents need to inform you school counselor of the cyberbullying. Parents need to tell your doctor. It may be necessary to have counseling until the problems are resolved. Netiquette

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17. Instant messaging Sending threatening messages through IM’s or texting. Sending warning messages not to tell on them. Creating screen names that are 1 letter away from someone else’s screen name and sending offensive messages Texting wars and death threats Go back to question

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21. Stealing passwords Student’s may steal passwords and access other’s accounts to send offensive messages to anger them. Students may gain access to an account and then change the settings to lock them out. Go back to question

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25. Web Sites Web sites are created to insult another student or a group of students. Students also post pictures and personal information about other students. Go back to question

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29. Sending pictures through cell phones and email Sending degrading photos through e-mails; the emails can then be passed around to hundreds of emails within hours. New cell phones are now able to send photos and can be spread to an entire address book at once. Go back to question

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33. Sending Malicious Code Student send viruses, spyware and hacking programs to other computers as a form of harassment. Some programs can even give the student access to a victims computer. Go back to question Impersonation When a student impersonates another students they usually do this in a chat room. The students reveals personal information that could include name, address and phone number. This could lead to an attack on the victim.

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