Introduction to Cyberbullying

Created by:

Jill Swain

Title/Role:

School Librarian

Location:

Delaware

Grade Level:

Type of Lesson:

Stand-alone lesson

Type of Schedule:

Fixed

Collaboration Continuum:

Moderate

Content Area:

Educational technology

Content Topic:

Cyberbullying

Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

Skills Indicator(s):

3.1.5 Connect learning to community issues.

3.1.6 Use information and technology ethically and responsibly.

4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to gather and share information.

Dispositions Indicator(s):

3.2.2 Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions.

3.2.3 Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others.

Responsibilities Indicator(s):

1.3.4 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within the learning community.

1.3.5 Use information technology responsibly.

4.3.4 Practice safe and ethical behaviors in personal electronic communication and interaction.

Self-Assessment Strategies Indicator(s):

1.4.4 Seek appropriate help when it is needed.

4.4.6 Evaluate own ability to select resources that are engaging and appropriate for personal interests and needs.

Scenario:

Bullying can begin as early as elementary school making it an important topic to introduce to students. In third grade we begin online research and computer usage increases; therefore it is also important to introduce cyberbulling. The Guidance Counselor and School Librarian will collaborate on this lesson to ensure personal and online safety. The Guidance Counselor will teach first to provide necessary background knowledge on what bullying is, the emotional and physical effects, and ways to respond. The Librarian will then work with students to identify instances of cyberbullying. Both the Guidance Counselor and Librarian will assess the final product to ensure student understanding of all facets of bullying. After this lesson, the Librarian will continue to teach Internet Safety skills with follow-up lessons on choosing safe websites and keeping personal information safe.

Overview:

The lesson is designed to teach students to recognize cyberbulling in all its forms (email, chat, text and website); to respond to cyberbullies; to prevent being the victim of a cyberbully; and when to inform an adult of cyberbullying.

Final Product:

Posters for each of type of cyberbullying (created using student lists) will be posted in the Library for all students to view and learn.

Library Lesson:

As the students watch a cyberbulling video on BrainPOP, they will learn about the different forms of cyberbulling (email, chat, text and website) and how to recognize instances of cyberbullying. Students will use this knowledge to identify what form of cyberbullying is depicted in their group scenario and what clues from the scenario led them to their choice. Students will then generate a list of ways to respond to the cyberbullying using the information from the Guidance Counselor lesson, the BrainBOP video, and their individual group discussion.

Estimated Lesson Time:

90 minutes

Assessment

Product:

The scenario lists created by the students will be used to assess student learning. Students will also have the opportunity to add to the cyberbullying posters that will be posted in the library during future library classes.

Process:

Students assess their own work by adding and removing responses to their scenario based on feedback from class during presentation.

Student self-questioning:

Students learn to ask the following questions: Am I using technology safely? Do I know this person asking me to chat? Am I being bullied? Is this website safe? Should I tell an adult? Am I being a bully?

Instructional Plan

Resources students will use:

Interactive Resource (i.e. webpages, multimedia learning objects, chat services)

Interactive Resource URL:

http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/cyberbullying/

Resources instructor will use:

Laptop

Smart board

Instruction/Activities

Direct instruction:

Students will be asked to recall what they learned about bullying from the previous lesson with the Guidance Counselor. The School Librarian will fill in a graphic organizer based on student responses under the following categories: ways we can be bullied; how does bullying affect us; and how to respond to bullies.

Modeling and guided practice:

School librarian will show the free BrainPOP online video http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/cyberbullying/ on the SmartBoard. Students will be asked to add to the graphic organizer anything new they saw in the video. Students then take the BrainPOP online cyberbullying quiz together as a class. Students will read the questions together and vote for the correct answer by giving a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down."

Independent practice:

Students will be placed in groups of four. Each group will get a scenario depicting a form of cyberbullying: email, chat, text or website. Students will read their scenarios as a group and identify the form of cyberbullying by underlining context clues in the text. They will create a list of what they should do if they are the victim of this type of bullying.

Have you taught this lesson before:

Yes

Strategies for differentiation:

Student will be assigned groups to ensure that each student has an opportunity to contribute to the practice and participate in sharing/reflecting.