Delete Cyberbullying!

1. Delete Cyberbullying! Charlie Bevers Menthia P. Clark Tracy Downs Mike Travis Renee DuPont-Valerio Jenny Whitmire

2. Delete CyberbullyingWhat is Cyberbullying? Computer • E-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, blogs, posing as someone else on the Internet, creating insulting websites Cell phones • Texting, video, pictures, three-way calling Inappropriate Communication • Making threats, sending provocative pictures, insults or racial or ethnic slurs, gay bashing, attempting to infect the victim’s computer with a virus, flooding an e-mail inbox with disruptive messages

3. Delete CyberbullyingThe Problem

4. Delete Cyberbullying The Problem • Variation in Definitions • State vs. School District • Location of Incidence • School Effects

5. Delete CyberbullyingStatistics & Survey Research • Pew Institute • I-Safe Research • Dr. Justin Patchin and Dr. Sameer Hinduja cyberbullying.us • National Crime Prevention Council • Colorado Trust Council & JV Consulting • Cyberbully Survey Conducted by Renee

6. Delete Cyberbullying Case Studies • Kill Kylie • Digital Sexploitation • Megan Meier • Your Local Examples…….

7. Delete Cyberbullying Opponents to Anti-CyberBullying Legislation • ACLU • Students • Parents • Administrators

8. Delete CyberbullyingAlternative Policies

9. Delete CyberbullyingAlternative Policies • Florida State Statute 1006.147 • Aurora County School District

10. Delete CyberbullyingAlternative Policies # 1 Florida State Statute 1006.147 Prohibits bullying during educational programs and activities, during school-related or sponsored activities, on school buses, and through the use of computers or software accessed on a computer, computer system, or computer network of an educational system.

11. Delete CyberbullyingAlternative Policies # 2 Aurora County School District Bullying is prohibited on all district property….. and off school property when such conduct has a nexus to school or any district curricular or non-curricular activity or event.  (Memo sent from the Superintendent in 2007) With the increase in technology in our children’s lives, we want to inform you of an increased type of bullying. Cyber bullying is defined as “the use of information and communication technologies such as email, cell phones, text messages, instant messaging and personal websites to support hostile behavior by one individual with the intent to harm others.”

12. Delete CyberbullyingOur Policy

13. Delete Cyberbullying – Our Policy Basis: Arkansas State Statute 6-18-514 (a) Includes electronic acts that create a “clear and present danger” of physical harm, “substantial interference” with education, a “hostile educational environment” or “substantial disruption” of the school. The prohibited “electronic acts” include off-campus communication that is “directed specifically at students or school personnel and maliciously intended for the purpose of disrupting school, and has a high likelihood of succeeding in that purpose.”

14. Delete Cyberbullying Our Policy • Statewide Policy • Incorporates: • On and off campus • All electronic devices • Interdistrict compatibility

15. Delete CyberbullyingAction Plan

16. Delete CyberbullyingAction Plan • Contact State Legislators • Write letters to state and local education associations • Write letters to editors of local newspapers • Provide a recommended cyberbullying prevention curriculum • Produce PSA campaigns on cyberbullying • Create a website about the effects and prevention of cyberbullying • Organize a petition drive

17. Thank you for your attention and your assistance to Delete Cyberbullying!

18. Scope of the Problem Cyber-bullying between youth in America is a wide scale problem. We have found much research supporting this claim. From this research it is quite clear that cyber-bullying is not isolated, innocent, nor harmless. This research has been done by reputable organizations following recognized, legitimate survey methods. The Pew Institute conducted a survey in November 2006 to measure the extent and effects of cyber-bullying. After nationally surveying 935 teens from grades 7-12, they found that 32% of them had experienced cyber-bullying. Further, girls were more likely to be targeted than boys, and those who shared their identities online were more likely to be targets of cyber-bullying. Another survey of 13,000 students in grade 5 -12 was conducted in 2007 by I-Safe, Inc, an organization founded in 1998 and endorsed by the US Congress. They found that 90% of these students have had their feelings hurt online, and 75% had visited a web site bashing another student. Cyberbullying.us, an organization created by Dr. Justin Patchin and Dr. Sameer Hinduja conducted a survey of 6000 students a day in 2008. Their findings show that 33% of those students have been targets of cyber-bullying. They found that cyber-bullying occurs mainly in chat rooms, followed closely by instant messages and e-mail. More than half felt that cyber-bullying is as bad, or worse, than standard bullying in real life. Perhaps the most telling fact found in this survey is that 5% of the participants truly felt that they were in danger of their own safety because of cyber-bullying. In 2007 the National Crime Prevention Council produced a research summary looking at why cyber-bullying took place. They found that 81% occurs because they think it is funny to do so. Other reasons included that they didn’t think it was a big deal, they didn’t think about the consequences, they were encouraged by friends, and they didn’t think they would be caught. Finally, research conducted by the Colorado Trust Cadre and JV consulting shows that in addition to cyber-bullying, if left unaddressed, can leave students of all ages feeling depressed and unable to connect socially with their peers. Further, it can even have a negative effect on students’ academic achievement.

19. Delete Cyberbullying-Presentation Format • What is cyberbullying? • Why is it a problem? • Statistics & Survey • Case Studies • Opponents to Anti-Cyberbullying Legislation charlie