EDT 680 Cyber-Bullying&Safety on net

Cyber bullying has quickly become a 21st century epidemic and a growing concern for students, parents, and educators. This course will alert teachers to the harmful effects of online harassment and teach them how they can be the driving force to prevent it in their schools. The impact of Cyperbyllying on teaching and learning will be examined. Strategies that will help reduce and/or eliminate the instances of cyber-bullying in our classrooms, in students? homes and in our schools will be presented and discussed. Using the CyberSmart curriculum that stresses that cyber bullying can be controlled; classroom lesson plans and materials will be developed that can be shared with parents while looking at students' rights and laws that must be considered when confronting these situations in the school community. A primary goal of this course requires that teachers will learn various techniques that they can implement upon return to their classrooms. Additionally, teachers will reflect on what they are learning and propose a way to integrate cyberbullying content into the classroom curriculums.