Kerrville ISD SafetyNET presentation on Cyberbullying

2. Cyber Bullying Kerrville ISD Micah Wrase, LSSP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59kniHIw4uY

4. Occurs on school property

6. Immediate

7. Not limited to physical locale

9. Further under the radar than bullying

10. Harder to prove

12. Cell Phones

13. Mobile Devices

14. E-mail, IM, Social Networking Sites (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), Websites (hate sites, Bulletin Boards, Chatrooms), text messaging, voicemail81.4% 22% 84% Center on Media and Child Health, 2007

15. Statistics: i-Safe survey 58%of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online 53%of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful things to another online 42%of kids have been bullied while online

16. Hate Sites 50%had seen or heard of a hate site bashing of another student 75%had visited a hate site 450 – 500: # of “hard core” hate sites on the internet right now.

20. depression, anxiety, anger

21. increased isolation and self-destructive behavior

23. Family Complications (trust issues, privacy issues)

25. Role-play

26. Responding

27. May not realize it’s cyber bullying

28. “Vengeful Angel”

29. Righting wrongs

30. Protecting themselves

31. “Mean Girls”

32. Bored; Entertainment

33. Ego based; promote own social status

34. Often do in a group

35. Intimidate on and off line

38. Throw ‘cyber-weight’ around

39. Not school-yard bullies like Power-Hungry & Mean Girls{Parry Aftab. Esq., Executive Director, WiredSafety.org}

41. Prevention for Parents/StudentsBuild your own “SafetyNET” Keep mobile device in a place easy to monitor Family plan (from Sprint, AT&T, etc) Use monitoring software and/or blocking/filtering (internetsafety.com) Work with the school, authorities, and ISP

42. Building a “SafetyNET” Get tech literate (Community Ed, wiredsafety.org) Communicate with children about the issue (isafe.org , stopcyberbullying.org) Support the victims Don’t blame the victim Don’t freak out

43. Response for Parents Ensure your child feels safe, secure THOROUGHLY investigate situation Refrain from immediate banning Contact parents of Cyberbully

45. Apply firm but realistic consequences