Miss. Swartwout ABC Middle school Cyber Bullying Miss. Swartwout ABC Middle school

Standards met through our lessons Personal Social Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills. PS:C1.5 Differentiate between situations requiring peer support and situations requiring adult professional help. PS:C1.6 Identify resource people in the school and community, and know how to seek their help. PS:C1. 10 Learn techniques for managing stress and conflict.

Summary of our lessons Lesson 1: what is cyber bullying? Definition of cyber bullying and the different kinds. Are you a cyber bully quiz? Lesson 2: Stopping cyber bullying/ staying safe. Tips for what to do if you are cyber bullied. How to prevent cyber bullying / staying safe on line tips. Lesson 3: Skits and sharing The students create their own skits of cyber bullying and what they could do to stop the different types of attacks that may occur.

Pre and post test data Prior to our lessons we administered a pre- test that covered the knowledge students already had regarding cyber bullying, their attitudes towards cyber bullying and their skills in identifying the types of cyber bullying. The percent of questions answered correctly with in each topic were then calculated. At the end of the semester, after our lessons we administered our post test.

data Pre-Test- % of questions answered correctly Post-Test Knowledge: 75% Attitudes: 50% Skills: 60% Post-Test Knowledge: 93% Attitudes:89% Skills : 85%

Pre and post test results

What skills were learned? How to recognize instances of cyber bullying. Different subtypes of cyber bullying. How to stop cyber bullying. What to do if you or someone you know is being cyber bullied. Tips to staying safe on the internet.

The impact on our school Truancy rates decreased. Grades of frequently truant students increased. Referrals for instances of bullying in the school also decreased. Fewer students came in second semester for instances of cyber bullying.