My Cyberlife What Does it Mean to Live Online?

Research – Why do lessons 95% of all students ages are now online 80% of those online students are social media users 88% of social media-using students have witnessed other people being mean or cruel on social networking sites 95% of these social media users who have witnessed cruel behavior on social media sites say they have seen others ignore the mean behavior 67% of teenagers who have witnessed online cruelty have also witnessed others joining in 21% of teens say they have joined the harassment themselves (Pew Research Internet Project, 2011)

Research – Why do lessons Peer victimization in children and adolescents is associated with higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts Cyberbullying was strongly related suicidal ideation in comparison with traditional bullying (JAMA Pediatrics, 2014)

Research – What to know Please watch: Cyberbullying: The Substantial Disruption Test by: Carolyn Stone, Ed.D., Dec Found in ASCA Webinar Archive: Learning Outcomes 1. Learn how the courts have ruled on cases involving cyberbullying 2. Understand how legal rulings help or hinder a safer and more respectful environment for their students 3. Apply the principles of law to the prevention of cyber bullying

Research Broad generalizations about cyberbullying: Adolescent girls are just as likely, if not more likely than boys to experience cyberbullying (as a victim and offender) (Floros et al., 2013; Kowalski et al., 2008; Hinduja & Patchin, 2009; Schneider et al., 2012) Cyberbullying is related to low self-esteem, suicidal ideation, anger, frustration, and a variety of other emotional and psychological problems (Brighi et al., 2012; Hinduja & Patchin, 2010; Kowalski & Limber, 2013; Patchin & Hinduja, 2010; Wang, Nansel, & Iannotti, 2011) Cyberbullying is related to other issues in the ‘real world’ including school problems, anti-social behavior, substance use, and delinquency (Hinduja & Patchin, 2007; Hinduja & Patchin, 2008; Kowalski & Limber, 2013) Traditional bullying and cyberbullying are closely related: those who are bullied at school are bullied online and those who bully at school bully online (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009; Kowalski & Limber, 2013; Ybarra, Diener-West, & Leaf, 2007)

MY CYBERLIFE Unit Lessons

My Cyberlife Unit Lessons: 1. Digital Life 101: What is your cyber knowledge? 2. My Media: Where does your time go? 3. Cyberbullying: Being an Upstander 4. Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line 5. Digital Footprint: Where does Yours Lead? *

Digital Footprints Where does yours lead?

Learning Objective(s): The students will demonstrate the knowledge of or ability to: 1. Learn what makes up an individual’s digital footprint. 2. Recognize that a digital footprint can be helpful or harmful to their reputation and image. 3. Consider own digital footprints and what they want those footprints to be like in the future.

What is a Digital Footprint? Digital Footprint Actively volunteered Profiles, texts, comments Passively volunteered Cookies from sites visited, search histories

The Digital Footprint Watch for the 5 key ideas about digital footprints. The Digital Footprint Video 1. Searched 2. Copied 3. Shared 4. Broadcast 5. Permanent

Rules: An Upstanding Digital Citizen Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person should not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Report or tell a trusted adult about abusive posts.

The Grandma Rule If you wouldn’t want your grandma to read it, see it or hear it… then don’t put it online!

Your Digital Footprint Activity Does “Grandma” Approve?

Your Digital Footprint Activity Use or Used? Yes Approve or Disapprove? Approve: Add to Left Disapprov e: Add to Right No Leave off of footprint

How do your digital footprints look? Would “Grandma” be proud? How does your footprint make you feel? What could make your footprint better? What can you change to have a better looking footprint?

Managing Your Digital Footprint Never post anything that you might find embarrassing later. Be careful with the pictures you post on your public profiles. Remember others will see them. Do not disclose your personal address, phone number, passwords...even in private messages. Do not post things to bully, hurt, blackmail, insult, or afflict any kind of harm on others. Always keep in mind that once information has been posted online, it can be almost impossible to remove because of archiving and file sharing. Even though you deactivate your accounts, the information may still be retrieved by others. You DO want a positive digital footprint to exist for yourself!

How to Build a Positive Footprint View social media spaces as forums for learning 1 st and entertainment 2 nd. Use the internet as a vehicle for collective action around ideas you believe in – make a difference! Raise awareness of current events/global initiatives. George Mayo's students created a project to stop genocide in Darfur ( Get involved in things “Grandma” would be proud of -- doing a good deed every day for a month and sharing about it online. 10-year-old Laura Stockman did so by honoring her grandfather's life (

Footprint Knowledge 1. True or false: Your digital footprint is all the information about you online that only you post. 2. What kinds of information can make up a digital footprint? a) Online photos b) Comments that others post about you c) Both a and b 3. What kinds of information would make a POSITIVE digital footprint? Circle all that apply. a) Photos of you doing work in the community b) A newspaper article about your soccer team c) A mean comment that you made on a friend’s website d) A blog you created to showcase your artwork e) Inappropriate photos of you on a social network site 4. True or false: I don’t really have to worry about my digital footprint because I don’t do much online anyway. 5. True or false: If I see something bad posted on my Facebook page I delete it; so I know my Facebook footprint is clean.

What might we learn about you? Who might Google you? What can you do to build a better digital footprint? Yourself Challenge Homework