C YBERBULLYING Expanding Your Horizons ASU - STEM Conference February 23, 2013 Mark Crouch, Ed. D.

T RADITIONALLY - A bully is primarily a person responsible for bullyingbullying Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group).abuse

T ODAY - Cyber-bullying is "the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others". - Wikipedia

W HAT THAT MEANS IS : Bullies in the schoolyard now have a new place to wield their punches – cyberspace.

W HAT THAT MEANS IS : “Cyberbullying,” as it’s now called, is like regular bullying except it’s done online through sites like Facebook and MySpace and the use of cell phones

B ROKEN F RIENDSHIP What are some of the things that we use passwords for? Instant Messenger 3. Web sites 4. Bank accounts 5. ????

B ROKEN F RIENDSHIP Why do you think the girl in the story gave her password to her best friend? Was it a good reason?

B ROKEN F RIENDSHIP What types of things can happen to her now that her password is out? What should the girl do right away?

P ASSWORDS Do not use common words or names Do not use your birthday Do not use your pet’s name Do not use your SSN

P ASSWORDS Do use random passwords Do use letters AND numbers Do mix lower case and upper case Do use symbols such as #

P ASSWORD E XAMPLE m h a l l i f w w a s mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow

B ETTER P ASSWORD E XAMPLE M h a L l i f w W a s E VEN B ETTER - M h a L 1 i f w W a $

T EENAGE G IRLS ARE WORSE THAN BOYS ABOUT CYBER - BULLYING

Y OU CAN ’ T TAKE IT BACK

How do you think the victims felt? Have you ever been ridiculed before? How did it feel?

Y OU CAN ’ T TAKE IT BACK Why did the boy rate the girls? Do you think that girls ever rate boys like this?

Y OU CAN ’ T TAKE IT BACK What would you do if you heard that a friend was going to rate some other students on the Internet?

W HAT CAN YOU DO ? Never post or share your (or your friends’) personal information online. Examples: full name address telephone number school name parents’ names credit card number Social Security number

W HAT CAN YOU DO ? Never share your Internet passwords with anyone (except your parents).

W HAT CAN YOU DO ? Never meet anyone face-to- face whom you only know online.

W HAT CAN YOU DO ? Talk to your parents about what you do online.

W HAT CAN YOU DO ? Be “anti-bully”

T HANK YOU