When I decided to become the computer teacher last spring, I knew that I had a responsibility to teach students how to become digital citizens. The technology that students are growing up with today brings with it a new set of issues that parents did not experience in their youth. I'm talking specifically about cyberbullying. Students today cannot get away from bullies like they used to--they are followed home from school by way of cell phones, iPads, Facebook, and Twitter. I will be beginning a series of lessons for all students in grades one through eight about cyberbullying--what it is, what it isn't, what it does, and how to prevent it. I am using materials adapted from Common Sense Media. Below are links to .pdf files of the Smart Board lessons I'm using with the students in class.
Screen Out the Mean--used for first through third grades.
What's Cyberbullying?--used for fourth and fifth grades.
Cyberbullying--used for sixth through eight grades.
