Online harassment is considered to be cyberbullying and can be extremely dangerous to teens and child. Cyberbullying can take place on the computer, phones or any other electronic devices that has communication capabilities. Thankfully I have never been cyberbullied and have never had to deal with issue personally YET.
I stress the word yet because going into teaching I know it is going to happen within in my school and even to some of my students. Schools have a hard time dealing with cyberbullying since it does not always take place on school grounds so there has been the issue of free speech. It is easier for the schools to take action if the cyberbullying takes place on school grounds where there are set rules and guidelines for using the computers. I think education is key for the schools. Students, parents and teachers need to be educated on what cyberbullying is and what it can do to a person. If teachers know what signs to look for in their students they will hopefully be able to stop it before it gets to far.
In my classroom I will do what I stated above, I will educate my students and parents on cyberbullying and the consequences for doing it. I will also let them know that I have a no tolerance policy for it in and out of my classroom and if it does happen there will be consequences. I know that I will not be able, legally to do as much if it takes place off campus but I can still warn them about it.
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