http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/student-safety-focus-of-cyber-week/nbWHk/
Last week, I posted about the school in Nevada where there was a shooting. I was thinking about student safety this week still, but I decided to focus on bullying. Something that is becoming more prevalent for students is cyber bullying. A school in Springfield decided to have a week focused on cyber etiquette and student safety online. There were programs organized for children from kindergarten all the way through high school.
Students are using the internet more and more with little supervision by parents. So the school is attempting to instill in students how important safety and smart choices are while being on the internet. Children as young as sixth graders are being bullied online and a fourteen year old was victimized by an older boy through internet applications. The school district is trying to intervene with this system and teach the children about how to properly act online. I like how the school district identified a problem and immediately implemented a system to combat the issues directly.
This is a problem that is popping up all over in schools across the nation. I think its a great idea that schools are trying to tech student the correct way to act on the internet. Students need to also learn what is right and what is wrong to be doing on the internet and what is wrong or right for putting on the internet social sites.
ReplyDeleteThe use of technology in this world is unavoidable! I think its a great idea for schools to have programs to teach children how to properly act online. However, bullying is bullying whether it is cyber bullying or not. Perhaps the school should also consider lessons on bullying to prevent against bullying issues all together.
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