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CYBERBULLYING

In this learning session, we’ll see how our words and actions can negatively affect others, even online.

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Fruit

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Scissors

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Form a circle.

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Pass the banana and the apple around.

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Take turns saying and doing mean things to the fruits

  • Say “you’re ugly” or “I hate you”
  • “Hurt” the fruit (throw, pinch)

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Everyone must have a turn.

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Get a large sheet of paper.

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Crumple it into a large ball. �Be careful not to rip it!

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Uncrumple the paper.

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Do your best to remove the creases.

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Get some colored paper.

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Cut out the ugliest shape that you can make!

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Make another cut-out, this time of the most beautiful shape you can make.

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and get started!

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Now it’s big circle time!

TIME’S UP!

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Compare how the fruits looked before and after:

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How did the banana change?

How did the apple change?

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Now, let’s look at the inner part of the apple.

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What can you see?

Did the apple change, too?

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What did your words and actions do to the fruits?

How did it change the banana? the apple?

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Fruit

Do you think it is the same with people?

What happens to people when we use hurtful words and actions?

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Have you experienced being hurt by offensive words of others? �How did you feel?

What did you do? �Were you more like the apple or the banana?

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Negative words and actions can hurt other people, even if we don’t see it or they don’t show it.�We have to be careful in choosing the words we use when we interact with other people on the Internet.

The lesson from the fruit

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What did you try to do to remove the crumple marks on the paper?

Paper

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Let’s look at the paper now, then try to compare it to how it looked before.

Were you able to remove the marks completely?

Did it go back to the way it was, even if you tried really hard to remove the creases?

Paper

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The crumple marks are like the marks left by hurtful words.

How are they similar?

How do hurtful words affect people?

Paper

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What does this activity teach us about the way we use words?

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Once we have said hurtful words, we cannot take them back.�They will leave a mark on others, which often cannot be taken back even when we delete or take down offensive messages online, say “sorry,” or try to make up for it.

The lesson from the paper

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Share your creations!

Let’s see the ugly cut-outs you made.

Now, show the beautiful cut-outs.

Scissors

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Are your scissors bad for making ugly shapes?

Are your scissors good for making beautiful shapes?

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Who controls the scissors?

Who decides whether to make something nice or ugly?

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Just like the scissors, technology such as computers, cell phones, tablets, and the Internet are also tools that we can control.

So, who decides if these tools can be used for good things or bad things?

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How can we use these technology tools to do good things?

Can you give examples?

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Technology can be used to do good or bad things.�We as users of technology can choose if it will be used for doing good or causing harm to others.

The lesson from the scissors

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Remember!

Even when nobody is physically around to watch over you while using the Internet, it is important to remain mindful about the words you use and your attitude toward other people on the Internet.

Take responsibility!

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Remember!

Courtesy and politeness should always be observed when interacting with other people on the Internet, especially when expressing disagreement.

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In a nutshell

Words can hurt.

Think before you click.

Use tools to do good.

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In a nutshell

Take responsibility!

Be polite and courteous online.

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PRACTICE WHAT �YOU LEARNED!

  • Write five of your classmates a compliment or statement of appreciation.

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Let’s try it!

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Take five of the social media message box cut-outs being passed around.

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Let’s try it!

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Write something nice, and be sure not to exceed the

280-character limit.

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You are beautiful!

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Write something nice!

I like you because…

Start with these:

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Write something nice!

You are important because…

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Write something nice!

Thank you for being…

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Write something nice!

Thank you for the time when…

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Finally, put your messages in the envelopes of your classmates on the wall.

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Make a �promise!

  • Find a friend.

  • Make a promise about something that you learned today that you will always do for others.

  • Seal the promise by making a friendly gesture.

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References

Boult, A. (2016, June 23). Teacher’s powerful lesson on the effects of bullying – using two apples – strikes a chord. Retrieved May 30, 2017, from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/06/23/teachers-powerful-lesson-on-the-effects-of-bullying--using-two-a/

DQ World Pte. Ltd. (2017). DQ World. Retrieved May 31, 2017, from https://www.dqworld.net/

Eisenberg, A. (2012, July 5). The Crumpled Piece of Paper. Retrieved May 30, 2017, from https://bullyinglte.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/the-crumpled-piece-of-paper/

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References

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:40.7 (2010 & Supp. 2011). Retrieved from http://law.justia.com/codes/

Patchin, J. W., & Hinduja, S. (2016). Bullying today: Bullet points and best practices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Spinello, R. A. (2017). Cyberethics: Morality and law in cyberspace. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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This presentation was prepared by Cynthia Grace L. Diaz

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