Cyberbullying
Facing Up to Cyberbullying
About the Unit
Facing Up to Cyberbullying is a unit created by the Vancouver School Board to teach students about cyberbullying and responsible internet use. Most of the intermediate classes were taught lessons from this unit during the first term of this school year.
Recommended Websites
The following are some recommended websites from the Facing Up to Cyberbullying guide, with general information on cyberbullying and internet safety.
http://www.cyberbullying.ca is an excellent and comprehensive Canadian site devoted entirely to cyberbullying, run by Bill Belsey, who also runs http://www.bullying.org.
http://www.cyberbully.org offers a concise description of cyberbullying and provides additional resources and references.
http://www.cyberbullying.us provides information on cyberbullying and offers personal anecdotes to supplement statistics. Also includes resources for parents and teachers.
http://www.cyberbully.org/cyberbully/docs/cbctparents.pdf, "Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying: Addressing Harm Caused by Online Social Cruelty".
http://www.cyberbullying.ca/pdf/Cyberbullying_Information.pdf contains cyberbullying help information.
http://www.kids.getnetwise.org provides an online safety guide, tools for families, safe websites for kids and information for reporting internet trouble.
http://www.isafe.org has an American guide to safe internet encounters.
http://www.ryanpatrickhalligan.com: One American father who lost his son to suicide after intense cyberbullying has set up a site to help educate youth and parents about its dangers before it is too late.
http://www.wiredsafety.org serves to educate the community about the dangers of the internet. It also provides information and resources to help educate and guide law enforcement offiers on internet safety issues, crime prevention and reporting of cyber crimes.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm strives to equip adults with information and tools to help youth understand how the media work, how the media may affect their lifestyle choices and the extent to which they, as consumers and citizens, are being well informed.
Facing Up to Cyberbullying is a unit created by the Vancouver School Board to teach students about cyberbullying and responsible internet use. Most of the intermediate classes were taught lessons from this unit during the first term of this school year.
Recommended Websites
The following are some recommended websites from the Facing Up to Cyberbullying guide, with general information on cyberbullying and internet safety.
http://www.cyberbullying.ca is an excellent and comprehensive Canadian site devoted entirely to cyberbullying, run by Bill Belsey, who also runs http://www.bullying.org.
http://www.cyberbully.org offers a concise description of cyberbullying and provides additional resources and references.
http://www.cyberbullying.us provides information on cyberbullying and offers personal anecdotes to supplement statistics. Also includes resources for parents and teachers.
http://www.cyberbully.org/cyberbully/docs/cbctparents.pdf, "Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying: Addressing Harm Caused by Online Social Cruelty".
http://www.cyberbullying.ca/pdf/Cyberbullying_Information.pdf contains cyberbullying help information.
http://www.kids.getnetwise.org provides an online safety guide, tools for families, safe websites for kids and information for reporting internet trouble.
http://www.isafe.org has an American guide to safe internet encounters.
http://www.ryanpatrickhalligan.com: One American father who lost his son to suicide after intense cyberbullying has set up a site to help educate youth and parents about its dangers before it is too late.
http://www.wiredsafety.org serves to educate the community about the dangers of the internet. It also provides information and resources to help educate and guide law enforcement offiers on internet safety issues, crime prevention and reporting of cyber crimes.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm strives to equip adults with information and tools to help youth understand how the media work, how the media may affect their lifestyle choices and the extent to which they, as consumers and citizens, are being well informed.