EDUC 735
Presentation to the School Board
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Using Professional Developments to
Combat Cyberbullying on Social Media
What is
Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is a problem that affects anyone who is exposed
to the online world.
In education, it is a problem that affects:
Students
Teachers
Parents
Other staff member
who are active in any online platforms and social media outlets
Characteristics of
Cyberbullying in
Social Media
• Negative comments
• Anonymous interactions
• Subtweeting
• Talking bad about each
other’s back
Effects of
Cyberbullying on
Students
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Negative self talk
• Lack of attention in class
• Discouragement of class
participation
• Suicidal thoughts
• Not feeling accepted
Historical Description
of Cyberbullying
• The first case of cyberbullying was in 2007
when a student passed away through suicide
because of cyberbullying (Garett et al., 2016).
• The use of the internet has increased
tremendously over the past decade and it has
been estimated that 80% of U.S. teenagers
are using some form of social media (Garett
et al., 2016).
Current Description
of Cyberbullying
• Today, approximately 30% of student users
include higher self-objectifying content to
receive likes, gain popularity, and feel accepted
by using social media platforms such as Twitter,
Snapchat, & Instagram (Conger and Singg,
2020).
• Those who do not receive likes feel like they are
not good enough and eventually they fall into
depression and anxiety.
Strategies to
Combat
Cyberbullying
• Parent and teacher
involvement in student social
media life
• Teachers setting limit of time
when using social media
platforms
• Creating rules and guidelines
for students’ social media
usage
• Having professional
developments for teacher
training on how to secure
accounts and block accounts
Cyberbullying
at Middle
School
students are exposed to
Social Media and so the
likelihood of them being
exposed to Cyberbullying is
very high.
Teachers then should have
continuous professional
development throughout
the year on how to combat
cyberbullying.
Action Plan
• The next few slides will present the Action
Plan on how to implement professional
developments (PD) specific to how to combat
cyberbullying to the School Board
Addressing Cyberbullying at
Middle School
Implementation of ongoing Professional Development should occur at Middle School
Objective: Professional developments (PD) will be conducted at Middle School to combat
cyberbullying. At each professional development session, teachers and staff will identify two
strategies per PD session quarterly on how to combat cyberbullying so that they can assist students
who are exposed to such issues when using social media.
Targeted Population: teachers and staff
PD Hosts and Delivery Method
PD Hosts: administrator team and
leadership team
Administrator team are composed of Principal and
Assistant Principals
Leadership team are composed of but not limited to
Instructional Lead Trainers and Counselors
Delivery: Google Slides will be used and
presented through Zoom
Every presentation will highlight 2 strategies to combat
cyberbullying
There will be two administrators or two members from
the leadership team who will be leading each PD
Duration,
Day and
Time of PDs
Duration: Once per quarter
(given that there are 4 quarters
in a school year)
• For the year, there will be 4 PD
sessions in total
• For the year, 8 strategies to combat
bullying will be presented (2 strategies
per PD session)
Day and Time: Thursday after
school at 4PM
PD Outcomes
teachers and staff are able to
prevent cyberbullying and help
stop it from occurring among
their students using social media
by:
• identifying strategies provided
• utilizing the 8 different
strategies on how to combat
cyberbullying in their
classrooms
References
Beghin, H. (2020). The effects of cyberbullying on students and schools. BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Educaiton, 12(2): 19-22.
Collier, E. (2020). Parents’ guide to Twitter. From High Speed Training. https://www.highspeedtraining.co./parents-guide-to-twitter/
Conger, J.Z. and Singg, S. (2020). Should you “do it for the ‘gram?” A review of the
psychological and sociocultural effects of social media. Journal of Clinical Review and Case Reports, 5(42): 40-45.
Garett, R. Lord, L.R., and Young, S.D. Associations between social and cyberbullying: A review
of the literature. Mhealth, 2(46). https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2016.12.01
Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. (2020). Cyberbullying.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/cyberbullying?q=cyberbullying
Punyanunt-Carter, N.M., De La Cruz, J.J., and Wrench, J.S. (2017). Investigating the
relationships among college students’ satisfaction, addiction, needs, communication apprehension, motives, and uses gratifications
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Raes, A., Adams, B., Montrieux, H., and Schellens, T. (2016). Using Twitter in higher
education: What are students’ initial perceptions and experiences? The Authors.
Sharma, A. and Shukla, A.K. (2016). Impact of social messengers on youth: A sociology study.
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- Slide 1
- What is Cyberbullying?
- Characteristics of Cyberbullying in Social Media
- Effects of Cyberbullying on Students
- Historical Description of Cyberbullying
- Current Description of Cyberbullying
- Strategies to Combat Cyberbullying
- Cyberbullying at Middle School
- Action Plan
- Addressing Cyberbullying at Middle School
- PD Hosts and Delivery Method
- Duration, Day and Time of PDs
- PD Outcomes
- References
