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Cyberbully? No Way, Not Me
Cyberbully? No Way, Not Me

Subject: Life & Career Skills
Grade Range: 6 - 8
Application Types: 21st Century Skills, Social Networking, Web Application

21st Century Themes:, Civic Literacy, Health Literacy

21st Century Concepts:Creativity & Innovation, Communication & Collaboration, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Digital Citizenship, Technology Literacy, Growth & Leadership

The Project Description

This project promotes an awareness of digital citizenship, specifically related to "cyberbullying." This term refers to the use of digital tools, such as email or instant messaging, to send or post text or images that have the effect of intimidating, frightening, or embarrassing another person. We will be creating a blog (Web log) of student experiences and discussions about this topic, using freely available Web tools. A sample of the questions and comments posted on the blog include exploring what is meant by cyberbullying, whether it is possible to be a cyberbully without being aware of it, and what steps a person should take if they are a victim of cyberbullying. Additional discussion questions, assessment rubrics, and information about adapting and extending the example project are included in the resource materials available for download with this project.
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Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 75065 2:14
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes discussion questions, assessment rubrics, and information about adapting and extending the example project.

The Project Tutorials

The following tutorials demonstrate, step-by-step, how to complete the example project, as shown in the Project Preview.

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Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. preview What is cyberbullying? 75085 2:26
2. locked Signing up for a blog account 75059 2:37
3. locked Logging in for the first time 75060 2:56
4. locked Setting general blog options 75061 0:51
5. locked Setting blog options for writing & reading 75062 1:33
6. locked Setting blog options for discussions 75063 1:28
7. locked Setting blog options for privacy 75064 1:10
8. locked Choosing a design for your blog 75077 1:10
9. locked Adding widgets to the blog 75078 1:28
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Editing the default Welcome post 75067 1:55
2. locked Editing the default About page 75068 1:32
3. locked Adding a new post 75071 3:28
4. locked Adding a new page 75079 2:28
5. locked Linking to another blog page 75080 1:36
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a student account 75072 2:19
2. locked Adding student users to the blog 75075 2:04
3. locked Contributing as a student user 75073 3:21
4. locked Commenting as a general reader 75074 1:24
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Managing comments 75081 2:26
2. locked Responding directly to a comment 75082 1:14
3. locked Managing users 75083 2:12
4. locked Managing posts & pages 75084 1:52

Infusing 21st Century Skills

The example project created in the tutorials illustrates one way this project might be completed, using subject-specific content, targeted for a certain grade range, and using a specific application. As demonstrated, this would make a fine technology skills integration project for your students. However, the basic project can be easily extended to more fully support the teaching and learning of other 21st century concepts and skills, beyond those related to technology.

A stated Performance Indicator of a 21st Century teacher is the ability to "customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources" (ISTE NETS•T 2c). The Project Activity Guide and The Professional Development Workbook, included in the downloadable Project Resource Packet, will help you practice this critical skill by guiding you through the process of modifying the example project to infuse 21st century skills, to help you adjust the project to suit your own classroom needs, and to assess the end result.

The following tutorials address ways you might adapt the basic project, as well as provide examples of how the project can be extended to more fully incorporate specific 21st century concepts. Please note that these suggestions may involve using Web resources that are blocked or filtered by your school or organization.

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expand  Adapting & Extending
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adapting - using a different application 75066 1:34
2. locked Collaborating - deepening the conversation 75069 2:06
3. locked Growth & Leadership - taking responsibility 75070 2:06
Tutorial series by Andrea Carlson
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