3+Policy+and+Lessons

=Policy=

It is important for schools to have a well-designed cyberbullying policy that contains the following: (Hinduja & Patchin, 2013) **Post**: //In the discussion link above, comment how one of the policy points above is addressed in your school or district.//
 * Specific definitions for harassment, intimidation, and bullying (including the electronic variants)
 * Graduated consequences and remedial actions
 * Procedures for reporting
 * Procedures for investigating
 * Specific language that if a student’s off-school speech or behavior results in “substantial disruption of the learning environment,” the student can be disciplined
 * Procedures for preventing bullying (workshops, staff training, curriculum enhancements)

= Lesson/Instructional Resources =

The following resource from Common Sense Media outlines a lesson on cyberbullying for middle school students that are linked to the Common Core State Standards. The video link the follows it is clip from this lesson actually being taught. Both are excellent examples of how cyberbullying can
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 * [] (excerpt demonstrating above lesson plan)

=**Final Activity:**=

Because one way teachers can deal with the problems of cyberbullying is by being preventative with curriculum enhancements, the rest of this professional development activity will involve looking at resources, linking one to your current curriculum, and sharing it with others in the district. Search through the following resources and locate an activity that addresses cyberbullying that you can integrate into instruction. Using the spreadsheet to list the the grade level you teach, the content area you will connect the lesson to along with the applicable CCSS standard, and the resource you will use. If you work on an instructional team and wish to pair with a partner on this final activity, you are free to do so.
 * http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum
 * @http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators
 * Cyberbullying links from the Illinois State Board of Education

Last, please complete the following:
 * 1) Use this spreadsheet to share your ideas.
 * 2) Last, [|please evaluate this course].

Other support resources:
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Cyberbullying Videos for Administrators and Teachers
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