Digital Badge # D: Chapter 5

Digital Badge D: Chapter 5

 

For chapter 5 I decided to do a flipquiz but I also would like to talk about cyberbullying. Bullies are kids that constantly need to measure their power over other to assure superiority. As recent movies have portrait cyberbullying is as bad or even more than physical bullying, this is due to the fact that the false allegations made online by a person will remain there for the world to see forever. Information uploaded online can be deleted on the surface level but everything that is uploaded on the web will always exist. Kids that are cyberbully not only deal with the issue at school but also at home; this can make them feel hopeless and powerless and it causes for a lot of absences and/or skipping class. Been able to provide a safe environment for student where they feel they won’t be harm or mistreated is a way of ensuring that students will attend school and be actively engage. Some of the many strategies involve been empathetic and comprehensive, also been able to provide support and guidance when students needed. Prevention is a way of ensure to the student and the parent that the problem won’t emerge so easily without been detected first hand. By allowing students to use technology regularly they are learning to be ethical, introducing web tools allows them to express their opinion and learn how to optimize their skills. Giving students the options to show what they learn through web tools is a way of educating digital citizens. Students can read, share their thoughts, learn to create material on the web and much more if teachers and schools allow their students to access online tools.

Resources:
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.