Ch. 2 cyber bullying

The article I read was a report on cyber bullying by Amanda Lenhart. She did a study on cyber bullying and how many teens are being bullied and whether there are more students being bullied on or off line. She did phone interviews with students to ask them if they think that students get bullied online more. The students in this interview thought that bullying happened more offline than online, but I did find it very interesting that white teens thought that it happened more online than African American teens. Another part of this study was to see if bullying online happened more by girls or guys. I was not surprised and I don't think most people would be to find out that girls are involved more in the bullying than boys. The more people are on social websites the more opportunities will be presented for them to either get bullied or be bullied. Bullying has always been present in schools but it has now entered the digital world making it more public and noticible to the public.
The chapter over this talked about social problems that occur and as this article shows cyber bullying is a realm problem that exists. It is important as an educator when teaching about technology to cover all the important points of online etiquette and safety procedures. Students are going to continue and bully but with the use of technology in the classroom gives opportunities for those involved to have a positive influence on what the students will do online. I also think that this chapter about safety and the article about cyber bullying goes along with the topic of today's class. It is important to teach about password and screen name safety. Students do not want someone from there class to get their information and be able to log on as them and do inappropriate things blaming them. The use of technology and the problems that go along with it will always be present no matter how old of a study you look at. It is important as a teacher and educator to always take these problems seriously and share concerns and information with students trying to prevent anything like this happening in your classroom. This is such an important topic and involves so many of our students today statins why this kind of research is so important to look at and take into consideration when using technology in the classroom.