Meagan-- Online Bullying and Harassment

Meagan -- Article

Works Cited-
Cappelo, Dominic. “What We Can Do About Online Threats and Harassment”. Parenting Teens. iFOS Publishing and Parenting Teen Networks. http://www.parentingteensonline.com/article/show/title/Cyberbullying/page/2˜. Copyright ©2008. February 16, 12. Internet.

Summary-
The article starts off with two examples of bullying. Then the article goes on to talk about how bullying has changed from when the internet wasn't around. Dominic talks about how parents can be a good example for their kids. They can be a good example by not being rude to others or gossiping about other parents. Parents are to set a good example for their children. There are programs to help children who have been bullied.

Assess-
This article was written by Dominic Cappelo. He has been on many talk shows. He wrote a book on how parents need to talk to their kids about bullying. He h=runs a company called "Can We Talk" that is for parents and teens. I think that he is qualified to write this article. It isn't a current article by date but the information in it is relative for todays issues on bullying online.

Reflect-
I think this is a very serious issue for today's teens. Parents have big influence on their child's life. I agree that parents can help be a good influence in their child's life. I think he gives some really great pointers to parents. Bullying online is a very big issue and I don't think people think about it enough. Children are bombarded by bullying online everyday. It used to be noticeable and people could see the person bullying but now the bullies can be anonymous. Children who are being bullied are afraid to tell anyone that they are. The article helps to give advice about seeing symptoms and being open with your kids about bullies.

Cyber-bullying-When online harassment becomes all too real. People & Polotics. Oniline Posting. YouTube, 1 April, 2011. Web. 16 February 2012.

http://youtu.be/Z9jgiiP8EAA


Summary-
This is a quick video about how online harassment has become a big issue in a school in Germany. It talks to teachers and students about how they feel on the subject of bullying. There is one big website that effects all the students lives. It is called IShareGossip. This is a website where kids can write whatever they like anonymously. One kid goes on to say that he doesn't even think the website should exist. A teacher says that the school can paint over the words people write at the school but can't erase what they write on the website.

Assess-
This video is from Germany. It is a news report from their local news. I think that it is a great video. It is relevant for todays world. Kids go around typing all these hurtful things and it needs to be brought to the attention of others. I think even though the video is for Germany that it is relevant for everywhere. Anywhere and everywhere there are websites that teens use regularly to hurt others.

Reflect-
I enjoyed this video. It shows just one website that students are using to hurt other students. Bullying is a serious thing everywhere. By using a video from Germany it just shows how far spread in the world bullying is. I think that this video does a good job of showing that bullies bully at school and at home. They have the internet to be anonymous and to hurt the ones that they think deserve it.