
1. What is cyber bullying?
1.1. Harassing or intentionally causing harm to another person online (Redmond et al, 2018; Smowl Tech, 2024).
2. Preventing cyber bullying
2.1. Whole school anti cyber bullying policies (Redmond et al., 2018)
2.2. Setting high expectations (AERO, 2023)
2.3. Creating positive classroom environments (AERO, 2023; Redmond et al., 2018)
2.4. Anti cyber bullying programs such as bullying no way videos for 7-12 cyber bullying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iA17Exw9FM&list=PL8UeNKK-858eh8ruaON9PnKM-vNgmufww&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-WBhx6n0hE&list=PL8UeNKK-858eh8ruaON9PnKM-vNgmufww
2.5. Professional development for staff provided by the school (Redmond et al., 2018)
3. Identifying cyber bullying
3.1. Most Common forms of cyber bullying
3.1.1. Circulating false rumours (Smowl Tech, 2024a)
3.1.2. Exclusion from peer groups (Smowl Tech, 2024a)
3.1.3. Threats (Smowl Tech, 2024a)
3.1.4. Impersonation or identity theft that portrays the victim in a compromising situation (Smowl Tech, 2024a)
3.1.5. Online social aggression (Redmond et al., 2018)
3.2. Bully reporting boxes in classrooms and around the school (Redmond et al., 2018).
3.3. Monitoring of student technology use within classrooms (Redmond et al., 2018).
4. Impacts of cyber bullying
4.1. Social withdrawl (Redmond et al., 2018)
4.2. Reduced academic achievement (Redmond et al., 2018)
4.3. Missing school (Redmond et al., 2018)
4.4. Depression and self harm (Redmond et al., 2018)
4.5. Fear, anger and frustraition (Redmond et al., 2018)
4.6. Increased anxiety (Redomond et al., 2018)
4.7. Suicidal ideation or action (Redmond et al., 2018)
5. Digital Ethics
5.1. What are digital ethics?
5.1.1. Digital ethics involves considering fairness, transparency, privacy, security, and considering the impact technology has on individuals and society (Smowl tech, 2024).
5.2. Digital dilemas for schools
5.2.1. Generating data that is used by data brokers to inform education practices (Buchanan, 2019).
5.2.2. Student wellbeing (Buchanan, 2019).
5.3. Digital dilemas for teachers
5.3.1. Do I need to seek my own professional training or should it be provided? (Buchanan, 2019).
5.3.2. Keeping boundaries on social media between personal and professional lives (Buchanan, 2019)
5.3.3. What technologies to use? Do these technologies use student or teacher data and sell it to data brokers? (Buchanan, 2019).
5.3.4. Do all students have equitable access to digital technologies? (Smowl Tech, 2024)
5.3.5. Student privacy (Buchanan, 2019)
5.4. Digital dilemas for students
5.4.1. How to manage with limited access to digital technologies (Buchanan, 2019)
5.4.1.1. Libraries across the state have free internet access for members and it is free to become a member (NSWDoE, n.d.)
5.4.2. Online harrassment and cyber bullying (Redmond et al., 2018; Smowl Tech, 2024)
5.4.3. Cyber security (Smowl Tech, 2024)
5.5. Teaching digital ethics
5.5.1. Students need to understand the ethical and social cosequences of their behaviour online (Patiel et al., 2023)
5.5.2. Using constructivism to teach students from experience such as peer mentoring to prevent cyber bullying (Patiel et al., 2023; Redmond et al., 2018)
5.5.3. Develop critical thinking skills of students and have them question their own assumptions, biases, opinions and actions (Patiel et al., 2023).
5.5.4. Create an environment that encourages reporting of unethical online behaviours (AERO, 2023; Redmond et al., 2018)