A presentation to teachers at the Wollongong Diocese CyberSafety Forum

1. Cyber Bullying - Cyber Safety
What you can do to keep your students safe
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2. Cyber Bullying - Cyber Safety
What?
Why?
How?
What?

3. Cyber Knowledge Matters
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4. What is
Cyber
Bullying?
Inappropriate contact
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5. What is
Cyber Safety?
Inappropriate contact
Inappropriate content
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6. Why is it an
issue now?

7. There are 7
billion people on
the planet and 4
billion mobile
devices.

8. technology
doesn't cause
bullying, however
it does change the
nature of it

9. Why does it matter to you?

15. Some Statistics
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17. and perspective
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20. Would you say it face to face?
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21. What to do if you are Cyberbullied
For Students
Donʼt reply to abusive messages, that may only encourage the
bully.
Keep a record of events/messages or pictures
Think before you send pictures of someone via email, or mobile phone,
they can spread far beyond your circle of friends.
If you receive a rude image or text about someone else do not forward
it
You have a right not to be harassed and bullied online, make sure you
tell someone.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Donʼt let anyone else use it.
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22. What can we do as adults?
• Understand where your students are going online, what
they are doing, and who they are talking to - this is
absolutely vital.
• Accept and acknowledge how important technology is to
your students.
• Don't ask your students if they are being cyberbullied. Use
their language - have they seen mean texts circulating,
humiliating photos or messages on others' Facebook walls?

23. • Really listen to your students when they tell you
their concerns. Discuss it with them.
• Kids won't tell an adult about cyberbullying if they
fear the result will be removal of the phone or
internet access. Discuss this with your students and
reassure them that's not how you'll deal with it.

24. Cyber Safety

25. Why?
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27. Staying Safe Social Networking
4 Key Safety Issues
Flirty Nicknames
Flirty Photos
Listing a Surname
Listing a Mobile Number
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28. Target Shopping?
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29. Residence Locator?
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30. Navigation Assistance

31. Think before you post
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32. Messaging
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33. Research from the
National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children found
• 71% of teens (ages
13-17) reported
receiving messages
online from people
they don’t know

34. • 40% reported that
they would usually
reply and chat
with that person

35. • 30% considered
meeting someone
that they have only
talked to online

36. • 14% have actually had
such an encounter
(9% of 13- to 15-
year-olds)

37. 14% - Thats 1 in 7
students have
actually met
someone that they
have only talked to
online

38. When you set up your profile, you can
select whether you want to receive
anonymous questions or not.
If you do choose to allow anonymous
questions on your profile, or don’t like the
questions you’re asked, you can delete the
question, block the user or report them.

39. Digital Reputation

41. Think before you post
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45. What can you do?
• Talk to your students about their accounts
and actions
• Show them educational movies
• Ask them to block users they don’t know
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46. How do we protect
your child at school?
• Email Filtering
• www filtering
• Blocking
• History
• Tracking
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47. Control and Check
Access

48. Block Sites

49. Block Email

50. User Tracking

51. Search History

52. Where can you go for help?

54. http://groups.diigo.com/group/be-cybersmart-eliminate-
cyberbullying

55. http://thebigquestion.edublogs.org/

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58. Resources
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