Introduction
Despite the potential benefits of communication technologies more present in our teaching and learning environments, there is increasing evidence they are becoming unacceptably invasive. The use of e-mail, cell phones, text messages, instant messaging, and social networking Web sites are too often used to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviors intended to harm others. It’s called cyberbullying and it’s a behavior that can spin out of control.
Bookmark this page as a helpful resource for teachers in the event you witness or become targeted by cyberbullying.
Classroom resources
Acknowledgements
Some of the information and tips featured here are based on information provided by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Media Awareness Network and Bill Belsey, president of Bullying.org Canada, Incorporated.
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation wishes to sincerely thank the above as well as members of the CTF Workgroup on Cyberbullying whose valuable input and feedback have been instrumental in the production of this brochure.