Cyberbullying

Vanessa Rogers is a qualified teacher and renowned youth worker with over ten years' experience both at practitioner and management levels. Prior to becoming a nationally acclaimed youth work consultant, Vanessa managed a wide range of services for young people including a large youth centre and targeted detached projects in Hertfordshire, UK. Vanessa's website can be found at www.vanessarogers.co.uk.

• Introduction. Understanding Cyberbulling. What is different about Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying Methods. Different Forms of Cyberbullying. Key Advice. Online Protocols. Ways to Talk about Cyberbullying. Warm ups. Digital Technology Warm up. Cyberbully Bag. Online Acronym Quiz. Cyberbullying: Agree or Disagree. Online Behaviour. Add a Friend. Pass it on. Online Pictures. Activities. What is Cyberbullying? Online Community. Internet Safety Profile. Online Storyboard. Key Words. Dear Aunt Cyber. Reasons Not to Tell. Cyber Quiz. Online Friends. Private or Personal? Say What you Mean! Social Networking Today: Interview Tomorrow! How I feel. Cyber Court. Reviews. Review Board. Think, Feel, Do. Evaluation Tags. Cyber Posters. Useful Websites.

Teacher and youth-worker Rogers has compiled an excellent primer for adults to use with young people in understanding and evaluating the risks of various online behaviors... She gives excellent activities to do with children and young adults to help them understand the issues involved and launch poignant discussions among peers, such as providing various profiles of people and having the group evaluate the appropriateness of adding this person to their network of contacts. Any adult who works with young people would be wise to implement these activities, probably as early as age ten. Highly and unequivocally recommended.