Stop, Block and Tell as a response to cyberbullying

Basil Arjoon

PS 154M- Harriet Tubman Learning Center

Grades: 3, 4, 5

Introduction:

Bullying has and is continuing to be a recurrent issue in schools across United Stated. Bullying usually stops after the students go home. It is usually clear who is the aggressor, the target and who are the bystanders. Cyberbullying on the other hand can happen at any time students are on electronic devices. It initially causes emotional harm with the usage of hurtful language and pictures. Children who are cyberbullied are likely to feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, helpless, sad, and angry. This has the potential to suicidal thoughts, extreme aggression, or withdrawal in affected students.

Task:

It is the beginning of the school year and the administrative staff has asked that a PowerPoint presentation must be created on cyberbullying and how to develop strategies to deal with it. This is a compliance issue as mandated by the New York City department of Education that student be presented with a series of lessons to address cyberbullying. To complete this task, you will research and present a PowerPoint to prevent cyberbullying. You will use the six-step public policy approach and refer to the resources.

Process and Resources:

Step 1: There will be a research to the social and emotional problems that affect students who experience cyberbullying.

Step 2:

1. Define the problem: worksheet # 1

2. Gather the evidence: worksheet # 2

3. Identify the causes: worksheet # 3

4. Evaluate the existing policy: worksheet # 4

5. Develop Solutions: worksheet # 5

6. Select the best solutions: worksheet # 6

Step 3:

The research on the negative impact on student who have been cyberbullied is well documented. A PowerPoint project will be presented to the administration to show the effect of cyberbullying on students. The PowerPoint presentation will include slides on defining and identifying what is cyberbullying, places on line where students can be cyber bullied, devices that are used to cyberbullied. The conclusion will be slides on internet safety pledge and strategies to prevent cyberbullying.

Step 4:

Meet with the principal and administrative staff to present the PowerPoint on cyberbullying, its effect on student and strategies to combat cyberbullying

Resources:

BrainPOP. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2017, from https://www.brainpop.com/

Common Sense Media. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2017, from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/#

Digital, C. (n.d.). MyON®. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from https://www.myon.com/

Hirsch, L. (Ed.). (2014, June). Cyberbullying. Retrieved February 20, 2017, from http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/cyberbullying.html

LTG Jackson2 (2016-17). (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2017, from https://flippedtips.com/plegal/ltgjackson2/ltg.html

Preparing America's students for success. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2017, from http://www.corestandards.org/

Evaluation:

A rubric will be developed to allow for the evaluation of the research and the PowerPoint project for the completion of this web quest on how cyberbullying and its effects on students.

Name ___________________________________

Grading Rubric for a Power Point Project

Criteria	4	3	2	1	Total Points
Content	Content is accurate and information is presented in a logical order.	Content is accurate but information is not presented in a logical order, making it difficult to follow.	Content is questionable and information is not presented in a logical order, making it difficult to follow.	Content is inaccurate and information is not presented in a logical order, making it difficult to follow.
Slide Creation	Presentation flows well and logically. Presentation reflects extensive use of tools in a creative way. Correct number of slides.	Presentation flows well. Some tools used to show acceptable understanding. Correct number of slides.	Presentation is unorganized. Tools are not used in a relevant manner. Lacking in number of slides.	Presentation has no flow. No tools used. Insufficient number of slides.
Research	Problem is well identified and Thoroughly researched All Six steps of the PPA are thoroughly addressed	Problem is identified and reasonable well researched All Six steps of the PPA are addressed	Problem is identified with limited research All Six steps of the PPA are addressed	Problem is identified but research is lacking Incomplete work
Pictures, Clip Art & Background	Images are appropriate. Layout of images is pleasing to the eye.	Most images are appropriate.	Images are inappropriate.	No images.
Mechanics	No spelling errors. No grammar errors. Text is in authors' own words.	Some spelling errors. Some grammar errors. Text is in authors' own words.	Some spelling errors. Some grammar errors. Most of text is in authors' own words.	Many spelling errors and/or text is copied.
Presentation	Presenter was fully prepared and has an excellent working knowledge of the material	Presenter was prepared but had to check notes occasionally	Presenter was not prepared in the presentation	Presenter did not know the material

Conclusion:

The completion of this web quest will address cyberbullying and its negative emotional effect on students. Discuss in this web quest would be strategies to deal with cyberbullying. This will be incorporated into the antibullying in the school. Students would develop their critical thinking and problem skills through the six- step policy analyst approach

Standards:

Standards Alignment –

Common Core:

grade 3: RI.1, RI.4, RI.10, RF.4a, W.3a, W.3b, W.4, W.10, SL.1a, SL.1b, SL.1c, SL.1d, SL.4, SL.6, L.3a, L.6

grade 4: RI.1, RI.4, RI.10, RF.4a, W.3a, W.3b, W.4, W.10, SL.1a, Sl.1b, SL.1c, SL.1d, SL.4, SL.6, L.3a, L.6

grade 5: RI.1, RI.4, RI.10, RF.4a, W.3a, W.3b, W.4, W.10, SL.1a, SL.1b, SL.1c, SL.1d, SL.4, SL.6, L.3a, L.6

NETS•S: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2d, 3b-d, 4b, 4c, 5a-d, 6a, 6b, 6d