(Cyber)Bullying+5



Make Beliefs Comix is an online site that allows its users to create a comic that looks like it could be found in The New York Times! Users have the choice of how many panels to use. There are many different characters to choose from. And there are a variety of panel prompts already created to add on to the user's own text. The downfall is that the comic cannot be saved, but they can be printed! Graphic novels are very popular to read, but they certainly do read in a way much different than a typical novel. Creating a comic strip is just the beginning. It it a cool, creative, and different way to express your thoughts. I hope you all have a great time using this for our upcoming project! But... what is this project!?! Good question!



Bullying is a very serious social issue that can happen anywhere... at school, the playground, the subway, etc., etc., etc. As wonderful as technology can be, technology too has now become a way that people can find themselves beign bullied. For this project, we are going to explore and discuss cyberbullying. There are some ways that we can deal with it in the same manner we would for any other kind of bullying. However, because there is technology involved, that opens the door to other possibilites for dealing with this issue. Remembering what we have learned about Internet Safety will be very important as the rules that we learned can be applied to help us keep ourselves safe from being cyberbullied and the netiquette that we learned will also ensure that we do not become the bullies ourselves.

Once we have explored and discussed cyberbullying more thoroughly, we will be using Make Beliefs Comix to help us present what we have learned. In your comic, the problem will be a bullying situation. You will need to solve this problem using your prior knowledge and what you have learned about Internet Safety, (Cyber)Bullying, and just having plain old good manners and character.

Day 1: Exploring and Discussing Cyberbullying

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Your Task: Watch the BrainPOP Video: CyberBullying and then think about the following questions for discussion.
 * Why do you think people cyberbully?
 * Have you ever sent a mean message because you were upset?
 * What would you do if someone created a mean, fake profile of you or sent you a mean message?
 * How can you stop yourself from being cyberbullied? How can you stand up to it?
 * Who would you talk to if it happened to you?