Professional+Workshops

=Professional Workshops Dealing with Technology =

Cyberbullying: February 1, 2010

This workshop was put on by the OSSTF team. This wokshop began by outlining all forms of bullying and then delving into cyberbullying. The information presented in this workshop made me realize the potential that technology brings for student videos or pictures to become viral. The case studies that were brought forward were actually quite frightening as many of them ended in students commiting suicide from the embaressment etc. that was experienced after a particular video, picture or amount of cyberbullying was endured. One particular aspect of this presentation that I feel could have been improved were if a greater focus was put on how to recognize victims or perpertrators of cyberbullying and methods of intervention. Though the practical examples that were used were good, I feel the presentation could have been improved if ideas were given on how to deal with these situations and intervene were given instead of just presenting the examples and then moving onto the next one.

One particular aspect that I found particularily frusterating was the fact that there are barely any legal ramifications for perpetrators of cyberbullying. I feel that the educational system will have to establish very strong rules governing the occurance of cyberbullying so that all students are aware of the consequences that exist in relation to cyberbullying.