Cyber bulling how do we stop it?

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…a range of annoying and potential menacing online activities- such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent;having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online.”

For me this article touches me in a different way. When I was younger I was a victim of cyber bulling, my former best friend kept posting on my Myspace page how big of a slut I was and how horrible of a person I was.  And yet no matter how many times I’d erase the comment or blocked him he somehow would plaster it all over his page and made my senior year a big mess. Though I wasn’t suicidal I can relate to the text very easily. It does effect your mentality when someone is slandering you on social media; kids are caring more and more what people think of them on social media because it’s become their world.   This quote above really reiterates what I feel about the different signs of cyber bulling.  I can remember a movie called Cyber-bully; It’s a  really good movie that clearly shows how the effect it can have on a teenager. It’s a scary reality that we all need to kinda be open up to.

There is hope….

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The more I learn about the American education system, the more I worry about the future. The system is riddled with inequity and a solution is virtually unimaginable. The disparities we see across ethnic and social group’s rates of application and enrollment in college and subsequent graduation originate before children EVEN start school. Basically, students who start in the lowest performing quartile in kindergarten are likely to stay in the same quartile upon graduation from high school (Stulberg & Weinberg, 2011). We even have research that shows the impact of a good preschool experience but choose not to provide it in our country. Then, the students who do make it to college are less likely to persist to graduation. If you’re in education, you know the story. It is all so very disappointing.

Occasionally, though, something comes my way that sends a glimmer of hope. Last night was one of those nights. I feel hopeful for our educational system because of the individuals who are the educators of tomorrow (my students). I have the privilege of teaching passionate, articulate, and intelligent individuals who are going to lead with critical cultural consciousness. During week one of my classes, my students wrote a conceptual framework describing how they got to where they are today and how themselves as a student affairs professional. This week, they presented a video that represents or describes a creative portrayal of their frameworks.

I am in awe of their creativity and passion. I feel optimistic about the future of education.

I’m sure you will agree as you review just a few samples of the creative pieces that I have posted below (a written guide explaining their creative piece is included).

Angel Aleman

Written guide

Erica Kirk

Written guide

Demontea Thompson

Written guide

Hugo Yepez

Written guide

Stulberg, L. M., & Weinberg, S. L. (2011). Diversity in American higher education: Toward a more comprehensive approach. New York: Routledge.

September 28th

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Chapter 3: Does Social Networking Kill?

Clementi’s story:

This was such a sad chapter, I cannot wrap my mind around having to deal with what Tyler Clementi had to deal with.  I understand that he and his roommate went back and forth with rude comments about each other online; however, for Ravi to record Clementi while being intimate with another man is horrible. What Ravi did was feed into the discrimination that Clementi must have had in school. Clementi couldn’t deal with what was recorded and decided to end his life. This is NOT ok, there needs to be more support for people feeling that ending there life is the end to Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying needs to stop taking people’s life away.

Adult Cyber Predators:

My thought on cyber predators is that, parents should have more control of what their children are doing online. Networking on Facebook and Instagram opens the possibility of meeting strangers. There is also an age requirement on Facebook, that I know many parents do not follow.

 

2016 ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference

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Be a Part of Tapia 2016, apply for scholarship to attend the conference!

“The Call for Participation for the 2016 ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference is now open. Over 1,000 attendees are expected to attend the conference on September 14-17, 2016 in Austin, TX.

The Tapia conference has always been a premier venue to acknowledge, to promote and to celebrate diversity. Given the current global academic, professional and societal climates, the Tapia 2016 conference theme, “Diversity Matters!”, recognizes the Tapia Conference’s commitment to diversity in all its wonderful forms.

We target a program comprised of an array of technical, professional and personal enrichment and development opportunities. And, of course, the Tapia conference offers the unique opportunity to engage in large and small group discussions about diversity and broadening participation. Anticipating a well-balanced program for academic, research and industrial interests, we invite you to submit your content to the appropriate sub-program: Birds of a Feather, Doctoral Consortium, Posters, Panels and Workshops. All submissions for the Tapia 2016 Conference are due by Monday, November 23, 2016.”

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Cyberbullying

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Having access to a lot of social networks, makes it easy to target someone or to be targeted and bullied. Sternheimer talks about different situations where social network users have committed suicide due to being cyber-bullied. Nevertheless, towards the end of the chapter she mentions that the violent crimes rate in the US has lowered. There’s a chance that this decline is due to social media.

“Spoken words may fade into the past eventually, but electronic messages never really die.”

The quote above has some truth to it, not only with electronic messages but also with images. An image that someone may not want people to see may be posted online without that person’s consent. Anyone can end up having that image, and sometimes in situations like this cyber-bullying may occur.

There are many different situations that may lead to cyber-bullying,  but I think that there are ways to avoid being targeted. Such as setting the profile to private and only allowing people that you know have access to view your profile, or you can stay off social media; but that may not be as easy because it’s everywhere.