[Year 12 IPM] Cyber Bull[y]ing

Laurie Savage sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au
Thu Sep 7 10:08:33 EST 2006


Cyberbullying took a nosedive at our school when I quietly showed the 
key offenders their Moodle chat logs and asked them if they wanted them 
mailed to their parents. We have made it abundantly clear that there is 
no such thing as a private message on the Internet.

Laurie

Charmaine Taylor wrote:
> Our school doesn't believe in public hangings
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> Charmaine Taylor
> Sunbury Downs
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> Stephen Digby wrote:
>> Criminology research indicates that the belief in a high probability 
>> of a significant punishment is more deterrent than the severity of the 
>> punishment.
>> I suggest the best strategy for maintaining order is the very open 
>> apprehension (i.e. no attempt to maintain confidentiality when 
>> apprehending students e.g. use PA, remove obviously and formally 
>> during a class etc etc) and punishments that the offenders consider a 
>> real pain (e.g. fewer and fewer punishments make and impression 
>> on some students.  Need to be creative.  Lunchtimes and recess when 
>> others are in class.  Some school shave Saturdays - wish we did.  
>> After school detentions.  Suspension is often a holiday.  Exclusion 
>> form classes which have access to computers etc).
>> If both these things are done (public awareness when someone is 
>> caught) and exemplary punishment where students feel pain, then the 
>> "word" is well spread by the students themselves (they love to talk 
>> about someone else being in trouble etc).
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>> Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager
>> mailto:admin at cheltsec.vic.edu.au  
>> Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au 
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>> One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do 
>> the work of one extraordinary man. Elbert Hubbard (1856
>> 1915)
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>> *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au 
>> [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Brendyn Hancock
>> *Sent:* 06 September 2006 09:46 AM
>> *To:* ipm at edulists.com.au
>> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IPM] Cyber Bulling
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>> Chop his hands off and tie him to a pole in the quadrangle.
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>> While some may see this a little harsh, it is his second offence.
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>> (for those who cant read sarcasm in email, I'm joking)
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>> But it does raise the point of swift and strong punishment. It may 
>> seem like something small but small things can take hours to track 
>> down and correct. Send his parents a bill for 2 tech hrs at $150/hr.
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>> I would certainly remove him from the network for a good length of time.
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>> Brendyn
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>> Brendyn Hancock
>> IT Manager
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>> >>> samdenniston at iprimus.com.au 05/09/2006 8:21 pm >>>
>> How would people respond to the following:
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>> A student is caught loading mischievous vb scripts onto a school 
>> computer more than once. What would be considered a suitable and 
>> fitting reprimand?
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>> On 5/9/06! 7:53 PM, "Charmaine Taylor" <tigeroz at alphalink.com.au> wrote:
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>>     At our school Hector,
>>     The LT Coordinator removes the bully's network access privileges
>>     for a month for misusing the network and
>>     the Year Level Coordinator takes care of the discipline re
>>     bullying (quite a process here. I think its warning, meeting with
>>     bullied (if they agree) to sort out the problem, contact parents,
>>     repeat offence = detention or suspension).
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>>     Charmaine Taylor
>>     Sunbury Downs College
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>>         I have been asked to find out, if other schools have policies
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