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What is online bullying?

  • Emma-Louise Amanshia introduces the topic of online bullying and what this could look like, as well as giving some ideas of what to do if you encounter it.
  • The video uses the analogy of a sandcastle that somebody has spent a long time building, only for it to be destroyed in a few seconds. This represents how one mean comment can knock somebody down.
  • A short dramatisation features a young person who sees and receives mean comments in a chat about a school group project, and then decides to report them to the teacher.
  • Emma-Louise offers final top tips and advice.
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Video: 3min 35sec

Learning objectives

  • Bullying isn’t just physical: Learn to recognize online bullying, which can be mean messages, hurtful comments, or teasing online. Understand that this behaviour is harmful. What’s funny to one person might be upsetting to someone else. Think about the possible impact your words could have on someone. I can describe how what one person perceives as playful joking and teasing (including ‘banter’) might be experienced by others as bullying.
  • Get help from a trusted adult: Know that it’s never the fault of the person being bullied. If you or someone you know is being bullied online, it’s important to talk to a trusted adult or use tools like reporting or blocking.
  • Be kind online: Understand the importance of being kind online. Just as in real life, your words can help or hurt others. ing friends and standing up against bullying can make a big difference.

Glossary

  • Online bullying: being unkind to somebody else online.
  • Reporting: telling a trusted adult or an online safety team about something that has made you feel upset, worried or uncomfortable.
  • Blocking: an online tool that stops another person from sending messages to you

Topic introductions and starters

Before the video:

  • What might online bullying look like?
  • How might someone feel if they are experiencing online bullying?
  • How can you someone if they are being bullied online?
  • Why is it important to think about what you comment, message and post online?

After the video:

  • What work was the character doing at their computer?
  • What was unkind about the messages from Chloe, George and Lily?
  • Why was the character worried about ing Dan?
  • How did the character show their for Dan?
  • What did the character do when they also received mean comments?

Activities

  • Write some kind comments and words that would be nice for somebody else to receive. Learners could present this in a heart shape.
  • Create a short play about an incident of online bullying, showing how the characters resolve the situation.
  • Create a top tips poster, advising other young people how to others online and what to do if somebody is being unkind.
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