Cyberbullying has quickly become a 21st century epidemic and a growing concern for students, parents, and educators. This course will alert teachers to the harmful effects of online harassment and teach them how they can be the driving force to prevent it in their schools. We will look at its impact on teaching and learning. Participants will learn to apply strategies that will help reduce and/or eliminate the instances of cyberbullying in classrooms, students’ homes, and schools. Course activities are based on the CyberSmart curriculum. Participants will develop lesson plans and materials that can be used in the classroom and shared with parents. Cyberbullying is an issue impacting the entire school community, therefore we will also examine student rights as well as laws related to cyberbullying.
Carlow University ED 603 • Madonna University EDU 5830.41 • Notre Dame College ED 603 D • The College of Saint Rose EDT 680
The required text for this course is Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying, Second Ed. by Sameer Hinduja. 978-1483-34993-0
Graduate participants earn 3 semester hours of graduate credit and will receive a transcript from one of our partner institutions below. Professional development participants will receive a certificate of completion for 45 hours of professional developments credit for face-to-face classes and 60 hours of professional development credit for online classes.
Session/Module 1: Definition of Cyberbullying
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Session/Module 2: Characteristics of a Bully/What We Know About Cyberbullying
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Session/Module 3: Social Networking and Cyberbullying
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Session/Module 4: Educators Taking Action
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Session/Module 5: Parental Awareness and the Students' Roles
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Session/Module 6: Schools Combating Cyberbullying
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Session/Module 7: Reflection
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Session/Module 8: Helping Students Help Each Other - Building a Responsible Classroom that is Free from Bullying
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Session/Module 9: Legal Aspects
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Session/Module 10: Additional Resources/Final Project/Final Exam
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Our Partners are well-established regionally and nationally accredited colleges and universities, recognized for academic excellence and their commitment to teachers.
Online 3-graduate credit courses are 13 weeks in length.
On-site weekend courses are held Friday evening from 6:00pm-9:00pm and Saturday/Sunday, 8:30am-5:30pm.
Weekday courses are Monday-Friday from 8:00am- 6:00pm.
It is the responsibility of the student to check with their state, county, district, or school to ensure that all requirements are being met by the course you're taking.
Check the Partner Universities page for specific university information as well as course numbers which are specific to the university partner.
Students are required to purchase their own textbook, the information for which can be found here. If no book is required it will be specified on the list. We have copies of many of the textbooks should you wish to purchase directly from TEI.
Professional development (PD) participants receive a certificate of completion from TEI for 45 hours of PD credit for face to face classes and 60 hours of PD credit for online classes. These certificates are mailed within one week of the end of the class and reflect the course title, dates of attendance, and credit hour information.