In my work teaching a class of 12 years old students, the issue of cyber bullying came up. In my search and and eager to stop this bullying I discovered that cyber bullying is not easy to discover and make and end of. Why it's not easy to discover is that there are often no vitnes of the bullying, and the tracks can be deleted by the person or persons that mobs, the bullying also often occurs in the afternoon or evening. It is hard sometimes almost impossible for the teacher to find out about cyber bullying.An important job for the teacher is to work on preventing the cyberbullying. In norway we also get some brochures about netsafety and cyberbullying, these are good help. It can also be an idea to get an policeofficer to come to school and have an presentation about netsafety and cyberbullying. I think that the students will se the seriousness about the issue in another and better way when the policeofficer have a presentation. As you can read her (norwegian article) there are also many adult that are cyberbullying others. So the police have good knowledge about the subject.
Hi. I do agree with your statements in this blog. It is hard to "catch" the ones that are bullying on the net. Like you, I do think that involving the police is a good idea. One of the most important things to do, I think, is try to teach the students right from wrong and to involve also the parents!
SvarSlett