MTEL Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Category - Digital Lit and CS

During a lesson on cyberbullying prevention, an elementary teacher discusses characteristics of cyberbullying with students. Which of the following additional strategies would best promote positive and responsible digital citizenship skills among students in the context of this lesson?
  1. Illustrating for students strategies and techniques that will help them distinguish between real and cyber experiences in the same way that adults do.
  2. Familiarizing students with cyberbullying techniques, such as creating a fake persona or website to harass someone or hacking into someone's account and sharing private details and images.
  3. Posting on the school's website links to parental control and monitoring software and step-by-step protocols for preventing or blocking student access to social media accounts.
  4. Increasing students' knowledge of and empathy for the effects of cyberbullying, and emphasizing the necessity of not sharing, tolerating, or providing feedback to cyberbullying posts.
Explanation
Correct Response: D. Responsible digital citizens have empathy for victims of cyberbullying, and they avoid supporting this behavior through the sharing, tolerating, or providing of feedback to cyberbullying posts. A is incorrect because bullying should not be tolerated, no matter the medium. B is incorrect because knowledge of techniques may help students protect themselves, but does not get at the root issues around cyberbullying and its spread. C is incorrect because monitoring student Internet activity and blocking student access to social media will not provide opportunities to promote positive and responsible digital citizenship skills among students.
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