Group Discussion: What should Yasmin do? Should Yasmin get over it and not be so sensitive? Should she report it to someone at the school? How might parents react if she seeks help from them? Yasmin’s Do you think the behaviour towards Yasmin is cyberbullying and harassment? How do students’ you know when the line between a bit of fun and bullying has been crossed (remember for bullying there must be intention to harm, repeated actions and a power imbalance)? How would you feel in this situation—being sent texts every day with people watching for your reaction? If you knew this was happening to someone like Yasmin, what could you do? How do you think someone can help without becoming a target of the bullies? In your view what motivates bullies to target a person? Have you ever seen cyberbullying behaviour be effectively stopped? What worked? Write down your answers and reasons. Scenario 6 - Carl Carl sends Toby a naked picture of his girlfriend Ava. Toby not cool says ‘Hey sicko that’s she’s 15, I want to be a sex don’t offender. I’m deleting.’ Group Discussion: Did Toby do the right thing? What are your reasons? What would Is Toby taking a friendship risk by responding like he did? Carl’s reaction be? How could Toby make sure Carl send the naked picture sext to anyone else? didn’t What has Carl done to digital reputation? Ava’s Would Ava have realised the potential consequences of having this photograph taken? Write down your answers and reasons. WORKSHEET 2: Real life examples Sexting can sometimes be more than a of as shown by the sexting incident below. ‘bit fun’ In 2013, two popular seventeen year old boys asked numerous girls at their secondary school to send sexy pics of themselves. The boys used screen shots to collect the pictures and downloaded them onto their mobile phones. The police found out about the images and seized the phones. Following the police investigation, the boys were expelled from school and boys’ received an official police caution.
Group Discussion: What should Yasmin do? Should Yasmin get over it and not be so sensitive? Should she report it to someone at the school? How might Yasmin’s parents react if she seeks help from them? Do you think the students’ behaviour towards Yasmin is cyberbullying and harassment? How do you know when the line between a bit of fun and bullying has been crossed (remember for bullying there must be intention to harm, repeated actions and a power imbalance)? How would you feel in this situation—being sent texts every day with people watching for your reaction? If you knew this was happening to someone like Yasmin, what could you do? How do you think someone can help without becoming a target of the bullies? In your view what motivates bullies to target a person? Have you ever seen cyberbullying behaviour be effectively stopped? What worked? Write down your answers and reasons. Scenario 6 - Carl Carl sends Toby a naked picture of his girlfriend Ava. Toby says ‘Hey sicko that’s not cool she’s 15, I don’t want to be a sex offender. I’m deleting.’ Group Discussion: Did Toby do the right thing? What are your reasons? What would Carl’s reaction be? Is Toby taking a friendship risk by responding like he did? How could Toby make sure Carl didn’t send the naked picture sext to anyone else? What has Carl done to Ava’s digital reputation? Would Ava have realised the potential consequences of having this photograph taken? Write down your answers and reasons. WORKSHEET 2: Real life examples Sexting can sometimes be more than a ‘bit of fun’ as shown by the sexting incident below. In 2013, two popular seventeen year old boys asked numerous girls at their secondary school to send sexy pics of themselves. The boys used screen shots to collect the pictures and downloaded them onto their mobile phones. The police found out about the images and seized the boys’ phones. Following the police investigation, the boys were expelled from school and received an official police caution.