My Story: Delivering Internet Safety Education to Students in Alabama
When I was seventeen years old, my ex-boyfriend tried to pressure me into sending nude photos of myself to him. I was appalled. This shocking request was in major opposition to the typical “first relationship” ideal I held as a high school junior. The sensation of vulnerability and alarm was heightened as I discussed the matter with my peers and they expressed their belief that the exchange of explicit photos with their significant other, or maybe even a stranger, was totally
Waldorf Schools are Media Literacy Role Models
As we celebrate Media Literacy Week 2021, it’s hard to believe that Waldorf schools in North America have been leading the way when it comes to Media Literacy education. What’s that? Waldorf schools and “Media” Literacy? Do you mean those schools that are notoriously low-tech, and focus on things like face-to-face communication, hands-on learning, the great outdoors, and an art/music/movement integrated curriculum? Yep, those schools! Cyber Civics was founded at a public char
A Cyberbullying Lesson One Never Forgets
"Ms. Graber, we have a problem.” This is how Journey School’s sixth-grade teacher greeted me one Monday morning when I arrived to teach her class. “We had a cyberbullying incident over the weekend,” she told me. “I’m hoping you will talk to the students about it during their lesson today.” “Dang,” I thought to myself. That day we were scheduled to begin a five-lesson unit called “Cyberbullying and Digital Drama.” I’d been looking forward to guiding her students through sequen
