For Future Reflection

Looking back on my teacher assisting placement a year from now, I would like to remember each of my students and the learning styles that worked best for each of them.  I feel like one of the most important parts of effective teaching is being able to find how each different student needs to be taught.  If I can find can recall how the characteristics of each of my students this semester and which teaching strategies worked best for each individual, I feel as though I can better reach my "current" students.  Obviously, not every quiet student will learn the same for example, but there may be a strategy that happens to be effective with a lot of quiet children.  So, if I can find this, I may use this strategy first for a quiet student that is new to the class.  This is something that certainly comes with teaching experience, but I feel as though the sooner I can relate students' traits and characteristics to the way they learn, I may accelerate my growth as a teacher.

Cyber-bullying

Definition: Cyber-bullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
Description: Cyber-bullying  is similar to physical or verbal bullying as the victims are more likely to:

• Use drugs or alcohol
• Skip school/ be unwilling to attend school
• Experience in-person bullying
• Receive poor grades
• Have lower self-esteem
• Have more health problems.

However, cyber-bullying is different as it may occur 24/7, day or night, even if the student is at home alone.  Furthermore, the bully may remain anonymous and may post images or messages to a very wide audience.  Furthermore, it may be incredibly difficult for a victim to delete harassing images or messages after they had already been sent.  Cyber-bullying may hurt students, disrupt classrooms, and negatively impact a school's culture.

Statistic: 15% of high school students were electronically bullied in the past year according to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey.
Teaching Resource:  This link will take you to a great website with plenty of teaching resources.  It includes lessons that may be taught to students about cyber-bullying, ethics courses, and specific governmental laws against cyber-bullying.