Webpage+2.+Digital+Citizenship+Website+(Cyber+Bullying)

=Webpage 2. Digital Citizenship Website (Cyber Bullying)=

Digital Communication and Etiquette

 * Purpose of Assignment**: The purpose of this particular assignment was to educate students about digital etiquette and the things that they should and should not be doing when operating in an online environment. For this assignment, I decided to focus on cyber bullying as I felt that it was something that was a very important issue given the recent tragedies that have taken place in our nation. Based on that information, this website aimed to educator students about the risks and potential dangers of cyber bullying by showing them specific situations in which students their age were bullied by classmates online.


 * My Process:** In order to complete this assignment, I began researching the topics of cyber bullying. At first, I relied very heavily on academic and professional opinions and thought that I would base my website’s content mostly, if not solely, on that information. After completing the first draft of my site, I reviewed the content and realized that it came off just like any other piece of educational material presented to students, and, for that reason, would not be as impactful as it needed to be. I decided that the best way to change that was to focus less on the academic and professional sources and do more to leverage the personal stories and tragedies that have taken place over the past few years. In my mind, students do not respond to academia in a way that would sufficiently get the message across, but I believe they would be very receptive to something that involved and displayed students that were their age … students that looked just like them or people they knew.


 * Reflection:** At the end of the day, I think that this particular assignment was the easiest to complete and perhaps the most rewarding. When you do research that includes the death of several innocent students, it is very easy to submerge yourself in the task at hand and the finished product is most certainly one that hits home. I think that this particular assignment is the single most important assignment that I’ve completed to this point of my degree program. Educating our students about the potential risks and dangers of cyber bullying has the potential to save lives. So many of the lessons and concepts that are covered in education are theoretical or hypothetical; this, however, is real and impacts countless students each and every day. For that reason alone, it is important that students, teachers, and parents are well aware of the problems associated with cyber bullying as well as the telltale signs of someone who is being bullied by classmates.


 * Resources:** A complete list of resources, as well as the webpage described can be accessed at: []