Educational Technology

November 9, 2011

School officials trying to curb cyberbullying

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:36 am

by Deborah Mcdermott, Seacoast Online

Cyberbullying is “a problem we deal with all the time,” Superintendent of Schools Henry Scipione said. “Anyone who tells you differently is not telling you the truth.” With that in mind, the School Committee is looking into whether its existing bullying policy is sufficient to deter this technological version of the age-old problem. Cyberbullying is a means by which students use computers, cell phones or other technologies to bully fellow students. The question that school committees and administrators grapple with is: to what extent should the school be responsible if the incident happens outside of school hours?

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111102/NEWS/111020362/-1/NEWSMAP

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