Post #5: Digital etiquette and 13 reasons- revised again

     Recently, there have been digital etiquette breaches between my high school students. These alleged breaches have included sharing of inappropriate pictures as well as bullying.  After reading Nine Elements and 13 reasons, I couldn't help but think there needs to be direct instruction from all adults involved in a student's about what digital etiquette entails. As a teacher, I can provide information and practice with etiquette at school, but parents should closely monitor what their children are sending to each other. I'm astonished at how loosely monitored their technology use is! People do hide behind their anonymity and become much more careless with their hurtful words and pictures. The students who were allegedly involved were questioned by the police, but apparently there was no concrete proof to prosecute them. I am thankful that the victims have a tremendous amount of resources and support here at school. 
     In reflecting upon my own teaching, I think I can include more direct examples of digital etiquette for my students. I think I assume that they know right from wrong too much. I investigated several ideas on creating lessons about creating a positive digital identity, monitoring that, and being a responsible blogger.  There are several videos worthy of showing. The one I've included here is a bit severe (but sadly realistic) and follows the downward spiral of a female student who is cyberbullied.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQuyW_hISA&playnext=1&list=PL1CCAB7C7B24C3C62&feature=results_main
It's important for school authorities to become involved and for there to be a protocol to follow when a student reports breaches of etiquette. Currently, our school has an anti-bullying task force, but with the increase in technology use, the scope of the task-force needs to broaden. Peer messages can have more impact on the students, especially if they are from upper classmen. A great way to practice safe communication would be to use Ribble's guided lesson on etiquette. I would also use an idea from class that was presented by Cassie, which is to create a FakeBook page. Students would collaborate to create their scenario pages. The page woould then get passed to groups for response and feedback. Students would need to practice etiquette and discuss how they would handle each situation. The following standards apply to the lesson.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence