Effects of Cyberbullying on the Internet Users | Ways to Deal with Cyberbullying Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 3 Week 4 Information Technology (Computer Studies)

INFORMATION

COMPUTER STUDIES 

THIRD TERM

WEEK 4

PRIMARY 5

THEME –  BASIC CONCEPTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning and Forms of Cyberbullying | Causes of Cyberbullying Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 3 Week 4 Information Technology (Computer Studies)

TOPIC – CYBER BULLYING 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Effects of Cyberbullying on the Internet Users

3. Ways of Dealing with Cyber Bullying

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. state the effects of cyberbullying on the internet users.

3. mention the ways of avoiding cyber bullying.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can know how to report bullying.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Cyberbullying is one of the types of online threat that intimidate, harass or threaten the internet users through phone calls, instant messaging, e-mail, chat rooms or social networking sites such as facebook and twitter.

All forms of cyber bullying are deliberate.

EFFECTS OF CYBER BULLYING ON THE INTERNET USERS

The effects of cyber bullying on the victims are as follows:

1. It reduce victims self esteem.

2. It reduces the professional or academic performance of the victims.

3. It complicates the victims health challenges or issues.

4. It leads to frustration.

5. It demoralizes the victims.

6. It deviates the victims from the social and cultural norms.

7. It might lead to lost of job or dropout from school due to professional and academic performance.

8. It leads to suicide thought.

LESSON 2 – WAYS OF DEALING WITH CYBER BULLYING 

There are several ways to deal with cyberbullying,

1. Don’t respond immediately

2. Talk or report bullying to someone such as parents, teachers, colleagues or friends and families.

3. Keep record by screenshot bullying as future reference or evidence.

4. Report and block all means of bullying such as phone calls, sms or online messages, chars, groups or forums.

5. Don’t accept strange friend’s request.

6. Be careful of what you share or post online.

7. Recognize sign of online bullying.

8. Be quick to listen and slow to response.

9. Secure your sensitive or personal data.

10. Hold bullying accountable.

11. Disable account temporary or permanently if you have.

LESSON 3 – REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT, As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups or pair depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher leads the groups or pairs of state and discuss the effects of cyberbullying with appropriate ways to deal with them.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the discussion by analyzing the effects of cyber bullying on the victims and how best to deal with them.

4. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate evaluation and asks pupils to find out the effects of bullying on the victims and to deal with them.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils,

1. explain the meaning of cyber bullying.

2. state 5 forms of cyber bullying.

3. explain 5 of the following,

• exclusion

• flaming

• trolling

• cybetstalking

• dissing

• outing

• fraping

• masquerade

4. mention 5 causes of cyber bullying.

5. state 5 effects of cyber bullying on the internet users.

7. mention 5 ways to deal with cyber bullying.