TeachersFirst Collection: Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention Resources
Bullying and cyberbullying can have a lasting impact on students' well-being and their sense of safety at school and online, making it essential for educators to address these issues head-on. This collection offers lessons, discussion guides, and activities to help students recognize different forms of bullying, understand its effects, and build empathy for others. You'll also find resources focused specifically on digital citizenship and online safety, equipping students with the tools to navigate social media and technology responsibly. Together, these resources support creating a classroom culture where students feel empowered to speak up, seek help, and treat one another with kindness.
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Social Media Test Drive - Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation, Inc
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): charactered (87), cyberbullying (53), digital citizenship (112), social media (63)
In the Classroom
Share these modules for students to complete during any lessons on Internet safety. Ask students to contribute to a collaborative document sharing examples they have seen of cyberbullying or deceptive news practice. Replace pencil and paper notetaking by sharing an online tool such as Webnote, reviewed here, for students to use to take notes on any website. When finished, have them share their notes using the URL created for use in classroom discussions. Reinforce online safety concepts through gameplay using Baamboozle, reviewed here. Enhance student learning by asking students to create a game in Baamboozle for their peers to play to identify best practices in creating a safe online presence. After completing your digital safety unit, modify classroom technology use and extend learning by asking students to create explainer videos using FlexClip, reviewed here, with suggestions on how to identify fake news, how to create a positive digital footprint or ways to support peers when faced with cyberbullying. Share student videos on your class website and with younger students.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Online Teen Safety - StaySafe.org
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): cyberbullying (53), internet safety (117), social media (63)
In the Classroom
Include the information from this site with your other resources for teaching about online safety. Instead of creating a list of links for students, share safety tips with students by replacing the list using a bookmarking tool like Padlet, reviewed here, to share all resources including videos, websites, and more in one place. Invite students to add their own resources to the Padlet as a collaborative activity on internet safety. Create quizzes using Baamboozle, reviewed here, as a formative assessment during your online safety unit. Baamboozle is a quick and easy quiz creation tool to replace paper and pencil. Divide the class into groups to research the different topics found on this site then let them create their own Baamboozle quizzes for their classmates. Instead of teaching online safety in individual lessons, consider using Use Nearpod, reviewed here, to create all of your lessons. Have students follow at their own pace and use tools with the Learning Paths to offer differentiation for the abilities and interests of your students. To modify learning and further challenge students, have them create their own internet safety Learning Paths for classmates to complete.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Internet Safety for Kids, Teens, and Students - CoolTechZone - Dean Chester
Grades
K to 12tag(s): cyberbullying (53), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
Share this article with peers during online safety discussions. Include a link to this article on your class website as information for parents. You may also want to point out information from the article during Meet the Teacher sessions for parents and guardians. View this article on your interactive whiteboard with students and highlight key phrases or information that is important in your specific situation. As students learn about online safety, replace paper and pen writing journals with blog postings. Use a site like edublogs, reviewed here. Edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogs. As a culminating activity and to modify student learning, ask individuals or groups of students to create an online book with advice and information about online safety using a tool like Book Creator, reviewed here. Book Creator is easy to use even for the youngest of students and offers a variety of editing opportunities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interland - Google
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): cyberbullying (53), digital citizenship (112), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
Include Interland as part of any digital safety unit. Add a link to games on classroom computers for use as a center. Be sure to include a link on your class web page for students to play at home. Share this site with parents during Open House or Meet the Teacher sessions as a resource for teaching Internet safety at home. Have students or groups collect ideas and suggestions for staying safe on the web using Dotstorming, reviewed here. The Dotstorming application creates free online bulletin boards that can include comments and voting. Have students make a multimedia presentation sharing Internet safety advice using Genially, reviewed here. Genially allows you to add polls, videos, embeds, web links, PowerPoint, and PDFs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Be Internet Awesome - Google
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): cyberbullying (53), digital citizenship (112), game based learning (337), internet safety (117), OER (54)
In the Classroom
Discover the many free resources for teaching digital safety offered on this site. Share a link on your class website for parents. Include the interactive game in the computer center during Internet safety lessons. Use the free lesson plan to teach digital safety either as a one-time unit or as mini-units throughout the school year. Enhance learning by having cooperative learning groups create podcasts discussing digital safety information. Use a site such as Buzzsprout, reviewed here to create the podcasts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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21things4students - Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan.
Grades
6 to 9tag(s): blended learning (29), careers (184), computers (102), consumers (15), cyberbullying (53), digital citizenship (112), digital storytelling (182), evaluating sources (58), game based learning (337), internet safety (117), media literacy (136), organizational skills (92), social media (63), social networking (55), thinking skills (137), webquests (9)
In the Classroom
Use the complete curriculum or selected Quests. Assign students individual Things to complete in school or at home as part of blended learning or flipped classrooms. Have students begin with the Basics and progress through selected skills. Use parts of the site to teach a particular skill to the whole class. Have students complete their work through an electronic portfolio like bulb, reviewed here, that is not included on the site. bulb includes links to some ideas and samples on the K-12 page.Comments
Tons of resources for all grades, love it!Ladisha, VA, Grades: 9 - 12
Lots of other links for using technology resources in the classroom.Ruth, AB, Grades: 0 - 12
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Bystander Revolution - Take the Power Out of Bullying - MacKenzie Bezos
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): bullying (56)
In the Classroom
Use an interactive whiteboard or projector to discuss bullying with your class using these videos. Use this discussion to prompt a journal entry, skit, or other personal response on bullying and how to handle it. Exchange pencil and paper and use a blogging tool like Edublog, reviewed here. Provide this link for parents to view at home with their students. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create their own videos addressing bullying issues. Replace paper and start with Story Map, reviewed here, for students to plan their skit. Share the skits on a site such as SchoolTube, reviewed here. Be sure to share this site with your school's counselors and anyone else who deals with students who are being bullied.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Compass - Common Sense Media
Grades
5 to 9tag(s): digital citizenship (112), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect to incorporate into any digital citizenship lessons. Complete activities together on your interactive whiteboard while making appropriate and inappropriate choices along the way. Create a link on your class website or blog for use at home. Be sure to share Digital Compass with parents to use as part of their online safety discussions at home. Enhance students' learning and create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Citizenship - NSW Department of Education and Communities
Grades
K to 12tag(s): cyberbullying (53), digital citizenship (112), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
Bookmark Digital Citizenship for use in any Internet safety lesson or unit. Create a link to individual activities on classroom computers. Be sure to share a link to this site with parents for use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center - Pacer Center, Inc.
Grades
K to 10tag(s): bullying (56), charactered (87), cyberbullying (53), digital citizenship (112)
In the Classroom
Introduce a bullying discussion in your class by viewing a video appropriate for your age group. Continue with a class discussion. Then, exchange paper and pencil and have students do a quick write about how they feel about bullying. Use a blogging tool like Webnode, reviewed here. If you are teaching younger students, use Seesaw, reviewed here. Begin a school and community-wide campaign against bullying by sharing this resource with your school leadership team, PTA/PTO, and other teachers. This tool would be a great project for the school's student council to undertake. There are a ton of resources; someone just needs to get this program going!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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We Do Listen Foundation - We Do Listen Foundation
Grades
K to 3This site includes advertising.
tag(s): bullying (56), charactered (87), preK (349), social skills (24)
In the Classroom
All primary classrooms should take advantage of this wonderful tool. Share the songs on your projector and interactive whiteboard. Use the songs, stories, and lesson plans to teach about various character traits: honesty, anti-bullying, good sportsmanship, courage, and more. Use these stories during class meetings to discuss issues happening in your own classroom. Share a link to the site with parents as a resource for use at home. Share the songs with your PE teacher to reinforce the concepts during movement activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Stop Bullying - US Department of Health
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): bullying (56), charactered (87), cyberbullying (53)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site to your older students by choosing an appropriate video under Videos & Social Media. Enhance student learning after the video by asking them what was new to them about the topic. Have students use a class idea bin collaborative tool like lino, reviewed here, or Milanote, reviewed here, to create a list of "new to them" learning. You may want to do this 2 or 3 times, depending on how many videos seem appropriate. Once the "idea bin" is created, have students gather in "like minded" small groups to further research their "new to them" topic for more information on this site. Extend learning by asking student groupe to create a multimedia presentation using Genially, reviewed here, where they can choose the type of presentation AND insert maps, surveys, video, audio and more. For younger students choose a cartoon video to show the class to start a discussion about bullying. As a way to keep the discussion going choose a video weekly or monthly, to keep this topic foremost in students thoughts. To enhance learning, divide your class into small groups to create their own websites against bullying using a simple web page creation tool like Hashify, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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No Name-Calling Week - GLSEN and Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): bullying (56), charactered (87), sports (105), tolerance (7)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a starting point to learn about and incorporate No Name-Calling Week into your classroom activities. Have students use Canva for Education, reviewed here to create posters with suggestions on how to address name-calling by using kindness or walking away from difficult situations. Ask students to use Free Comic Strip Maker by Adobe, reviewed here to create cartoons demonstrating how to address and defuse name-calling situations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teen Safety Blueprint - Bill Belsey
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (357), bullying (56), cyberbullying (53), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
This is a great site for computer teachers (and regular education teachers using computers in their classrooms) to share with their students and parents. Please review the "What Can Be Done" section with students. Cut and paste, then laminate the rules into small posters to be hung near all computers. Create a notebook of cyberbullying facts, and include the fact sheets at this site. Be sure to share the link with parents and your PTO/PTA, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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