When Myspace ends in tears
1. What is the purpose of the author in writing of this article? The purpose of the author is to inform teachers about cyberbullying between students who use the internet and emphasise that a wide range of teachers are not familiar with internet communication technologies.
2. Skim the text and answer True or False to the following statements.
a) Teachers cannot help much in cyber bullying: True
b) Teachers are very confident with different kinds of internet communications: False
c) Teachers could not observe and control cyber bullying: True
d) There were policy-based programs on cyber bullying for teachers: False
e) Most of students will report cyber bullying only to their parents: False
3. Match the following words to their meaning.
1. Cyberbullying bullying electronically
2 proportion part
3: significant important
4: equipped prepared
5: interactive take part
6: monitor observe
7: intervene cooperative
8: harassment intimidation
4. Circle the part of speech of the following words in the text
a) interactive: adjective
b) monitor: verb
c) training: noun
5. Scan the text and answer the following:
a) How many students experience forms of cyber bullying? one in three students
b) How many percent of students use internet during or outside school? Sixty-five per cent
c) What are the two internet communications used by students? MySpace and Facebook
d) Who is the author of website cyber bullying info? Calliste Weitenberg
6. Answer in detail:
a) Why are teachers failing to intervene in school cyber bullying? Because they are not familiar with interactive online technologies.
b) What is required so teachers can monitor and control cyber bullying?
develop Appropriate training for teachers
C) What is the reason that the majority of students will not report cyber bullying to their teachers or parents? Students assume that the adults around them don't understand this technology and might restrict their access to technology.
7. Explain the meaning of the words in bold
a) faced the greatest challenges-> Issues
b) they struggled to monitor and control cyber bullying -> difficulty working
c) schools are in a vacuum -> separated from outside events
8. This newspaper article is about: (circle the correct answer)
b) Bullying online and
c) Teachers not being able to intervene in cyberbullying
9. Where is the text from? The Age Fairfax Digital.
10. When was written? February 1, 2009
11. What is the headline? What do you think it means? When Myspace ends in tears and it means the harassment in cyberspace.
12. What is the main information of the text? Teachers and parents should be aware of cyber billing’s effect on children.
13. Who would read this kind of text? General people, teachers, parent and students.
Part c Note-taking task
1. Australian teachers are failing to effectively intervene in school cyber bullying
- needed to help bring them up to speed with interactive internet tools
- internet plays a critical role in the lives of primary school
- most of them unfamiliar with internet communication
2. A significant proportion of teachers do not use or understand interactive online technologies
- One in three students aged (10-14)- experience cyberbullying
- hesitant in exploring cyber technology
- struggled to monitor and control cyberbullying
3. Appropriate training for teachers needs to be developed
- no policy-based training programs on cyberbullying
- ensure teachers equipped to respond to classroom cyberbullying
- limit understanding of online tools makes greatest challenges
3. The majority of students will not report cyber bullying or internet safety incidents
- adults don’t understand technology
- solve problems by removing access to the technology
- teenagers want tech to act as a social lifeline
