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What Are Online Harms?

What are the different types of online harms?

Students will move beyond "just" cyberbullying to explore six key types of online harm: safety, well-being, cyberbullying, reputation, privacy, and deception. Through scenarios and discussions, students develop a nuanced understanding of digital risks and build critical thinking skills for making safer choices online.

Objectives

  • Define online harms and cyberbullying
  • Discuss types of online harms
  • Analyze different scenarios and the impacts of various types of online harms

Vocabulary

Online Harms · Cyberbullying
Online Harms negative experiences caused or felt by someone through technology that affects someone's safety, well-being, reputation, or privacy
Cyberbullying using digital devices, sites, and apps to intimidate, harm, and upset someone
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An image of student palming face in shame holding phone while other students in the background look at their phones smiling.
Time
20 mins.

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