Journal 8 - "Point/ Counterpoint: Should Schools be held responsible for cyberbullying?" (Nets 3,4 & 5)

Bogacz, R, & Gordillo, M. (2011, March/April). Point/counterpoint: should schools be held responsible for cyberbullying?. Learning & Leading , 38(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/issues/Point_Counterpoint_Should_Schools_Be_Held_Responsible_for_Cyberbullying.aspx

Summary:  Bullying has always and will probably always be a factor in schools.   As our technology advances so have the techniques of bullying.  Now it has been takin to computers and the Internet.  Cyberbullying is a serious issue that is hard to control with all the technology out their.  Kids are finding ways to harass and bully other peers over the internet.  They commonly use facebook, twitter, email and many others to bully.  This article debates whather schools should be more resonsible for this new form of bullying.
           There are many reasons why people think that schools should be responsible as well as many reasons against it.  Renee Bogacz argues that schools should be held responsible and schools should be one of the main groups trying to fight cyberbullying. She states that fighting this type of bullying is going to take parents, school admin, teachers and even the students on the same team in order to stop this. They all need to play there part by setting rules monitoring the children on the internet and kids themselves need to stand up for themselves.
           On the other hand Miguel Gomez Gordillo dosen't think that schools should be held responsible for cyberbullying. He thinks that i should all be left up to the parent to stop this type of behavior. He blames the parents for the childrens need to bully other peers on the internet. He belives that parents need to have mre education on giving their children support so that they wont fill this need to cyberbully.

Question 1: What are your thoughts on who should be responsible?
I would have to say that he combination of the two maes most sense to me.  I dont think that it is all the schools responsiblity to handle this on their own.  I think that a combination of students, admin, teachers and even the community play a role in this and if its going to be stopped than everyone would need to be hands on.

Question 2:  How can parents contrbute to stoping cyberbullying?
Parents can monitor their childs access to computers and know what their child is doing on them.  Also keeping an open line of communication between them and there children will help the child feel safe to talk to them if they are being bullied.