Assembly+Ideas

Our Ideas: Parts of the Assembly

 * 1) What is digital abuse and cyber-bullying? Show a video? Give a powerpoint?
 * 2) Performance of a "Chain Reaction". A somewhat dramatic performance of how one bad thing can lead to another, and then turn into a terrible mess.
 * 3) Touching stories told by people who have dealt with it first-hand.
 * 4) Powerpoint--What is Cyberbullying? What is Digital Abuse? What is Digital Citizenship? (Spaced throughout...)
 * Maybe create a pledge or oath to "Stop the Hate Online" by a set of personal promises about online behavior
 * 1) **Multimedia theater scene** involving projected screenshot videos of cyberbullying developing through a misunderstanding
 * actors on stage seem to type the things on the screen, then break off to deliver monologues about their feelings and their sides of the story-to show how things get out of control quickly,
 * hurt happens unintentionally at first, wounds run deep
 * YOU CAN”T TAKE BACK WHAT”S SAID ONLINE IN “CYBER-PUBLIC!..."What happens online stays online--and that's the problem"
 * 1) Include SURVEY RESULTS and graphics in Assembly
 * Maybe as slides between performances/speakers/activities, etc
 * 1) TIME FOR THE AUDIENCE TO DISCUSS (throughout), focus questions for discussion of messages in performances, of issues
 * LIVE TWITTER WALL (???) projected on screen, so students can text comments from discussions onto the screen during the assembly
 * 1) Audience interaction questions (without going to deep into personal issues).
 * 2) Videos and Photography made by our students. (with what messages, exactly? Let's offer some specific ideas here.)
 * 3) SONGS: maybe "Linger" by the Cranberries played live by students, with lyrics projected...
 * with a spoken bit beforehand about the messages in the song to frame it as about cyberbullying
 * Original songs/raps/dance numbers?

Our Ideas: Messages to Get Across
//We discussed how we need to develop some clear messages and assign them to get// //delivered by different skits/speeches/art/discussions through the assembly.// · Why Cyberbullying Issues Matter o Feelings involved are deep (as are wounds) o No need to hide being a victim; it gets worse o Bullying creates more bullies o If tables were turned, how would you feel o The hurt, and bullying, and hurtful messages/info, doesn’t go away without action o Toll on the person being bullied · Effects are lasting · There’s a difference between being real and being hurtful · Where do you draw the line between being honest and being hurtful? · You can be honest, but being honest to hundreds of people is sometimes just mean · What is cyberbullying? o Words that label; mean and hurtful comments o Fake Flirting; identity deception; lying/faking affection o Threats · ACTION you can take: o Use your ERASE button o Think before you send GET HELP, TELL OTHERS (how? who? to what end?)
 * Themes to include in performances/spoken bits**


 * To contribute some ideas that you may have, contact Olivia Schmidt at schmidayx3@aol.com .**