Twenty percent of teachers have personally experienced or knows another teacher who has experienced cyberbaiting, a new study reveals.
Cyberbaiting — a form of cyberbullying of teachers conducted by students — occurs when students taunt their teachers, capture their reactions on a mobile recorder and threaten to upload the footage to the Internet.
The cyberbaiting stats were among the findings of the Norton Online Family Report, which examined the effects of growing up in the digital age on youth.
Probably due to the widespread prevalence of cyberbaiting, 67% of teachers say being friends with students on social networks exposes them to risks. Despite the apparent risks, 34% of teachers continue to friend students.
Roughly half of respondents (51%) report that their schools have social media codes of conduct dictating how teachers and students can interact online.
Not surprisingly, 80% of teachers think there should be more education about online safety in schools. Seventy percent of parents agree.
StrategyOne polled 19,636 people — including 12,704 adults, 4,553 children and 2,379 teachers — online between Feb. 6 and Mar. 14 in 24 countries. The overall margin of error is plus or minus 0.87% at a 95% level of confidence.
Do you think schools should have rules in place dictating how teachers and students interact in cyberspace?
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