Rude Jude Cyber Bullying and Gossip
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This game explores the social dilemma of posting harmful and personal images on social media.
In this game, a high school student was upset with her teacher for giving her a bad grade on a test, and without too much thought, posted a picture of him with the title, "Stingy Steve". Moreover, she posted it to her friends on Snapchat, an app that deletes a post ten seconds after posting it. Unfortunately, the story doesn't end here.
Within those crucial ten seconds, one of Jude's friend's, took a screenshot of the image and re-posted it to a different group of friends on What's App. What she didn't know what that Jonathan, Steve's son, was in that group, and when he saw the post, he immediately reported it to his dad.
You are invited to partake in the hearing that was initiated by the Dean of the school. This hearing aims to conclude who the guilty party is, what will be the punishment, and how to behave in this kind of complex situation.
Prerequisites
None
Get to know the characters
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Jude Bennings
Jude is a good student and is known and well liked by her classmates. She's known to be quite assertive, always having the last word, and not taking "No" for an answer.
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Veronica Sanchez
Veronica is a good friend of Jude's. She's well-mannered, and an overall good student, but sometimes acts inappropriately - mostly to seem "cool" to her friends.
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Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan is known to be a good friend and a top student. He loaths school violence, whether it be physical or verbal, and he's intent on stopping it. He feels especially strong about this matter because it concerns his dad.
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Oscar Ramirez
Oscar has been teaching Social Studies to High School students for almost 18 years. He is also interested in law, and engages his students in legal debates. He feels strongly about this case because a year earlier, a similar occurrence happened to a colleague of his at another school.
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Mrs. Mozel Williams
Mrs. Williams has been the school psychologist for the past 25 years. She is well respected in the field, and writes a blog about the subject, visited by more than 1000 people each day.
Resources
- Student takes picture of teacher on the ground at school
- Ten ways to tackle cyber bullying in schools
- Students Bullying Teachers: A New Epidemic
- School Stress Takes A Toll On Health, Teens And Parents Say
- What is Snapchat?
- The 8 types of cyberbullying
- Peer Pressure: Its Influence on Teens and Decision Making
- Holding Parents Responsible for Their Child’s Bullying
- Cyberbullying: Should schools get involved?
- The Psychological Effects of Bullying
- Snapchat: Social media app being used by cyber bullies to send terrifying messages of hate