When MySpace ends in tears

Part A

1. what is the purpose of the author in writing of this article?

The purpose of the author in this article is to inform that due to the lack of understanding of Australian teachers' interactive online technologies such as internet communication, they cannot help the students who suffer from the school cyberbullying on time meanwhile the numerous students have cyberbully problems. 

* To inform that teachers and students have school cyberbullying problems for different reasons. 

2. Skim the text, true or false.
    a) true
    b) false
    c) true
    d) false
    e) false

3. Meaning matches.
    1. d
    2. f
    3. g
    4. a
    5. b
    6. h
    7. c
    8. e

4. Part of speech, words in the text
a) adjective   b) verb    c) noun

5. Scan the text
a) one in three
b) 65 %
c) Myspace and Facebook
d) Chris Webster

6. Answer in detail :
a) Teachers are unfamiliar with types of internet communication

b) Appropriate training to explore and use interactive cyber technology.

c) They worry that these adults will solve the problem by removing access to the technology.

7. Explain the meaning
a) challenges =  missions to solve like one of their work must try and get result = test

b) struggled = have difficult

c)in a vacuum = separate

8. article about.
c)Teachers not being able to intervene in cyberbullying

9.  where is the text from?
News -  The Age Fairfax Digital

10. When?
February 1, 2009

11. Headline?                                     Means?
When MySpace ends in tears            MySpace ends their services sadly
                                                          or young to teenagers had experienced cyberbullying
                                                       

12. main inform.
Australian teachers need more work and support to figure out about interactive internet tools to monitor and control cyberbullying.

13. Who would read?
 General public, teachers, students and parents, someone interested in school cyberbullying

+ Brief notes
1.     * report - internet- critical role, primary sch aged chidn
        * 65% , 5-14ages use, internet, in and out school - email and messaging prog.
        * teachers unfamiliar w/ internet communications = Myspace & Facebook, as young = 5 year
          - online harassment & denigration

2.    * significant progrs required
       * latest research - 1/3 aged 10-14 experience cyberbullying, harassmt fr email, text & online
          chat.
       * teachers, very hesitant - struggled, monitor & control cy-bulyg

3.    * NSW teachers Fed. no policy-based training porgms cb-bulyg, available
       * Inform bulletins compiled - Dep of Ed & Training , ensure teachers - equipped, respond -Dep.
       * Website cyerbullying.info, teachers w/ limited understanding of online tools- challenges

4.    * believe adults, don't understand & will solve by removing access- tech. the way = last thing
          teen wants
       * this tech. acts - social lifeline - teens to their peers
       * argue: cy-bulyg typically occurs out school hour & off  scl grounds but, diffc. argue-
         because cy-bulyg occur, school.