Monday, April 4, 2016

Chrome Extension: Reword

Can students police themselves from the kind of language that would be associated with cyberbullying?

There is an interesting Chrome Extension called Reword that flags hateful words.  It may be worth a try on your students' computers.  It may be just the reminder needed before clicking on Post, Publish, or Share.  The Reword website indicates that it works with YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.  It is very easy to install and does not require any type of password to add.

Consider having your students add it to their browsers and keep the conversation going about working to eliminate cyberbullying.  This works with the Chrome browser only.

Read more about it in this NPR article.