Posted by Teacher Ria in Teacher's Corner | 3 Comments
Photo Privacy, Please!
Do you think schools should have a photo privacy policy, or perhaps an informed consent form regarding photos taken during school activities and the like? For example, if kids go on a field trip, should other parents and teachers be allowed to post them on social networking sites and the like? I understand if it’s your own child, that shouldn’t be a problem. However, what if the child is in a group photo? While ownership is clear, the question of the use of photographs begs to be asked.
I ask this because I see a lot of ad campaigns around for schools and the like. Many times schools use photos from their archives, such as competitions in school, the yearbooks, and similar sources.
I myself will not deny I have been guilty of posting photos I take in my sites. However, before I do it again, or perhaps inadvertently offend parents around, I decided to ask the question. Some of the parents are open to the use of photos, so long as they are not sold or used for commercial campaigns. Others prefer that their kids’ faces not be too focused or close-up. I haven’t gotten a “no” yet, though.
In this day of digital technology, photos and videos can spread almost as fast as a virus. Do we need to do anything to safeguard this spread? Should schools start implementing these informed consent forms and releases? What’s your P.O.V.?
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from what level of the student ?
i think students from grade school to high school uses digital cameras, but in my experience some school do have policy (exclusive big and small schools) for prohibiting posting of pics of their students in websites or to be flashed on TV or for commercial use.
not sure if its a way to protect the school or the student.
that is from the school only.. but some parents just allow it to be posted in blogs or social sites, not sure if they monitor the kid’s online activity.
I suppose the question is in general
whether young kids or older kids. I guess monitoring the way pictures are posted will be a monumental task on both the school and the parents parts.
I wouldn’t mind that my children’s photos are posted on a site. I do wish, though , that they don’t tag it with their names. What I do mind more is the photo grabbing – no permission to use my photos, no credit to me as well. I think that if somebody wants to grab my photo to post in another site, it’s just polite to ask the owner first.