Kids Online Information
Posted on Saturday, October 30th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Teachers posting pictures of their kids online?
I was looking at my friend’s blog, and saw a link to a blog by her son’s kindergarten teacher. This teacher has set up a public blog to share information with the parents of her students. She has some posts about different class assignments and things they are working on, but she also has pictures of a lot of her students. Most are of the group of them doing some activity, but one was a “Happy Birthday” recognition for one little girl, complete with her name and a great picture of her in her birthday crown.
Do parents really not mind people posting pictures of their children online like that, or am I just weird for thinking that it’s not a great idea?
Hmm… it depends whether parents have given signed consent. I’m in the UK and every baby group I go to, I have to sign in and tick a box to say whether I give consent to photos been taken of my son…. not just the first time I go, I have to do this every week when I arrive! In a whole year, no one has ever taken a photo of him (or any other baby) anyway!
I don’t think I would mind too much if my son was in a group photo… as a parent, I’d be happy to see what he’s doing at school and a blog is a great idea! (Obviously I would want to be asked for consent first). But the little girl with her name… I wouldn’t be pleased.
Lots of schools over here have photos of groups of students doing activities or going on trips etc on their website. They always make a point not to mention names of any students and to get parental consent first. I think that is fine.
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