This appears to me to be overkill. There are some issues that need to be
addressed. It is important to have approval from parents for images/work of
students to be shared on the Internet. This is covered under FERPA Directory
information - but I think more care is necessary. Student videos should not
include copyrighted material used without permission - but a video of books
on a shelf would not violate the copyright of the publisher of those books.
Students do own the copyrights to the work they create - and this can get
even more complicated with joint creations. So it is helpful to have a
general copyright release of permission to post student material on the
school web site.
I am working on some material on this. This will include student curriculum
and teacher professional development. It will address consuming and creating
in web 2.0 - information credibility, attribution, copyright, legal issues
related to publishing, establishing credibility, and effective advocacy.
But first I am trying to finish up some Internet safety materials for middle
and high school student - plus professional development.
Nancy
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:44:01 -0600
> From: Floyd Pentlin <fpentlin@UCMO.EDU>
> Subject: Copyright and student vlogs and assignments
>
> A colleague just got told 30 ways to Sunday that student videos she wanted =
> to show outside the classroom had to have all students in a particular =
> video have sign off on a release; all copyrighted material showed in a =
> student video (including the books on the shelf showing the location of =
> books on vampires, etc.) have to part of the release and that the release =
> had to stipulate all the ways that the student work might be used.
> =20
> I realize that a student retains copyright of his/her own work.
> =20
> What kind of release forms do you have in your district?=20
> =20
> Is the solution for this that no student videos are ever shown on the =
> school/library web site? Realistically student work is not available for =
> Web exposure without a lot of work?
> =20
> Floyd Pentlin
> =20
> =20
> Floyd Pentlin, Adjunct Faculty
> Library Science & Information Services
> University of Central Missouri
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Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)
Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the
Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)
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