I've also been quite cautious with sharing photographs of my children out here in the big www.
I am also aware of different parents opinions on the safety of sharing images of children online. It is a touchy subject for some people. On one end of the scale some parents post a large selection of their children in all sorts of situations, and at the other end parents have known to be upset with photographs of their children being uploaded and shared on social networking sites without express permission from them, the parents. As a teacher this idea of permission for sharing images is something that most schools seem to provide paperwork for with permission forms used to regulate the use of images and how they can be distributed. Using password protected sites and being aware of privacy issues is an important part of using images in schools.
This image was enhanced using Picnik. This is a free photo editing website. I can see this kind of photo editing becoming very addictive. It offers a great digital platform for creative play with images. Being able to add in text and other additions could make this a useful tool when designing image content for class tasks. I can imagine children would very quickly work out what all the tools do and become quite adept at using this site.
Images don't have to be photographic. Voki is a popular site used to create avatars to use online.
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It seems I can although size wise it needs some tampering but I am not about to try to change the values in the HTML code right now. That would really be pushing my advancing technological know how.
Hey Miatta,
ReplyDeleteI like the way that you have addressed this weeks blog posting. I believe that digitla tools that allow students to create and edit images definitely have a place within the classroom and so I focussed on this in my blog posting.
I did not address the ethical issues associated with imagery however and you have raised some very valid points. Do you know of many parents who actually object to their child's photo being used or taken in the classroom? I think that documenting children's experiences in the classroom is so importnat and images are a great way to track these. I wonder if parents who feel uncomfortable having their child's photo taken would feel more at ease if these photos were not displayed publicly, but within an password protected online community such as a wiki?
It's so interesting to see the different views we are all developing on the use of tools such as digital images.
ReplyDeleteI don't personally know any parents who have not given permission for their children's images to be used in online spaces within a school context, however I do know people who have been upset by relatives posting photos of their children in online spaces such as facebook. This can be a potentially touchy subject when brought up on parenting discussion forums as people do have different (and sometimes quite strong!) views. Coming to teaching from a parent's perspective I do feel strongly about respecting parental rights towards the use of children's images.