Step 7: Images, Copyright,and C.C.(V)

 Using student photos Online
  Even though 99.99% of visitors to your class blog will be well meaning parents, students, community members, or interested visitors from around the world, the unfortunate reality is that those with bad intentions can also visit public sites. There are also cases where the personal background of a student might mean they need more privacy and anonymity than others.
 Decisions on whether to use student photographs or not are often about protecting educators from having problems with parents, caregivers, or administrators who have concernes about cyber-predators. Information that helps someone identify a student should always be shared with care.
  Before using any student photos online, even on a private blog, you need to:

• Find out your school, district, or Education Department guidelines for sharing student photos online — make sure you follow these guidelines.
• Find out if there are forms caregivers and students need to sign to consent to use of student photos online — make sure you have all forms signed by parents or caregivers.
• Respect the wishes of caregivers and students while understanding consent to use photos can be withdrawn at any time.

Remember it is not possible to stop parents, students, and caregivers from downloading photos and sharing them on their social networks, even if you are using a private blog. If you do not want a photo   shared on social network then don’t upload the photo.Using student photos online
Task
1. Add a Creative Commons or public domain image to your post. Or use a tool mentioned to create an image. Leave a link to your post so others can take a look. The main recommendation , don’t use student photos for avatars. There are many tools available where students can create their own avatars such as those listed on The Student Blogging Challenge. Remember — be Internet safe, no personal information! Photo or image