Blogs+and+Wikis

Before we even start blogging or using wikis with our students there are a number of issues we need think about. The Ministry has published some guidelines for schools. (these are being updated at present) **
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//The school publishes student material online for the following three main purposes:// ·  The school acknowledges that it cannot control who accesses the websites on which student images or material is published or the copying, by visitors to these wesites, of images of the students and their work. The school will identify students on the websites only by their first name and year at school. Students surnames, home addresses, and telephone numbers will not be available on the websites.
 * Purposes of online publishing **
 *  //to educate the student in accordance with the national curriculum, including on the role and use of technology in society;// 
 *  //to encourage the student to be part of and participate in the school community; // 
 * //to promote the school in the wider community. //
 * Privacy and online publishing **

Copyright and online publishing
<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> T   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">he school will not publish a student’s image or work without written authorisation from the student’s legal guardians. The school will immediately remove all material relating to a student from its website if requested by a legal guardian of the student and, in any event, once the student leaves the school permanently.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">School management of online publishing
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The school will not publish material online that may defame anyone, be objectionable from a human rights point of view, be obscene, or infringe the copyright of third parties. All the student material published online will be subject to an editing process, which will include the correction of spelling and grammatical errors.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Permission sought by the school
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The permission the school seeks is:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 121%;">authorisation to publish the student's personal image or work on line as required by the Privacy Act, and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">a licence to publish any copyright work of the student on line.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Enquiries
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The school has a designated privacy officer (Heather) who is available to answer any enquiries from parents or students about the operation of the school’s policy for the online publication of student images and work.

media type="custom" key="4253461" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Thanks to Suzie Vesper for this resource. <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size: 256%; color: rgb(41, 179, 44);">