Re: Permission to Publish Children's Work on the WWW

Stephen E. Collins (edtech@sec.micro.umn.edu)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 00:21:00 EST

Wayne King writes:
> When children's work is published on a school's home page it would seem
> appropriate to inform parents (indicating that full names will not be used
> and names will not be associated with photos)

Why not? Do you have the same restrictions for names and pictures
published in any other media (newspaper, television) for any other
events (school plays, athletic events, special awards)?

Why not treat the Internet the same way you do any other publicity?
The only difference would be that the actual risk to the child
is much lower on the Internet.

> and obtain their permission. We
> would greatly appreciate your assistance by providing your forms to aid us in
> establishing a policy.

Visit the Web66 Mustang site for sample permission-to-publish forms:
<URL:http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/>

Stephen E. Collins
sec@web66.coled.umn.edu
http://web66.coled.umn.edu/webmaster.html