While reading Julia Hengstler's A k-12 Primer for British Columbia Teachers Posting Students' Work Online, I was happy to see that BC has some of the strongest privacy laws in Canada. I was also alarmed by the myriad of pitfalls and liabilities that teachers open themselves up to when posting student work online. Here are three questions that come to mind:
SD62 uses the Google suite of tools. It seems very thorough when it comes to permissions from parents for its use. Can I trust the process that the school district has in place to be sufficient?
Many of my colleagues use FreshGrade to post continuous reporting to parents. How much responsibility do teachers assume if parents repost their children's work? What about it the work is shared by several students and reported out to several parents. What responsibility do parents have if the repost those?
One site that I use is Scratch.mit.edu. Students create their own accounts and do passion projects in class, but as extention when they are finished other work. They are creating animations and games. How liable am I if a student makes public work with personal information or explicit content? If the student uses that app out of school time, am I still liable for its content?
Reference:
Hengstler, Julia. 2013 A K-12 Primer for British Columbia Teachers Posting Students’ Work Online VIU.
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