Flickr Summary

Summaries
Most of the responses to my post on Flickr focused on the legal issues I raised. I feel there is need for some clarification here as well. At my level, I do not need legal permission from a parent to display a students’ work or image. I do need their permission. My concern is that if a parent sees a students’ doing something they do not approve of, or notices them missing form an approved class picture, how does this work with FERPA? A very clear set of suggestions on this topic came from MSQandA:
1) consent to have pictures taken during class time.
2) consent that these photos will be used only for class activities
3) consent that these photos may be used for publications related to the class, class activities or the school (e.g., and then list examples, school newspaper, yearbook, flyer on the school and school activities.) I also note that no identifying information will be provided with photos taken except in the case of the yearbook or school newspaper, without additional parental consent.
Few people picked up on the other question raised, of how to make assignments using Flickr work under my time constraints with regards to my class time with my students. One respondent did. Afriki noted that it might be best to shoot for the smaller assignments that can be completed in a 50 minutes session, as then the assignment could dominate more than the content it is meant to teach.
Great discussion all!