In today's super-savvy Internet world, anyone can post anything to the world wide web and anyone and EVERYONE can see it. How does this affect the world of education? Parents are proud of their kids and want to show off their skills. Schools are the same way. What better way to show to the community that their students are succeeding than by sharing that on the internet through websites and social media? However there must be a sense of safety and protection for our students. Thus the "Technology Agreement" must be key in any school. This gives parents the right to control how much their child can be shown or mentioned on school websites and other social media. This also protects the school from unseen harm of lawsuits by parents. In today's world, everyone needs to protect themselves. Technology Agreements are crucial to today's education. It protects the school, the parents, and most importantly the students. It is something that any teacher who is going to publish school work online needs to consider and alert parents to. Hence why on my website, I have specifically designated a spot for parents to see this form and fill it out.
Below is a link to that page:
Ring Lardner Middle School's Technology Agreement
