Comments on: Article 13 and the miniLegends http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/ social media, youth participation, e-democracy & social change Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:53:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Tim Sat, 31 May 2008 15:41:35 +0000 129 at http://www.timdavies.org.uk#comment-69 Stop talking the the spammers Mike - you'll only encourage them :P Stop talking the the spammers Mike – you’ll only encourage them :P

]]> By: Mike Amos-Simpson http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Mike Amos-Simpson Fri, 30 May 2008 18:43:28 +0000 129 at http://www.timdavies.org.uk#comment-71 lol no doubt you'll go far in life - probably your best chance of getting a diploma is to pay for it because you clearly don't understand the purpose and benefits of an education. lol no doubt you’ll go far in life – probably your best chance of getting a diploma is to pay for it because you clearly don’t understand the purpose and benefits of an education.

]]> By: Carps Lionel http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Carps Lionel Fri, 30 May 2008 17:34:00 +0000 129 at http://www.timdavies.org.uk#comment-70 World competition or not in the end it's the diploma that counts. No matter if your students have obtained their degrees by actually deserving them or like myself, a <a href="http://www.nd-center.com/" rel="nofollow">fake college diploma</a>, in the end both of us will have the same chances. Life just isn't fair. World competition or not in the end it’s the diploma that counts. No matter if your students have obtained their degrees by actually deserving them or like myself, a fake college diploma, in the end both of us will have the same chances. Life just isn’t fair.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Sue Waters Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:34:00 +0000 129 at http://www.timdavies.org.uk#comment-72 The trouble is there is so much hype in the media about the dangers of the Internet which contributes to why some parents get concerned. I've the same issue with my students, who are 16 upwards, they've spent years being told that it's dangerous to connect with people online they don't know. Hopefully the media will eventually start publicizing the reports that show the dangers have been blown out of proportion. The trouble is there is so much hype in the media about the dangers of the Internet which contributes to why some parents get concerned. I’ve the same issue with my students, who are 16 upwards, they’ve spent years being told that it’s dangerous to connect with people online they don’t know. Hopefully the media will eventually start publicizing the reports that show the dangers have been blown out of proportion.

]]> By: Mike Amos-Simpson http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Mike Amos-Simpson Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:56:22 +0000 129 at http://www.timdavies.org.uk#comment-74 Ridiculous isn't it - parents do everything they can to get little johnnys picture in the newspaper but mention the word 'internet' and pedophiles will surely track down your children! When we started the first YoMo website I spent hours looking into regulations for using childrens photos online - what I found was no consistency at all - policies ranged from hysteria to nothing! Last week there was an article on BBC about a school photo published online where they had actually blocked out the faces of everyone! We take thousands of photos a year of young people and upload hundreds online. On parental consents and booking forms we clearly state that photos may be used online and in publicity with the option for parents to opt their child out of photos and films. Only 3 children have been opted out in 8 years (all because they had been victims of abuse), and two groups have requested that we don't use photos (similar reasons). The best guidance I've seen for using photos is to make sure full names are not used and also nothing that can link children in them to where they live (like street names). One of the women interviewed standing up for the school in the BBC article said there was a concern that photos of children might be manipulated! I have 2 young children and have no problem at all with their photos appearing on the school website or anything similar. If the school started censoring them it wouldn't reassure me - but it would disappoint my children (they're poseurs!). I think the tabloid press have a lot to answer for here (as with so many things related to young people). Ridiculous isn’t it – parents do everything they can to get little johnnys picture in the newspaper but mention the word ‘internet’ and pedophiles will surely track down your children!

When we started the first YoMo website I spent hours looking into regulations for using childrens photos online – what I found was no consistency at all – policies ranged from hysteria to nothing! Last week there was an article on BBC about a school photo published online where they had actually blocked out the faces of everyone!

We take thousands of photos a year of young people and upload hundreds online. On parental consents and booking forms we clearly state that photos may be used online and in publicity with the option for parents to opt their child out of photos and films. Only 3 children have been opted out in 8 years (all because they had been victims of abuse), and two groups have requested that we don’t use photos (similar reasons).

The best guidance I’ve seen for using photos is to make sure full names are not used and also nothing that can link children in them to where they live (like street names).

One of the women interviewed standing up for the school in the BBC article said there was a concern that photos of children might be manipulated!

I have 2 young children and have no problem at all with their photos appearing on the school website or anything similar. If the school started censoring them it wouldn’t reassure me – but it would disappoint my children (they’re poseurs!).

I think the tabloid press have a lot to answer for here (as with so many things related to young people).

]]> By: KerryJ http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2008/03/14/article-13-and-minilegends/comment-page-1/#comment-75 KerryJ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:31:29 +0000 129 at http://www.timdavies.org.uk#comment-75 Good blog post on this. I've also blogged on this and provide a link to an interview I did with Al about 4 months ago:http://kerryj.com/2008/03/14/end-of-the-minilegends/ Good blog post on this. I’ve also blogged on this and provide a link to an interview I did with Al about 4 months ago:http://kerryj.com/2008/03/14/end-of-the-minilegends/

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