Privacy in BC Education

 After reading Julia Hengstler's article, A K-12 Primer for British Columbia Teachers Posting Students' Work Online, I have the following 3 questions:

1. Is there a place for teachers to access a list of approved apps/platforms where data is stored in Canada? Is this list district specific or are there platforms that are approved for educational use across BC?

2. If photos of students or their work are shared with parents with a reminder to not post these photos anywhere else and parents choose to disregard this instruction and post photos or work on their personal social media site, is the teacher or school held responsible?

3. Parents are required to sign a waiver for their child to use technology at school but it is fairly general. Should parents have the information of all the platforms that their child will access throughout the year before signing? Is this reasonable to ask of teachers when they may not know yet all the technology they wish to use with their class at the start of the year?


References:

Hengstler, J. (2013). A K-12 Primer for British Columbia Teachers Posting Students’ Work Online. Available at: http://heres-how.weebly.com/uploads/4/4/9/9/4499967/primer_on_posting_minor_students_final.pdf
[Accessed Apr 26, 2023) 

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