Laurie A. Lewis

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Green Group 2

 

 

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS (ELECTIVE 9)

 

Part I: Permission Form:

 

 

Permission for Student to Have Work Published

On the Internet

 

 

Student’s Name:   _____________________               Student’s Grade:  __________

 

 

Title of work to be published:  ________________________

 

 

The work will be published at:  ________________________________________

 

 

As parent or guardian of  _____________________  I give my permission to have the

above captioned work published in the above mentioned location.   (Please note that, in order to protect the security of our students, we will never include a student’s full name in any publication).   I understand that my child’s first name will _____/ will not be___ included with his/her work, and that his/her picture will______/ will not be______ included.

 

Parent or Guardian’s Printed Name:_____________________________ .

 

Parent or Guardian’s signature:  _____________________   Date:____________.

 

I, _______________________________, give permission to have my above captioned

     Student’s printed name

work published in the above mentioned location.  (Please note that, in order to protect the security of our students, we will never include a student’s full name in any publication).   I understand that my first name will _____/ will not be___ included with my work, and that my picture will______/ will not be______ included.

 

 

________________________________________Date______________.

Student’s signature                                                                                                                                 

 

As an attorney I would also find out if this form would need a release of liability or not.  I did not include it here because I think it would be intimidating to the parent and the student.   However, if it is required by the school district, it must be included, and they most likely will dictate the wording.

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

Part II: Possible Sites for Publishing Student Work:

 

As a future media specialist (I hope!) I thought it would be best for me to locate sites covering a range of ages and types of work.) 

 

Please note that as a teacher you must get parental permission and student permission before submitting any work to these sites.

 

1.      Scholastic.com student poetry publishing:  Scholastic Publishing Company maintains this site where students from Pre-K to 12 can submit their poetry for publication with just their first name, last initial, State and grade.  (Students will want to have their parents or teachers submit this on their e-mail address,)  Scholastic reserves the right to edit the works, does not guarantee that every work will be published on their site, and also reserves the right to promote the work.  This site does take steps to protect the privacy and security of the students who submit work.  Date visited April 2, 2004.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm

 

2.      The Poetry Zone:  A U.K. poet by the name of Roger Stevens started this site in order to give children of all ages a chance to publish their poetry online.  He has published several books with very reputable publishers, and this appears to be a good site.  He notes on the site that children must get parental permission before submitting work to this site.  The site requires that all submissions include the child author’s name and age.  It appears that just a first name is ok.  He will publish a child’s full name if it is given to him, and the child’s age, but no other identifying information.  Not all work will be published, and the site offers advice on how to tailor a submission in a way to make it more likely to be published.  Date visited April 2, 2004.

http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm

 

3.      Writers’ Window:  This web site, sponsored by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, publishes all writing (that complies with their guidelines) submitted to it by students from age 5 to 18.  The site is VERY conscious of maintaining the privacy and security of students who submit their work, and also is mindful of the copyrights of students.  Students can receive feedback on their writing from other students.  Date visited April 2, 2004.

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html

 

4.      The Virtual Refrigerator Door: This site publishes artwork done by children age 2 to 18.  It is maintained by Hobson’s, a company that publishes (online and in hard copy) information for colleges and for students who are applying to college.  It does publish the full name and age of the artist, but does not publish any other information about them.  The artwork can be sent electronically, or can be snail-mailed to the site, scanned by them, and then returned to the artist.  It is not clear whether they publish all of the artwork sent to them or not.  Before I actually sent artwork to this site, I would want to contact them and find out about their policies, especially those involving privacy and copyright.  Date visited April 2, 2004.

http://www.educationindex.com/weaselworld/fridge.html