Photographs and Social Media in Child Care Programs
Social media is an effective tool for advertising and communicating about events in a child care program. As we share photographs about the children’s learning environment, projects and daily experiences, these become an extension of our programs. It is important to know your rights and responsibilities and to pay attention to how and what we share in order to ensure we respect the privacy of children, staff, families and anyone associated with our program. Come and explore the proper use of social media, photographs for educational purposes and advertising; copyright and photo consents.
Objectives:
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Assess the risks and responsibilities of using social media for a child care program.
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Learn how to use photographs for educational purposes and advertising.
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Examine copyright and the purpose of photo consent and release.
Bring a bag lunch (½ hour lunch).
Bring a smartphone or a DSLR camera to participate in this workshop.
Suitable for students, parents, adult instructors/administrators, novice, intermediate and experienced early care and learning professionals working with children of all ages, from infant/toddlers to school-age children, including children with extra support needs.
This workshop is not meant for participants with advanced photography knowledge/skills.
Note: This workshop is being offered as part of a series of three workshops on photography in early child care settings for beginners. These can be taken as standalone workshops 4 hours each, or as a series of 3 workshops for a total of 12 hours of professional development.
If you are interested in getting a more in-depth introduction to other photography related workshops, please check out:
Photography in Documenting Children's Learning Experiences on Saturday, July 20 here: https://www.wstcoast.org/workshops/calendar/photography-documenting-childrens-learning-experiences?occurrenceID=518
Telling Stories with Photographs on Saturday, July 27 here:
https://www.wstcoast.org/workshops/calendar/telling-stories-photographs?occurrenceID=489 and
Photographs and Social Media in Child Care Programs on Saturday, August 10 here: https://www.wstcoast.org/workshops/calendar/photographs-and-social-media-child-care-programs?occurrenceID=487.
Please note, you will need to register separately for each workshop, using the registration link provided.
Presenter: Alberto M. LeGresley. Alberto is a Certified Instructor by the Ministry of Advanced Education and has been a freelance photographer for over 20 years. He is an International Award winning Graphic Designer for his photography and design work. He has been a teacher in Seoul South Korea and has taught Design and Photography in Vancouver. Alberto’s classes are practical, aimed to inspire participants to explore their creativity.
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We are all guests in the training room. In an effort to maintain a safe and welcoming environment, we ask that we follow these guidelines:
- Respect people’s choices, experiences and feelings.
- One person speaks at a time.
- Participate actively by including your voice and make space for other voices to be heard.
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In keeping with our eco-conscious goal of reducing paper use, handouts, resources and certificates will be sent by email. In this way, participants will have a resource that can be saved and viewed across various devices, shared and printed anytime.
We may take some photographs (including a Zoom group picture) during workshops/courses with the purpose of promoting our training. By registering you consent to allow us or others attending to take your photograph. If it’s okay with the facilitator, you may photograph materials, slides, books, etc., but not film the workshop.
Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) require a minimum of 40 hours of professional development to renew a certificate to practice. Select topics you would like to expand on or that you’re passionate about.
Registered Family Child Care Providers (RLNR) are required to complete at least 4 hours of professional development before their annual renewal date.
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Contact Info
Professional Development Team
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
pro-d@westcoastfamily.org
604-709-5661 EXT 1221