Your district or school may have their own photo Release Form,
but an additional form (from you as the classroom teacher) may be wise,
if you are planning to maintain your own classroom website
Talk this over with your school administrator.
but an additional form (from you as the classroom teacher) may be wise,
if you are planning to maintain your own classroom website
Talk this over with your school administrator.
A release form should gain permission from parents for the use of student images/work AND inform them on the purpose and uses of the material. It's standard procedure to use only student's first names. Be sure to include permission for use of audio and video as well as still images - as you explore new Web 2.0 tools you'll want to have already secured the needed permissions.
Here are a few samples found on the web
that may serve as models for your own permission form: