Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration — or tell us about a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of.
Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more.
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The call was delayed until Tuesday because of the immense complexity in coming up with solutions while honoring existing contracts with various groups, including broadcasters and sponsors. For example, postponing the Euros for a year to 2021, which is an option, would create a major headache in figuring out what to do with sponsorship contracts, most of which expire in 2020.
… For now, UEFA is consulting with Europe’s national leagues to try to construct a cogent plan to deal with the effects of the virus, rather than the piecemeal approach being taken to date, in order to get the club season finished.
In 2017, before the Trump administration’s widely publicized “zero tolerance” immigration policy went into effect, children were separated from their parents as part of a previously undisclosed pilot program. A new report reveals that the deported parents of these 545 migrant children still have yet to be found and given the opportunity to reunite with their children.
In this lesson, you will learn about these new findings and what different organizations are doing to try to reunite families and seek justice. Then, you will reflect artistically, or learn more by listening to a 2018 episode of “The Daily” or by watching a VICE News short film.
Warm Up
Create a K/W/L chart with three columns: What I Know, What I Want to Know and What I Learned. What do you already know about family separation at the border? Write your response in the first column.
Next, listen to this three-minute interview with Nan Schivone, the legal director of Justice in Motion, and Steve Inskeep, a host on NPR’s “Morning Edition”:
After listening, what else do you know about family separation and recent attempts to reunite families? Add that information to the first column. What more do you want to know after listening to the short interview? Write your responses in the second column.
1. What do recently discovered court documents reveal about the Trump administration’s immigration policy? What are some of the things that happened under the “zero tolerance” policy?
2. What have been some of the complications with reunifying families?
3. What is your reaction to Juana’s story? Does it change your perspective or help you to better understand the decisions that deported parents have to make?
4. What are some of the reasons that case workers at the Department of Health and Human Services have struggled to track down parents of separated children? How has the coronavirus pandemic further complicated the identification and reunification processes?
5. Ms. Schivone, the legal director of Justice in Motion, said, “The Trump administration had no plans to keep track of the families or ever reunite them and so that’s why we’re in the situation we’re in now, to try to account for each family.” What evidence in the article supports her statement? Do you agree with Ms. Schivone? Why?
Going Further
Before moving into a Going Further activity, take a moment to reflect in your journal about what you read.
What did you learn from reading the article? (You can fill out the third column in your K/W/L chart from the warm-up with your responses.)
How do you feel after reading the article? What questions or concerns do you still have?
What do you want to do next? Would you like to reflect more and educate others about what you learned? Or would you like to continue learning more?
Depending on how you answered the last question, you can choose the Going Further activity that most interests you.
Option 1: Create
Create a one-pager to share with friends, family or your larger school community. Your one-pager should include an illustration, a quote from the article and a question for someone featured in the article, or a question that you would like readers to consider. You can also consider adding these details to your one-pager:
An important fact or statistic from the featured article.
One word or phrase that was meaningful or significant.
A call to action: What do you think people should do in response?
You can use this one-pager template, a blank piece of paper or a graphic design website like Canva to express yourself creatively and artistically.
Option 2: Listen
In July 2018, “The Daily” podcast invited Annie Correal, a New York Times reporter, to share the story of a migrant from Guatemala who was rejoining her children after a five-week separation.
After you listen to the podcast, respond to these questions, adapted from our Film Club feature.
If you want to know more, you can read this 2018 article, “My Whole Heart Is There,” which covers the story of the migrant, Yeni González, and includes pictures of her journey.
Option 3: Watch
Watch this 13-minute VICE News video about the process of tracking down and reunifying families. It includes interviews with Ms. Schivone, the legal director who was quoted in the featured article, as well as other lawyers, government officials and parents whose children were taken from them.
After watching the video, answer these questions, which are partially adapted from our Film Club feature.
What moments in this film stood out for you? Why?
What messages, emotions or ideas will you take away from this film? Why?
What did you learn by watching Eriberto Pop, a defender for Justice in Motion, as he tried to locate one father? How does the visual change or enhance your understanding of the content in the article?
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We’re excited to share some major updates and changes to Career Paths that make starting a new career in data science or engineering even more effortless. We’ve updated our Data Science Career Path to a new and improved Data Scientist Career Path, plus introduced three separate Web Development Career Paths — Full-Stack Engineer, Front-End Engineer, and Back-End Engineer.
These new Career Paths are designed to prepare you with everything you’ll need to get an entry-level job as a Full-Stack, Front-End, or Back-End Engineer, or as a Data Scientist.
What you can expect from our new Career Paths
We’ve built a guided, curated experience, designed to help you gain confidence and learn the skills you need to succeed in your new career. Career Paths guide you through everything you need to know, from the ground up.
Learn the basics
We’ll start by taking you through the basics of what you need to know. Quizzes and projects will help you test your knowledge as you move through the coursework.
Build your own Portfolio Projects
Portfolio Projects are a brand new type of project that we’ve never offered before — one that helps you create something completely on your own that’s unique to you.
As you build a solid foundation, we’ll set you up to work outside of Codecademy in your own development environment and use what you’ve learned to create projects of your own. As you make your way through the coursework, you’ll build robust, portfolio-ready projects to share when you begin your job search. These projects include things like building a personal portfolio, a personal budgeting app, an e-commerce website, analyzing and visualizing GDP and life expectancy data, and more. You can learn more about the Portfolio Projects for each new Career Path in the section below.
Earn certificates
Once you complete a Career Path, you’ll receive a certificate indicating that you’ve completed all coursework in the Path of your choice. Share your certificate on your resume or on LinkedIn.
Prepare for your job search
In addition to your certificate of completion, which can be showcased during the job application process, we’ve built interview prep into all of our Web Development Paths. If you’re taking the Full-Stack, Front-End, or Back-End Engineer Career Paths, you’ll find coursework dedicated to helping you prepare for technical interviews. We’ll be adding interview prep content to our Data Scientist Career Path in 2021.
Start your journey
Ready to start working towards the career of your dreams? Find out more about each of the new Career Paths below to decide which one is right for you and get started.
The Data Scientist Career Path will guide you through what you need to know to get started in a data science career from the ground up. You’ll learn:
How to acquire, manipulate, wrangle, and tidy data using SQL and Python
How to explore and analyze data, as well as how to communicate your findings effectively
How to use natural language processing and machine learning to draw predictions from data
What you’ll build:
In addition to quizzes, practice, and challenge projects that help you test what you’re learning, you’ll also have the opportunity to build your own Portfolio Projects. The Data Scientist Path includes a collection of open-ended Portfolio Projects, including:
U.S. Medical Insurance Costs: Use Python to analyze a dataset of U.S. medical insurance costs.
Life Expectancy and GDP: Analyze, prepare, and plot data about GDP and life expectancy from the World Health Organization.
Biodiversity in National Parks: Interpret data about endangered species from different parks and prepare your findings for presentation.
OKCupid Date-A-Scientist: Use machine learning to build, train, and test predictions about data from the dating app OKCupid.Data Scientist Final Portfolio Project: Wow prospective employers with a portfolio project focused on a topic of your own choosing.
Front-End engineers work on the parts of applications and websites that users see and interact with. If you’re interested in a career working on the front-end, then our Front-End Engineer Career Path is a great way to learn everything you need.
What you’ll learn:
The Front-End Engineer Path will guide you through what you need to know to starta career as a Front-End Engineer from the ground up. You’ll learn:
Design skills to make your webpages beautiful and usable
How to build and deploy static websites and React-Redux apps
Interview techniques to prep for technical interviews, including practice with data structures and algorithms
What you’ll build:
As part of the Front-End Engineer Career Path, you’ll have the opportunity to work outside of Codecademy in your own development environment to build your own Portfolio Projects. These include:
Personal Portfolio Website: Use HTML, CSS, and GitHub Pages to build a personal portfolio site, a static website where you can share your other projects.
Reddit Project: Use JavaScript, React, Redux, and the Reddit API to build an online forum containing real-life data.
Final Front-End Project: Use everything you’ve learned in the path to build an app of your choosing.
Learn more about front-end engineering:
Want to learn more before deciding which web development Career Path is the right one for you? Check out our article on front-end vs. back-end development.
Back-End Engineer Career Path
While front-end developers deal with the parts of websites and applications people see, Back-end developers deal with the hidden processes that run behind the scenes. If you’re considering a career on the back end, our Back-End Engineer Career Path is for you!
What you’ll learn:
The Back-End Engineer Path will guide you through what you need to know to get started in a career as a Back-End Engineer from the ground up. You’ll learn:
How to design and build APIs in JavaScript
How to secure a web application and back-end with authentication and authorization
Interview techniques to prep for technical interviews, including practice with data structures and algorithms
What you’ll build:
As part of the Back-End Engineer Career Path, you’ll have the opportunity to work outside of Codecademy in your own development environment to build your own Portfolio Projects. These include:
Mixed Messages: Build a Node.js console app that generates random messages each time a user runs the program and version your project with Git/GitHub.
Personal Budgeting, Part I: Use Node.js and Express to build an API for an app that mimics the practice of envelope budgeting.
Personal Budgeting, Part II: Add a PostgreSQL database layer to your budget app and implement software architecture principles like KISS and YAGNI.
Photo Caption Contest: Build an API with Node, Express, and Postgres that uses authentication and authorization best practices to manage an online contest.
Final Back-End Project: Use everything you’ve learned in the Path to build an API of your choosing.
Learn more about back-end engineering:
Want to learn more before deciding which web development Career Path is the right one for you? Check out our article on front-end vs. back-end development.
Full-Stack Engineer Career Path
Full-stack developers, as their name suggests, work with the entire stack from front-end to back-end. In particular, they focus on how the front-end and back-end are connected and work together. If you’re interested in a full-stack career, the Full Stack Engineer Career Path can get you there.
What you’ll learn:
The Full-Stack Engineer Path will guide you through what you need to know to get started in a career as a Full-Stack Engineer from the ground up. You’ll learn:
How to build and deploy static webpages and web apps via Github Pages, Netlify, and Heroku
How to combine front-end with back-end, use PostgreSQL as a database for your web app, and Redux for state management
Interview techniques to prep for Full-Stack Engineer technical interviews, including practice with data structures and algorithms
What you’ll build:
As part of the Full-Stack Engineer Career Path, you’ll have the opportunity to work outside of Codecademy in your own development environment to build your own Portfolio Projects. These include:
Mixed messages: Build a Node.js console app that generates random messages each time a user runs the program and version your project with Git/GitHub.
Personal Portfolio Website: Use HTML, CSS, and GitHub Pages to build a personal portfolio site, a static website where you can share your other projects.
Reddit Project: Use JavaScript, React, Redux, and the Reddit API, build an online forum containing real-life data.
E-Commerce Website, API: Build a Node/Express API with a PostgreSQL database for an e-commerce website, including authentication/authorization needs.
E-Commerce Website, Client: Create a React front-end for the previous back-end that you build, culminating in a full-stack PERN application and fully functional e-commerce website.
Final PERN Project: Use everything you’ve learned in the path to build a Full-Stack app of your choosing.
Learn more about full-stack engineering:
Want to learn more before deciding which web development Career Path is the right one for you? Check out our article on front-end vs. back-end development, which also dives into full-stack development.
If you were enrolled in our Data Science Career Path or Web Development Career Path and are curious to learn more about what these updates mean for you, you can find out more at the following links:
There is no better way to prepare for a technical interview than to practice a few coding questions. It may be impossible to account for every question you may be asked but any practice you do will help you build confidence and refine your programming skills.
The technical interview is not just about your coding skills. It’s about whether you can explain your code well and document what you have done. That’s another reason practice is so important. You’ll learn how to talk about Python programming and the code that you write.
Python interview questions
In this article, we’ve drafted seven Python interview questions to help you prepare for your next technical interview. For more interview prep, check out our guide to interviewing in the tech industry, including technical and behavioral interview tips.
Describe the concept of scope in Python with reference to local and global scope.
Scope is the region in which a variable is accessible in a program. There are two scopes in Python. Local scope is a variable that is defined inside a Python function. Variables with local scope can only be accessed inside a function.
Global scope is a variable that is declared in the main part of a program. Global variables are accessible throughout a program, including within functions. You can make a local variable global by using the “global” keyword inside a function.
What is the difference between a tuple and a list?
Both Python tuples and lists are used to store collections of data.
A list is declared as a collection of comma-separated values enclosed within square brackets whereas tuples are declared as a collection of values enclosed in curly brackets.
A list is mutable. This means their contents can be modified. Tuples are immutable. You cannot change the contents of a tuple. You must declare a new tuple instead if you want to modify the contents of a value inside a tuple.
Write a list comprehension that takes the following list and creates a new list containing the names of students whose names are four letters long:
students = [“Hannah”, “Peter”, “Luke”]
A list comprehension is a more “Pythonic” way to create a list. You can use list comprehensions to create lists based on the contents of an existing collection.
We can use the following code to create a list of students whose names contain four letters:
four_letter_names = [name for name in students if len(name) == 4]
# [“Luke”]
Our list comprehension iterates over all the students in the “students” variable. The len() string method calculates the length of each name. If the length of a name is equal to four, that name is added to our “four_letter_names” list. Otherwise, the name is not added to our list.
What is a lambda function? Why are they used?
A lambda function is a function that has no name. Lambda functions are commonly referred to as anonymous functions.
You can use a lambda function as an alternative to declaring a regular function as long as the function can fit onto one line. Consider the following example:
This code goes through the “prices” list and returns only the prices that are greater than $3.00. In this example, we use a lambda function to define a rule for our filter() method. The rule states that a price should be added to a list if that price is greater than $3.00.
Our code returns [3.1] because there is only one value in our “prices” list that is greater than $3.00.
What is the __init__ method? Write an example of an __init__ method for the following properties:
Class Name: Student Properties: name, date of birth, grade
The __init__ method defines a constructor in an object. This method is called when an object is created. __init__ is a reserved keyword.
__init__ methods can accept as many arguments as you specify when you declare the constructor. The __init__ method lets you define values that will be associated with an object.
An __init__ method should appear at the start of a new class, before any methods are declared. Consider the below example:
class Student():
def __init__(self, name, date_of_birth, grade):
self.name = name
self.date_of_birth = date_of_birth
self.grade = grade
We have declared a class called Student. Our class has three attributes: name, date_of_birth, and grade.
In our constructor, we assign the value of the arguments that the user specifies to their respective values in the “self” variable. This makes each value accessible in our object when we reference “self”.
We can declare an object of our class like so:
mark = Student(“Mark”, “19/02/2007”, 8)
We have created a student called Mark. Mark’s date of birth is 19/02/2007. He is in grade eight.
What is *args and **kwargs? Give an example of **kwargs in use.
The *args and **kwargs statements let you accept a variable number of arguments in a function.
The *args statement returns a tuple of arguments. You can access the items in the tuple using indexing. The **kwargs statement returns a dictionary of arguments. Arguments are mapped using keys and values.
*args is short for “arbitrary arguments” whereas **kwargs is short for “arbitrary keyword arguments”. This is because **kwargs arguments are associated with keywords.
We can use **kwargs to refer to an argument by a label that we assign when we pass a value as an argument:
def show_age(**student):
print(“{} is {} years old.”.format(student[“name”], student[“age”]))
show_age(age=9, name=”Lynn”)
This function uses **kwargs to accept information about a student. Rather than accessing each argument as a variable, we use the “student” variable. The “student” variable is a dictionary of all the arguments we have passed.
The **kwargs statement is commonly used if you do not know how many arguments you are going to pass.
Explain the main features that make Python an object-oriented programming language.
Python, like Java and many other languages, is referred to as an object-oriented programming language. This means you can create objects and classes to help organize your code.
A class is a blueprint. They are used to define the structure of an object. A class can include the values that an object can store and the methods that can be run on an object.
An object is an instance of a class. When you initialize, or create, an object, you can specify attributes (values and methods) that are to be associated with that object.
For instance, “Student” could be the name of a class. This class would store all the values that can be associated with a student record at a school. “Alex” could be an object. This object would store details on a student whose name is Alex.
Wrapping up
Do not worry about preparing for every possible question that could come up. You’ll only be asked a few questions in your interview. Interview practice is about covering the essentials and building up your confidence.
As you ask and answer more interview questions, you’ll refine the craft of explaining your work. You’ll learn how to write more efficient code that will help set you aside as the best candidate for a job.
Whether you are doing your first technical interview, or whether you are already a senior engineer, practice will help you improve your chances of landing your dream job.
James Gallagher is a writer at Career Karma. He leads technical content on the Career Karma publication. James has authored dozens of articles for an audience of code newbies on Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, and Linux.
When I asked my father where he was born, I never got a straight answer. Wuhan, he’d say. In other moments, he’d claim Wuchang.
I didn’t understand why he couldn’t state a simple fact. My assumption reflected my privilege, that of a girl who’d known only the peace and stability of the suburbs east of San Francisco. Much later, I would realize that his birthplace had been absorbed into Wuhan, a provincial capital formed from the sprawl of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang.
My father is gone now, but I’ve wondered what he would make of the coronavirus. He surely would have worried about his family more than himself.
It would have pained him that relations have cratered between his ancestral and adopted homelands, causing a backlash against Asian-Americans. “Go back to where you came from!” we’re told.
But where did we come from, and why does it matter? Among other Chinese, the question is a conversation starter in which we can situate ourselves and our people, in every far-flung corner of the diaspora. Your ancestral province might stamp itself upon your character, in your traits — determining your height, your ambitions and your looks.
Born in China, my parents fled to the island of Taiwan at the close of World War II. Later on, they came to the United States for graduate school in science and engineering.
I used to think my parents were cagey about their past because they wanted to focus on the future. Perhaps, growing up in the shadow of Communism, or in making a life for themselves in this country, they’d also learned not to disclose too much, for who knew how it might get turned against them?
All that might have been true, though now I understand I may have missed another reason. Just as my father couldn’t readily tell me where he was born, neither of my parents could say exactly where they were from because they’d moved around so much during their childhood, amid conflicts with Japanese forces in the years before and during World War II.
She continues, reflecting on her own experience about trying to explain where she is from:
I never faced such perils. Before leaving for college, I lived at the same address all my life, in the airy, light-filled house designed by my father, a structural engineer. It’s the same house where I now live with my twin sons, my husband and my mother.
And yet the question “where are you from?” is just as complicated for me to answer. Or rather, my initial reply — “I’m from California”— never seems to satisfy the strangers asking. Their mouths twitch and silence lengthens between us.
“I’m from the Bay Area,” I’ll clarify, even though I know I’m delaying the inevitable. It’s clear what they want to know, which perversely makes me want to hold out on them.
“But …” they trail off.
I can tell they think I’m misleading them. Some can’t hide their irritation that I’m not revealing information they feel entitled to having.
At last I’ll say, “I was born in the United States, but my parents are from China.”
They nod, pleased to confirm their suspicion that my family isn’t from here, that Asian-Americans are perpetual foreigners. They don’t realize they’re asking a question even my father couldn’t have answered.
How do you respond when people ask you where you are from? To you, is where you are from the town you were born in? The house you grew up in? The place you’ve lived that has felt the most like home? The country your parents or ancestors are from? Or something else?
Ms. Hua asks, “But where did we come from, and why does it matter?” What do you think? How much does where you are from matter to you? Why do we ask people this question? What can the answer reveal about a person? What can’t it tell us?
How important is it to you to know where your parents and family come from? What do you think this information can tell you about them? About yourself? How freely do your parents and other relatives talk about their past?
Ms. Hua writes that, for her, the question “Where are you from?” can sometimes carry extra weight; people aren’t satisfied until she answers in a way that confirms “their suspicion that my family isn’t from here, that Asian-Americans are perpetual foreigners.” Have you ever had an experience like hers? How did it make you feel? Have you ever doubted where someone is from because of how he or she looks? Does this essay make you think any differently about asking that question in the future?
Ms. Hua says of her grandmother’s necklace, which has been passed down in her family, “Where I’m from is everywhere it’s been.” Do you have an object that connects you to your home and to your family? What is it and what does it symbolize for you?
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7. After seeing these images and reading the article, would you want to visit Blood Manor or another haunted house this fall? Why or why not? Would you enjoy being a “scare actor”?
Bonus Scary Treat: If you were asked to consult on the design of a haunted house just for you, what elements, scenes, effects or experiences would you add to totally terrify you? Why?
Going Further
Option 1: Share Your Experiences and Thoughts on Halloween.
Do you have a favorite Halloween memory?
Do you like to dress up for Halloween? Why or why not? What has been your favorite or scariest Halloween costume?
What has been the most interesting, original or scary costume you’ve seen someone else wear? What made it stand out?
Because of the coronavirus, Halloween won’t look like it has in the past. Depending on the incidence of the virus in your community, it may be safe to trick-or-treat in a modified way. The C.D.C.’s website provides advice for a “safer, alternative” Halloween, including outdoor costume parties and grab-and-go bags of candy.
In “Can Halloween Be Saved? Yes, Experts Say. Here’s How.,” Aimee Ortiz discusses the importance of normalcy in abnormal times with Dr. Tista Ghosh, an epidemiologist and senior medical director at Grand Rounds, a digital health care company:
It’s important to remember that these spooky festivities mean a lot to kids, Dr. Ghosh said.
“I think completely taking away Halloween could be detrimental to some of the mental health issues that kids are facing right now,” Dr. Ghosh said. She added that she always cautions people to “balance the risk of whatever activity they’re doing with mental health risks as well, and look for ways to minimize risk rather than reduce risk to zero because that’s just not possible.”
Do you agree that Halloween is important for children to maintain a sense of normalcy? Do you think it is possible to balance safety risks and the joys of the spooky fall tradition?
Will you be dressing up and trick-or-treating this year? Why or why not? How will you modify your or your family’s Halloween traditions ? What precautions recommended in the article and by the C.D.C. make the most sense for you and your community?
Option 2: Tell Us a Scary Story.
What’s the scariest story you have ever heard or told?
Share your own spooky tale, real or invented, by making a video or podcast, or by writing a story or crafting an essay.
For inspiration, you might listen to these creepy and chilling podcasts and audio series. Or check out this truly terrifying series of photos in “Scenes of Quiet Horror in America’s Haunted Houses,” and choose one to be the setting of a story you invent. Or, to find inspiration from history, check out this collection of Times articles from the archives about hauntings in the 19th century.
What message do you think this image is trying to convey? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?
Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more.
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: a disorderly outburst or tumult caused by conflict
Picking a favorite bagel on National Bagel Day is bound to get any New York City mayor into trouble with some portion of his 8 million constituents, who are bound to have differing hard-held opinions.
But Bill de Blasio, following a failed presidential campaign, managed to cause a particularly unusual uproar.
… Then he crossed into treacherous territory for bagel aficionados: He said his go-to bagel was whole wheat with extra cream cheese. Toasted.
New Yorkers first responded with indignation, asserting that a good bagel should never be toasted.
Scorn immediately followed: Bagel Hole does not, in fact, toast its sacred treats.
Mr. de Blasio quickly deleted the post, and added a corrected version that removed all mention of the word toast.
He seemed to take the kerfuffle in stride, responding to one critic: “What can I say, I must have a hole in my memory.”
Please don’t forget: Every year, we have to disqualify many participants who fail to heed these three rules.
3. Work alone, with a partner or in a group.
4. Only one submission per student.
If you submit as part of a group, you cannot enter separately as an individual.
5. Your video should be no more than 15 seconds, but it can be shorter.
Please double check the video length after you upload the video to YouTube.
6. The video should be appropriate for a Times audience.
7. Your video should help viewers understand and learn your word.
You can act the word out, animate it, use puppets, draw, sing a song, create a dance, incorporate photographs, create a Claymation or do anything else.
8. To participate in this contest, students, teachers or parents need to upload entries to YouTube.
Entrants must make sure their privacy settings are set to “public” or “unlisted” so our judges can view the submissions. We will judge only the videos that have been posted to YouTube — not other services — because YouTube videos more easily embed in our system. Be sure that all entries abide by the YouTube Terms of Service. Also, be certain that you meet the age requirements to post videos on YouTube as explained in the company’s Terms of Service. If you are a minor in your country, you must always have your parent’s or guardian’s permission before using the service. If you do not meet YouTube’s age requirements, you can have a parent or guardian post on your behalf. If you are a teacher posting a video on behalf of students, be sure that you have permission from their parents or guardians to post any content.
8. Be sure to use only sound effects or music that is not copyright protected.
If you incorporate music or sound effects in your video, consider creating your own. Or, if you want to use royalty-free music and sound effects, such as those found on sites like Freesound or SoundBible, be sure to follow the attribution instructions for how to give proper credit. That may include listing the sound creator’s name in the YouTube video description.
