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In reply to the discussion: A question for teachers: What do you think of cameras in the classroom? [View all]mrmpa
(4,033 posts)1. No.............
I understand what you are saying with the teacher in California, and the he said/she said, he did/she did. However, the conversation in the past few years of installing cameras in the classroom has only been about using it to observe the teacher and to use the film in regard to rating the teacher and to give reasons for firing "bad" teachers.
It should also be noted, that in many states it is against the law to use cameras/film without the permission of the person being filmed. It is only when the person has "no" expectation of privacy when the film can be used.
I will only accept cameras in the classroom when you can promise me, that it will not be used in any way, whatsoever, as the only tool to critique the teaching of the teacher.
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A question for teachers: What do you think of cameras in the classroom? [View all]
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2012
OP
That's the part that I couldn't answer . . . the opportunity to use the film to critique a . . . .
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2012
#8
I'm curious. Can you make up a fictional example of a teacher being "set up"?
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2012
#21
Do you think its reasonable to expect people to teach this way b/c on balance of
MichiganVote
Feb 2012
#2
I won't speak for teachers and individual's predicaments, but I won't allow them in my school.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2012
#3
As a teacher I try to behave as if all of the parents and the principal were watching me
mia
Feb 2012
#6
I would have loved to have had cameras in the classroom several years ago when I had a student
mia
Feb 2012
#20
I'm not a teacher but my clients often believe (and act) as though their horse is their child
riderinthestorm
Feb 2012
#24
There are currently videos on the buses, in the hallways, and at the school entrance.
femmocrat
Feb 2012
#27
That teacher in CA would have found some other way to get to those kids
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2012
#29
we have to expect in this digital age that we already are "on camera" with cell phones and such
demtenjeep
Feb 2012
#30