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20. I would have loved to have had cameras in the classroom several years ago when I had a student

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 09:46 PM

Feb 2012

who was out of control. Four months of documentation and endless meetings before he could get the help he needed. This isn't even counting the instructional time that was denied to the other students.

I'm sure that this is going on in classrooms across our country. These students are screened out of the Charter Schools.

Every year that I don't have a majorly-disturbed child in my classroom, I count my blessings. I watch YouTube videos of students walking across principal's desks just to feel like it's not just me.

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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

No............. mrmpa Feb 2012 #1

That's the part that I couldn't answer . . . the opportunity to use the film to critique a . . . . Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #8

Exactly, and you also know it would be abused in other ways obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #16

I'm curious. Can you make up a fictional example of a teacher being "set up"? Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #21

Like the teacher in Florida who was almost fired obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #23

Why? Yooperman Feb 2012 #17

Do you think its reasonable to expect people to teach this way b/c on balance of MichiganVote Feb 2012 #2

Calm down. Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #4

And I answered your question. Sorry you don't like the truth. MichiganVote Feb 2012 #7

I never questioned the veracity of your opinion. Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #13

Homes are not public places.... Yooperman Feb 2012 #18

Sure let's just turn everything into a potential police state. MichiganVote Feb 2012 #22

I won't speak for teachers and individual's predicaments, but I won't allow them in my school. NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #3

that surveillance might prevent harm is the primary argument... mike_c Feb 2012 #5

I see what you're saying. Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #10

I'm not familiar with the case you cited... mike_c Feb 2012 #19

As a teacher I try to behave as if all of the parents and the principal were watching me mia Feb 2012 #6

I'll bet you're like most teachers in that regard Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #11

!!! mia Feb 2012 #14

Good post. CRK7376 Feb 2012 #37

Some days tempting, but no. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #9

I like that idea. Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #12

I was married to a teacher for 29 years.... Yooperman Feb 2012 #15

I would have loved to have had cameras in the classroom several years ago when I had a student mia Feb 2012 #20

I hear you! Yooperman Feb 2012 #33

I taught in a college setting The Genealogist Feb 2012 #31

I can understand your point of view... Yooperman Feb 2012 #34

I'm not a teacher but my clients often believe (and act) as though their horse is their child riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #24

Not a teacher, but what about the privacy rights of the children? Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #25

There are currently videos on the buses, in the hallways, and at the school entrance. femmocrat Feb 2012 #27

It is not as though the video would be posted on youtube... Yooperman Feb 2012 #35

Thanks to you two for your replies Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #38

I have no problem with it. femmocrat Feb 2012 #26

It would be useful to show parents at parent teacher conferences FarCenter Feb 2012 #28

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

It's not about the camera, it's about the POWER. Who gets to decide how the camera is used? saras Feb 2012 #32

~ ~ ~ "Classrooms - Four Walls Filled With Dreams" ~ ~ ~ NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #36

I like the idea of cameras and microphones Rex Feb 2012 #39

Absolutely Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #40