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Yooperman

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34. I can understand your point of view...

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 03:25 AM

Feb 2012

Poor administrators will always be poor at what they do. No system is perfect... I realize that...

That is why we still need Unions and oversight to protect educators that are treated unfairly. At least with video as a basis for evaluations both sides can see where weaknesses are whether that be with the evaluator or the teacher.

The bottom line ... it is a PUBLIC area.... the more eyes watching the better. This protects the children and the teacher. I don't see it as an invasion of privacy.

Thanks for your input ...

YM

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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