MCPS Summer School and Cameras On?

[Anonymous]

Is there any requirement for kids -- and teachers -- to have their cameras on for summer school? My DS had his first class and no one had the camera on, including the teacher. Really disappointing.

My DD, who is taking a different class, was required to have her camera on by the teacher and everyone did.

[Anonymous]

I think they are only required to have cameras on during tests.

[Anonymous]

Teachers can have their cameras off?!?

That's nuts

[Anonymous]

Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

👋 hi Mcps teacher!

[Anonymous]

How quickly people forget how all this worked in 2020… not much has changed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

👋 hi Mcps teacher!

Exactly. I wanna sit around in my jammies and collect a check! So glad I left MCPS for private school. Way more enthusiasm and commitment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any requirement for kids -- and teachers -- to have their cameras on for summer school? My DS had his first class and no one had the camera on, including the teacher. Really disappointing.

My DD, who is taking a different class, was required to have her camera on by the teacher and everyone did.

That is interesting ... DC is not required to have the camera on, and DC was under the impression that teachers can not require students to have their cameras on as per MCPS policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

👋 hi Mcps teacher!

Exactly. I wanna sit around in my jammies and collect a check! So glad I left MCPS for private school. Way more enthusiasm and commitment.

What private school is offering virtual summer school classes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

👋 hi Mcps teacher!

Exactly. I wanna sit around in my jammies and collect a check! So glad I left MCPS for private school. Way more enthusiasm and commitment.

Wtf? On the MCPS-provided devices, the camera goes off when the host is sharing their screen or using the document camera, which is presumably how a lot of instruction happens. Any staff who are visible on camera while sharing their screen are using their personal devices (usually because they're better and have more features available on Zoom.) It's not a case of the teacher sitting around in pajamas not wanting to be seen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

👋 hi Mcps teacher!

Exactly. I wanna sit around in my jammies and collect a check! So glad I left MCPS for private school. Way more enthusiasm and commitment.

Wtf? On the MCPS-provided devices, the camera goes off when the host is sharing their screen or using the document camera, which is presumably how a lot of instruction happens. Any staff who are visible on camera while sharing their screen are using their personal devices (usually because they're better and have more features available on Zoom.) It's not a case of the teacher sitting around in pajamas not wanting to be seen.

How dare you speak rationally?
Didn’t you know it’s always about teachers looking for the easy way out? 😉
But seriously, teachers in jammies collecting their paychecks is such a tired, old insult. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any requirement for kids -- and teachers -- to have their cameras on for summer school? My DS had his first class and no one had the camera on, including the teacher. Really disappointing.

My DD, who is taking a different class, was required to have her camera on by the teacher and everyone did.

That is interesting ... DC is not required to have the camera on, and DC was under the impression that teachers can not require students to have their cameras on as per MCPS policy.

That actually is not accurate. At the Virtual Academy cameras are required to be on - so I assume then if the teacher is asking, then they must be on, especially if they are not engaged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

Current practice where? At school, or just a best practice in general?

Bc its the opposite. The most productive teams are the ones that require cameras on

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

👋 hi Mcps teacher!

Exactly. I wanna sit around in my jammies and collect a check! So glad I left MCPS for private school. Way more enthusiasm and commitment.

Wtf? On the MCPS-provided devices, the camera goes off when the host is sharing their screen or using the document camera, which is presumably how a lot of instruction happens. Any staff who are visible on camera while sharing their screen are using their personal devices (usually because they're better and have more features available on Zoom.) It's not a case of the teacher sitting around in pajamas not wanting to be seen.

Incorrect. MCPS device or not, when you are on a Zoom, click camera off, camera is off. The more you know....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Presumably the teacher is sharing slides. Why does their camera need to be on? Why do the cameras of all of the other kids need to be on if all they are doing is watching the teachers. Current practice in virtual meetings is to have cameras off in the main room to reduce bandwidth demand. This also reduces people doing distracting/inappropriate things while the instructors attention is focused elsewhere. In breakout rooms people should turn on their camera to interact with each other.

I teach and I require all of my students to have cameras on. There is no accountability with cameras off AND a teacher cannot tell if students understand/engage if they can’t see their faces. Teaching 101.