Recording all Zoom classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Students should have cameras ON as a default so that teachers can make sure they are paying attention. It's too tempting to fool around if they are off.
Of course they can turn them off if they need to leave or take a call or talk to their parents for a minute.

Private schools I know require cameras ON at all times.

Private schools do NOT record their children. So they can ask that of the families. I work in one. There is one class, you miss it. You miss it. All cameras on, flipped classrooms. The entire class is interactive.

MCPS wants to record and it is a liability. Not only will people black their screen out for privacy, but many will do it just to good off on their phone, sleep, play video games etc... And that is only the kids that do show up. Teachers will be lucky if half the kids in any class are there now. They could have EASILY done flipped classrooms as well and not recorded a thing. But MCPS doesn't think outside of the box and doesn't like to offer options. So they are stuck with 72 hour recordings and a lot of non participation.

Don't you want to wait to find out whether there is a lot of non-participation before declaring that there is a lot of non-participation?

[Anonymous]

How do students read aloud for reading instruction, or participate in foreign language oral language activities, without speaking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

Good lord. Relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

Then there must be nothing involving children on line, because that's the only way to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do students read aloud for reading instruction, or participate in foreign language oral language activities, without speaking?

They don't. That was the decision MCPS made when they decided to record everything instead of doing flipped live classes.

[Anonymous]

Even if MCPS doesn’t record kids will be using their own phones to record and post on line.

It happened in the spring and it will happen this fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

Then there must be nothing involving children on line, because that's the only way to do it.

This makes no sense, but okay then. They didn't record any ES zoom classes in the Spring. It worked.

Go ahead and have them videotape your kids 4 hours a day every day and have anyone with or knows an MCPS log-in to access it. I don't want that option. That is my choice. Some families like to plaster heir kids all over social media. I don't do that either. There are going to be liabilities that MCPS will not address. The teachers don't want it. Most parents don't want it. They want normal live school. Recordings are unsafe and it makes families not participate when they can log on later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if MCPS doesn’t record kids will be using their own phones to record and post on line.

It happened in the spring and it will happen this fall.

But they knew exactly who did it. I knew of many bullying cases and memes sent out making fun of kids. Some just being funny with friends. Others were true bullying. The one of the kid stuttering made my heart sink. But at least they knew who did it. And if they said live classes and not recorded, they could force all cameras on and kids interacting. The recording is going to increase the amount of kids, parents and staff rewatching it. Mainly teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

Then there must be nothing involving children on line, because that's the only way to do it.

This makes no sense, but okay then. They didn't record any ES zoom classes in the Spring. It worked.

Go ahead and have them videotape your kids 4 hours a day every day and have anyone with or knows an MCPS log-in to access it. I don't want that option. That is my choice. Some families like to plaster heir kids all over social media. I don't do that either. There are going to be liabilities that MCPS will not address. The teachers don't want it. Most parents don't want it. They want normal live school. Recordings are unsafe and it makes families not participate when they can log on later.

Perhaps a private school would be better suited for someone with your delicate sensibilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do students read aloud for reading instruction, or participate in foreign language oral language activities, without speaking?

If you don’t want your child being recorded, you won’t get any of that. And really, the teacher doesn’t want to include the kids in their own recordings. And anyone that just watches the recordings won’t get any of it either. Might as well use Khan videos and teach yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

Then there must be nothing involving children on line, because that's the only way to do it.

This makes no sense, but okay then. They didn't record any ES zoom classes in the Spring. It worked.

Go ahead and have them videotape your kids 4 hours a day every day and have anyone with or knows an MCPS log-in to access it. I don't want that option. That is my choice. Some families like to plaster heir kids all over social media. I don't do that either. There are going to be liabilities that MCPS will not address. The teachers don't want it. Most parents don't want it. They want normal live school. Recordings are unsafe and it makes families not participate when they can log on later.

Most parents? Based upon what exactly? I must have missed that survey and the results posted by MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

No- why should teachers have to keep track of who's opted in and out every minute?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

Then there must be nothing involving children on line, because that's the only way to do it.

This makes no sense, but okay then. They didn't record any ES zoom classes in the Spring. It worked.

Go ahead and have them videotape your kids 4 hours a day every day and have anyone with or knows an MCPS log-in to access it. I don't want that option. That is my choice. Some families like to plaster heir kids all over social media. I don't do that either. There are going to be liabilities that MCPS will not address. The teachers don't want it. Most parents don't want it. They want normal live school. Recordings are unsafe and it makes families not participate when they can log on later.

No it didn't.

It worked *for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat
BOE member Jeanette Dixon asks: MD is a two-party consent state (for recording). What happens if someone doesn't consent?
MCPS: At start of classes, it will be announced that it is being recorded. If families fill out form & opt out, kids can have cameras/mics off.

I don't think this is legal. That's not providing kids an appropriate education.

I am opting out but I work from home. If my kid turns on their video screen by accident, will the teacher remember to tell them to turn it off. It definitely is an issue. There should be NOTHING recorded with children involved. Nothing.

No- why should teachers have to keep track of who's opted in and out every minute?

Because the liability will fall on us.

~MCPS teacher