Teachers, PLEASE show your face on screen at least sometimes when you teach!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a HS teacher who keeps my camera on at all times, but I do want to point out that a LOT of pictures have been circulating of teachers teaching because students are leaving their cameras off and we have no idea when they recording us or taking pictures. I'm well aware of this, and frankly don't care/don't think I get noticed because I'm only 30, but I know the older teachers or ones who are struggling are always being posted on snapchat and being laughed at. While I agree that cameras should be on, I think it's worth considering that while your coworkers don't take pictures and send them out with the intention to doctor them and make fun of you, ours do and the camera off can be a bit of a self protection issue.

And I understand that. Because I am sick and tired of teachers telling parents of HS kids that their kids are slackers if they won’t turn the camera on. And if parents cared they would make the kids turn the camera on. I would never make my kid turn the camera on. If they are doing this to teachers, it’s 10x worse to each other. And my DD feels very isolated and really, really wants the camera on. But she’s afraid. With good cause after what kids were doing last spring. Still, if even the teachers are too cowed by bullies to turn cameras on, what message does that send to a 15 year old.

+10000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a HS teacher who keeps my camera on at all times, but I do want to point out that a LOT of pictures have been circulating of teachers teaching because students are leaving their cameras off and we have no idea when they recording us or taking pictures. I'm well aware of this, and frankly don't care/don't think I get noticed because I'm only 30, but I know the older teachers or ones who are struggling are always being posted on snapchat and being laughed at. While I agree that cameras should be on, I think it's worth considering that while your coworkers don't take pictures and send them out with the intention to doctor them and make fun of you, ours do and the camera off can be a bit of a self protection issue.

And I understand that. Because I am sick and tired of teachers telling parents of HS kids that their kids are slackers if they won’t turn the camera on. And if parents cared they would make the kids turn the camera on. I would never make my kid turn the camera on. If they are doing this to teachers, it’s 10x worse to each other. And my DD feels very isolated and really, really wants the camera on. But she’s afraid. With good cause after what kids were doing last spring. Still, if even the teachers are too cowed by bullies to turn cameras on, what message does that send to a 15 year old.

I don’t think teachers are worried about bullying from their students but a kid could take a picture or video and edit it. You would be surprised how often kids accuse teachers of wrongdoing and the kid is lying. But it doesn’t matter because the rumors are out there. Careers can be ruined. I keep my camera on but I totally get why others would choose not to.

This is why its nice the lessons are recorded so that if teachers are wrongly accused its easily provable.

We’ve been specifically told not to record lessons by our principal because of privacy issues. So they aren’t being recorded.

The point remains, if the teachers are too scared to turn on their cameras, why should the students?

How is this the point. Students aren’t required to turn on their cameras.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why?
Why should she?
In FCPS, 90% of HS students don't turn on their cameras. DCUM parents scream about "privacy"... or they advise people to record any teacher who does anything they don't like and "report it to the principal." Why would any teacher show their face if there is not a solid reason to? Look at the presentation instead. Stop your freakish control issues.

IT IS HER JOB.

It’s not her job to have a camera directly on her face.

[Anonymous]

Our HS principal sent an email about how much cheating is going on since no one needs to turn their cameras on. Kids literally have an open note test every test they take. They can sit there with all their materials and google away answers too if the they have their cameras off.

[Anonymous]

The term, Narc, comes to mind with OP, def as used in Junior High School.

3. n. A person that turns you in for something you did wrong; specifically to any type of authority figure like parents, cops, teachers, boss, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS principal sent an email about how much cheating is going on since no one needs to turn their cameras on. Kids literally have an open note test every test they take. They can sit there with all their materials and google away answers too if the they have their cameras off.

This is why, this year, I am only giving open-note tests that start far up Bloom’s taxonomy. The kid’s can’t even Google their way to a passing score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The term, Narc, comes to mind with OP, def as used in Junior High School.

3. n. A person that turns you in for something you did wrong; specifically to any type of authority figure like parents, cops, teachers, boss, etc.

Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

My kids teacher records while teaching in the classroom live, this includes recording himself and his slides, his set up is amazing.

I’m not sure where he got the funding for all of the equipment, but I really appreciate the work he puts into it.

The teacher could be living in shared housing and can only teach in her bedroom. I find having a bed in the frame unprofessional as most people do( not sure why but w/e) and maybe your teacher is self conscious about her teaching area.

Just bring it to her attention, I’m sure you’ll get a better answer with her than here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS principal sent an email about how much cheating is going on since no one needs to turn their cameras on. Kids literally have an open note test every test they take. They can sit there with all their materials and google away answers too if the they have their cameras off.

This is why, this year, I am only giving open-note tests that start far up Bloom’s taxonomy. The kid’s can’t even Google their way to a passing score.

+1

Stop trying to control things out of your control- everything is open note which means I make multiple versions, don’t tell the kids that and give a tight time frame to complete so they can’t share answers. It’s not perfect but it’s the best I can do online. I also decided I can’t worry about grades at all. Everyone gets an A or B? That’s what my district wants anyway! (DCPS)