Anonymous wrote:We teachers should not be subject to having every single moment of every work day recorded. I am happy to record a version of my class without students present - It would be the exact same material/lesson for any absent students to access later.

I think this would be a reasonable alternative to recording classes, but I'm guessing a lot of teachers wouldn't want to have to give their lectures twice- particularly since it might involve having to come up with a separate lesson if the primary one was intended to be discussion-based.

We teachers should not be subject to having every single moment of every work day recorded. I am happy to record a version of my class without students present - It would be the exact same material/lesson for any absent students to access later.

There's NO WAY I would consent to having my child's classes recorded. Uh uh, no way. If MCPS or any other school district
wants to have recorded content and thinks it is important to have an asynchonous option, they have had ALL SUMMER to figure out how to do this. It's called the "flipped classroom" and it is not rocket science to figure out that it's probably the best distance learning option, for exactly the reason that synchronous DL can leave a lot of people out,

Why wouldn't the teacher point a separate camera (phone for example) at him/herself and record the lesson from that perspective- it keeps the children off the screen, and their voices won't even be that audible, but still captures the teacher's lesson.

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Anonymous wrote:Instead of a blank screen at least students not using video should create some kind of image with their name. Original artwork, a picture of their pet, a nature photo—something. It’s very hard to teach or perform to a screen full of names and no faces. Teaching is about connection.

Then tell MCPS not to record the classes.

or hold in-person classes.

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Anonymous wrote:If classes aren't recorded, what happens with children who are unable to attend a given class at a given time?

Children missing a class will have to ask the teacher for missed work.

Exactly. Like every other year.

I am still not understanding why kids won’t be able to log on for their classes each day. We are talking about less than a handful each day.

Keep in mind not everyone is at home. Many people are working on-site at their jobs. Schoolchildren will be on a variety of child care environments while their parents work, and not all will be conducive to live instruction.

Have they asked parents? I have received nothing. 100% against recordings. When will we know?

Anonymous wrote:Instead of a blank screen at least students not using video should create some kind of image with their name. Original artwork, a picture of their pet, a nature photo—something. It’s very hard to teach or perform to a screen full of names and no faces. Teaching is about connection.

Then tell MCPS not to record the classes.

Instead of a blank screen at least students not using video should create some kind of image with their name. Original artwork, a picture of their pet, a nature photo—something. It’s very hard to teach or perform to a screen full of names and no faces. Teaching is about connection.

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Anonymous wrote:Turning a camera on is like inviting someone into your home. Students and parents need to feel comfortable about it, not forced or bribed. I don't think cameras will ever be required to be turned on.

My kid’s 5th grade teacher continued to tell kids to turn on their cameras last year so they could see them. She wasn’t recording their classes though either.

You might as well just send them all khan or you tube links to watch instead. No kids will be participating if they know the class is being recorded.

I think you meant to say, "My kids won't be participating if I know that class is being recorded."

Not the pp but no, the teachers here have all said many parents are not going to allow their kids to participate and their screens will be black and muted. And that means many kids will not be paying attention behind those black screens either.

People really need to stop using anonymous posts on DCUM as authoritative information.

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Anonymous wrote:Turning a camera on is like inviting someone into your home. Students and parents need to feel comfortable about it, not forced or bribed. I don't think cameras will ever be required to be turned on.

My kid’s 5th grade teacher continued to tell kids to turn on their cameras last year so they could see them. She wasn’t recording their classes though either.

You might as well just send them all khan or you tube links to watch instead. No kids will be participating if they know the class is being recorded.

I think you meant to say, "My kids won't be participating if I know that class is being recorded."

Not the pp but no, the teachers here have all said many parents are not going to allow their kids to participate and their screens will be black and muted. And that means many kids will not be paying attention behind those black screens either.

This really boils down to an online safety issue. There are lots of creeps out there who will grab images off the internet- doctor them, do what they want with them. Learn about kids with intent to do harm- predatory relationships. I don't know how likely it is to happen. But- classes did get zoom bombed last year. So, it is certainly possible that such folks can gain access to such recordings- especially in a large public school setting where it would be very difficult to set limits on who has access to such recordings. That is the major concern I believe.

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Anonymous wrote:Turning a camera on is like inviting someone into your home. Students and parents need to feel comfortable about it, not forced or bribed. I don't think cameras will ever be required to be turned on.

My kid’s 5th grade teacher continued to tell kids to turn on their cameras last year so they could see them. She wasn’t recording their classes though either.

You might as well just send them all khan or you tube links to watch instead. No kids will be participating if they know the class is being recorded.

I think you meant to say, "My kids won't be participating if I know that class is being recorded."

Families that aren’t watching the live courses should get county wide videos to watch. Not missed classes recorded. Same as make-up work if you were absent from in person school.

Anonymous wrote:Turning a camera on is like inviting someone into your home. Students and parents need to feel comfortable about it, not forced or bribed. I don't think cameras will ever be required to be turned on.

My kid’s 5th grade teacher continued to tell kids to turn on their cameras last year so they could see them. She wasn’t recording their classes though either.

You might as well just send them all khan or you tube links to watch instead. No kids will be participating if they know the class is being recorded.