Teachers on tape
Andy Carvin has pointed out an example of what we can expect to be a growing trend - the recording of classroom activity which is then used without permission for what could be anyone of a number of purposes. In the case described in Andy’s blog, a 16 year old US student, troubled by his American history teacher using his classroom as a platform for airing his religious views, recorded the teacher???s comments and eventually media carried excerpts from his recording. Along with the issue of the teacher’s permission to be recorded, some students whose voices were heard on the tape complained to school officials that they were recorded without their permission. I know of cases in 2006 where teachers were unknowingly recorded on cell phones, and the recording shared outside of school, and then there’s the “happy slapping” phenomenon. Andy asks for discussion in his blog around this topic, and it’s probably a good discussion to be taking place in our schools too.
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