A really bad idea
Doug Peterson,
doug — off the record,
Mar 04, 2021
Doug Peterson, on reading this post in The 74, seems to be responding to this post from Education Next where Michael J. Petrilli is suggesting that teachers keep the cameras on in their classrooms after the pandemic. In response, he points to this list of 17 teachers whose day could use a serious, serious do-over to illustrate how always being on camera could have unwanted consequences. people sometimes freeze when they're on camera. "Knowing that my camera was capturing every move kept me in one place, and my hands from scratching an itch that had developed about half way through," he says." I don't think it's a good idea, no so much because cameras are inherently something to be feared (seriously, none of the 17 teachers really needs to have worried) but because it's inherently unfair. Petrilli should be suggesting teachers keep their cameras on only after his Fordham Institute offers a live camera feed of its decision-making process and meetings with funders.
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