Surveillance Cameras in the Classroom

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Surveillance Cameras in the Classroom

• Nicole Clapp
• Central Michigan University

http//abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/US/gmab_school
cameras031017.html
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Surveillance Cameras are used at

• Gas Stations
• ATMs
• Mini Marts
• Sporting Events
• Streets
• Classrooms
• School Buses

Should Cameras be in the Classroom?
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Are Surveillance Cameras needed given the
history of School Violence?
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Biloxi, MississippiSchool District

• First school to put cameras in every classroom.
• More than 500 Cameras.
• Cameras dont record sound,
• Viewed by Administration and Board of Education.

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Results of Cameras

• Discipline Problems down
• Fewer Fights
• Fewer Disruptions

• Less Sleeping in the Classroom
• Less Cheating
• More Learning

This Equals More Productive Classrooms!
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Reactions to Biloxi

• Principal Pamela Manners
• A representative of the Conservative Free
  Congress Foundations

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Do Cameras act as a deterrent to crime, reveal
crime, or take away teacher control?
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Do Surveillance Cameras Watch over Teachers as
well?

• Administration Control.
• Teachers Concerns

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Parents Feelings

• More than one person watching students.
• Records of what takes place in the classroom.
• Other Thoughts?

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After looking at the Results of Biloxi do
you think that cameras would help in your
classroom?