Kids have been trying to get a rise out of teachers since the earliest days of schooling.
Kids have been capturing inappropriate behavior on YouTube such as bullying of others, fights, class room antics, since they figured out they could.
If you put the two situations together a very volatile and dangerous practice occurs called cyberbaiting.
I went on Fox News Boston this morning and talked about this concerning trend with Gene and offered some tips for how parents and schools can not only help students understand how to stop this dangerous practice, but teachers:
We’re Talking About: “Cyber-baiting” : MyFoxBOSTON.com
Informative interview Dr Gwenn. This is disturbing and certainly something needs to be done about it. I don’t like the invasion of privacy. The next thing you know some parent will find a reason to sue the teacher and school system based on the video.
I would think phones would not be allowed in the class. Certainly off. I can imagine a temptation to play games too.
I strongly believe parents should be responsible in guiding their children about appropriate behavior and have consequences for any bad behavior. Sadly, we know that often times ..too many parents leave it up to the teachers ..and/or it can be an adversarial situation in which the parent blames the teacher for what should have been the parent responsibility.
I had an ineffective teacher during my sophomore year of HS. Very nice man, but could not control the class and one day they threw a desk out the window from the second floor. The teacher had tears in his eyes. I felt sorry for him. I don’t know why some teachers have complete control and others do not.
I feel for the teachers. It is bullying. There should be consequences for every student involved. Do the videos show the class too or only the teacher in a meltdown?