my project is about weather or not it is a good idea to put cameras in schools of not.  i would just like to hear your opinion
212686
No! If you get used to having them around then you wont protest enough when the govt wants to put one in your yard, then your living room and so on. read (if you haven't) these 2 books. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by Gorge Orwell. They are fictional accounts of where the camera in the hall mentality ends up if we let it. Whats amazing to me is how these two books (written many years ago) tell of us.
520829
those thermal imagers are state of the art. you do not have enough money to develop a product to outsmart the product. Stay away from crimes that would require you to not show up on a thermal imager
551436
As a teacher myself, i am offended, not by the question, but to those people who are calling this person lazy and telling him to re-think his profession! \nThose people who have been teachers know that the curriculum is over crowded as it is, way too much time is spent planning not to mention assessing, marking, reporting, making resources and all the other things that go with it! I dont see any problem with a fellow teacher asking for ideas, ive surely done it, no teacher is perfect nor does any 1 teacher have ALL the answers - so why kid yourself that you do. Very nieve if you think you are beyond asking for help / ideas not to mention very narrow minded and quiet scary. Have the other teachers here never asked for help with planing or lesson ideas ?? I doubt it!\n\nAnyway, when i teach abuot rain forests i like to get the kids as active as possible. I was lucky in Australia we had a local forest we could go and visit but even if you cant, looking at pictures, videos and immersing students in the total experience, visual, audio everything in between. Get them to classify animals, plants and the parts of the rainforest ... identify animals that are dependant on parts and as a further investigation , possibly for G&T students get them to investiate de-forestation and hold a mini debate on the topic. There are tonnes of ideas for art activies, making dioramas or collages is also fun and keeps them involved! \nHope this helps, and ignore the other 'teachers' who think they are beyond asking for help, personally i am appaled that so called professionals would even give a response like that. Everyone needs ideas and pointers in their teaching life. There are good websites (i dont know any right now) but they actually have forums for teachers to ask and discuss... im sure those here are not members, but there are hundreds of teachers always willing to help.\nGood Luck! Have fun!
101427
Have it outside in a local park or something.  You'd need a lot of people watching the kids though.
327263
Did that for years, both as an employee for a couple of studios, and as a free lancer. One job I enjoyed, but later quit do to all the travel, was as a convention photographer. I also contracted with sororities and similar groups to cover their dinners and hired a couple of college girls to take the orders from a table as I was shooting the next. Covering special events (the International Air Fare in Dayton, Oh., for example) and selling my work to papers. In this age of digital cameras, every one is out there "shooting snap shots", but it takes a photographer to take pictures. When I was teaching photography at a local senior college, I use to tell my students that I could take pictures with a cigar box with a hole in it (and did), so the camera has little to do with it. Photography IS an art and all ways will be.
383248
Photojournalism is a good choice with the interests you have listed.
265648
Why not just accept the fact that the school computers are for research only. What is so important that you need to be on myspace during school hours anyway??? I am a taxpayer and I bought those computers with my tax dollars (especially because I owed this year). I'll be damned if you are going to use them to chat and play games on.
204746
well I think a lot of it depends on who sees the whats on camera, and where exactly they point. if you think about it lunch room, classrooms, and hallways are really public and fairly high traffic areas. even if there where no camera's around I think most people would figure out that you don't do stuff there you don't want everyone else seeing as there is a fairly good chance of them walking through or by that spot.  it would be another matter if they where in bathrooms or locker rooms or places that are supposed to be more private. but for places where there is usually a crowd of people I don't see how a camera added to the mix is going to reveal anything that wouldn't normally be found out if they had the staff out wondering the building more.
649589
I think this is a very good idea.  You need to start with the administration of the High School and the targeted elementary schools, if you want to get anywhere.  You also might be able to bring something like this into a local Boys & Girls Club.
51807
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html#weather\n\nThey have some wonderful ideas.  The interactive projects are always the funnest to do.  Stuff exploding.. messy...\n\nI found another the balloon and lemon one sounded cool.  http://www.science4mykid.com
37588
have you thought about using pictures of these objects, instead of the objects themselves?  some ideas: UFO, unicorn, umbrella, Ukraine (map), unicycle.\n\nif the teacher won't accept pictures of these objects, just show your distaste for such a lousy homework assignment by sending your daughter to school with a ziploc bag full of URINE.
65194
Is this for a school project or are you hoping to create a virus and get it in the news?  I am a little hesitant pointing people to this type of information.
586866
Great question.  You must also consider the fact that most of these schools were so academically poor, you have to ask whether parents in New Orleans even want their children educated.  I think that the schools that are getting ready to open will be environmentally safe before the new school year, but it remains to be seen if these schools can actually provide a quality education.  I drive by Warren Easton on a regular basis and I can only hope the school will put as much effort into curriculum as they are into fixing the school.
41913
It depends on what level of English you teach.  Pehaps you could instruct your students to describe appropriate types of clothing for different weather conditions.  Another idea is to have them describe their diet and exercise habits, hobbies, responsibilities, and other daily tasks.
491575
As a teacher, I think school should be year round.  I know plenty of people would disagree with me.  It can be so persuasive because students forget too much over the summer, etc. etc.  Benefits would be that every season you could have 2-3 week vacations!
599841
The cameras around my city are at intersections that are well known for accidents, red light runners & speeding.  I don't care if the cameras are there.  I'm smart enough to read the Photo Enforced signs posted & I also obey all traffic laws.  I've been driving for 17 years, NO tickets for anything.  Sure, several accidents, NO points on my license as well.  My insurance company gives me a discount for this too & it's well worth it.  Anyways, I think the cameras are a great idea & very helpful.
248127
When I taught a geography class last fall, I showed the documentary "The Virgin Diaries" to my students. Paid out of pocket for the rental fee, too. Whew!\n\nMy intent was that my students would have some sense of Muslims as real people (we live on a very small island). What they got out of it was how difficult it is for Muslim women.