Isn’t it funny how sometimes a completely obvious, logical classroom practice occurs to us after teaching the same thing for a number of years? I always laugh at myself and wonder, “Why didn’t I do this from the start?” I like your idea Bill and look forward to seeing your graduate students’ videos. You might be surprised by at how many parents are willing to sign a digital media release form and allow their children to be seen in an educational video (without location or last name identified) online. I’ve had very little trouble getting permissions at my school.

I have to confess that when I read the title of your post this morning, I thought of something much more radically open. How do you feel about cameras videotaping the school day in the public school classroom? I’m a proponent of transparency in public education…that’s a pretty radical idea in my district and not very popular.