cyber-surveillance debuts in preschools - cameras in classrooms

A kindergarten in Tustin is installing cameras in the classroom and is planning to play this video on the Internet so that families can monitor their children. Though day-
Nursing Centers in New York and Georgia are trying a similar setup, which is considered the first network
A monitoring device for a kindergarten in southern California.
Although staff at Tustin Cathy children's club said the program would strengthen ties between parents and children, critics doubt it would be wise to have a big brother ---and Mom--
Look after the teacher. "What's next?
Husband's camera at a nearby bar?
Dan Lavin, a technical analyst at data Quest, a Gulf region research firm, asked.
"With the proliferation of cameras around you, you're starting to see the non-differential distribution of images.
It sounds like a good idea, but it's a waste of technology.
"By capturing the classroom scene and presenting it on the World Wide Web, school owner Cathy sipiya says she wants to create a digital look --glass.
Cameras will be set up in the seven classrooms of the school, and several cameras will be set up on the playground.
Parents get the URL, username and password to visit the website.
Once parents log in, they can click a button to switch from the camera to the camera and view the updated static photos every few seconds.
The project is currently under development and will be launched within eight weeks, developed by Sipia's husband Michael and her son Chris Klein.
Michael Sipia has computer systems installed and Klein has a small network development company.
"We will do everything we can to keep strangers away from us," Klein said . ".
"To keep the children safe, encrypt, rotate passwords on a regular basis, anything.
This should make parents feel better about leaving their children. -not worse.
"* Broadcast systems on the World Wide Web, like the systems that Sipia wants to launch, are around 1993 that appear when users connect portable digital cameras to their computers, and display real-time photos of their work and home environment.
Now thousands of people use cameras. and-
Computer settings, turning the network into a boring field of peeping.
From risque (
Live sex show in Amsterdam)to ridiculous (
A filter coffee pot in Cambridge, England).
"Why not use the internet wisely?
Cathy sipiya asked, noting that parents are more cautious in monitoring their children.
"We can reassure our parents when they are at high levels --
"It puts pressure on work," she said . "
When the staff of Tustin kindergarten set up a video network, the educator consulted--
And get--
The parents of her students
She said the response has been positive so far.
"My first reaction was, 'Can you do it?
Marcia ziglang, 31, of Tustin, said.
Two of her three children attended Cathy's children's club and she plans to recruit her youngest daughter next year.
"It's hard to go to work and it's hard to be part [my children's]day.
I just wish I had such a choice in every school.
"Tustin's preschool teachers are not so excited about being watched and they ask Sipias questions.
How secure is the system?
Can Strangers look after their children?
"Some people think it will be restrictive," Rehana Amer said . " He taught books for three years at Cathy's children's club.
"But the more we talk about the idea, the more comfortable the teachers are.
"* The first online pre-school system was launched last spring with a pilot program at Children's Corner in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
A private day
Care center is a test site for a software program called "I see you.
Developed by Simplex knowledge.
On the white plainY.
The project, marketed by IBM, has cameras installed in all classrooms and game areas.
The staff said the students knew the cameras were there, but they were usually ignored.
Simplex co-said parents did not pay any extra
Pat Martin, boss.
Based on the number of cameras used, Simplex leases the equipment to the center at $200 to $350 per month.
The center then offsets costs by selling advertising space on the site to local businesses.
To ensure that the Simplex system is sealed, IBM hired a computer specialist-and failed--
Network into the school. "Every half-
I'm going to see where it is. my daughter is]
Business interior designer Judi Stoogenke says his 3-year-
Registered the old daughter at the Children's Corner.
"I watched her eat lunch almost every day.
It's like a company has made its books public for public attention. -
You can see everything.
"Simplex has expanded to other markets, such as providing this project to funeral homes seeking to live"
Service of mourning.
Other companies have joined this vigilant field, such as KinderCam's four-day service in Georgia --care centers.
The project is marketed by ParentNet Inc. of Roswell, Ga.
Place cameras in each classroom, in the cafeteria of the school, in the gym and in the playground.
The technology company also targeted hospitals and families with live broadcasts. in nannies.
"We feel this is a positive use of the Internet," said South Hawkins, director of children's corner.
"As educators, we need to be responsible to our parents.
A center that is not proud of what you do will not have such a project.
* Society has been dependent on high for many years
Technology monitoring system as a means of control.
Hidden camera in elevator.
The same goes for shopping malls, banks and local convenience stores.
Some public schools have taken controversial steps to install video machines in corridors and school gates to enhance the safety of children.
Supporters say the video is a deterrent to vandalism and other criminal acts.
When the Internet was added, there was suddenly a dynamic change.
"It shows that people lack trust in relationships, a fundamental flaw in our society," said Andrew Leonard, author of tracking technology.
"If you rely on the internet to monitor your child, you give up your personal responsibility for the situation.
By the way, going to school for an hour is better than making a faint eye in the background.
"No one questioned the importance of child safety," Leonard said.
However, technical experts are concerned that video footage in kindergarten overstates any potential danger to children.
"There's a paranoid feeling that something bad happens if we don't keep an eye on our children all the time," says David banisal, a lawyer at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. C.
"Very Orwellian.
This set a precedent for a generation of children who think surveillance is normal.
However, some people believe that improving security is a natural manifestation of life in the information age.
"You already have parents who bought bees and mobile phones for their children.
Now, this is the camera and the Web, "said Phil Agger, a professor of communication and technology at the University of California, San Diego.
"It's so easy for us to live in an era where we accumulate data and use it to track each [other].
If this method can be applied in private kindergartens, it may eventually be adopted in public places.
"But for safety and cost reasons, this system is not available to some of the country's largest pre-school chain stores. Some day-
Nursing companies are also worried about potential legal liability.
"If it's a camera on a child ---
Only one parent can see that child. -
Maybe we can do that, "said Peggy Ford, vice president and general counsel for Kansas City --
The second lapiti Collegelargest day-
There are 750 nursing companies in the United States.
"We can't control the technology in this way yet, so we can't take this opportunity," she said . ".