And I disagree completely.
As a Criminal Justice student, we watch Forensic File episodes, Documentaries on prisons, 20/20 and other such videos about twice a week.
To think you expect the teacher to stand up there and recite every point in a classroom setting is not only ridiculous, but time consuming and unnecessary.
He can explain the ENTIRE case with a flash point of images, or he can pop in an episode of 20/20. Which is better for the educational system? I know I pay attention to the TV show more, I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Okay, we disagree.
But not on the legal point, because I don’t care, legally, whether teachers show DVDs or not.
What would be better for the educational system is to stop using TVs for anything ever. Frankly TVs are the tool of lazy teachers who don’t feel like going through the trouble of preparing a proper lecture. Of all the TV time I got stuck with in school maybe 10% of it was actually useful, the rest was a cheap excuse for the teacher to spend a week sitting down not talking.