Sharing is Caring
Sharing is something that we learn to do as kids. Our mothers would tell us to share our toys with our siblings or cousins and when we would complain she would remind us, "Sharing is caring." In the digital age we live in now, we are often told to be careful what we share online and that sharing everything about ourselves can be dangerous. We have also been taught not to use other people's work for our own benefit.
Teachers and educators, however, need to be sharing their thoughts and ideas. In Dean Shareski's video titled "Sharing: The Moral Imperative" he talks about how since education is built on sharing teachers are obligated to reach out beyond their classrooms and share with other educators. Throughout the video, Shareski showed examples of the benefits of sharing. One example in the video that stood out to me was about Dan Meyer and how sharing his video that he used for a lesson plan was used by someone in Scotland. In Jennie Snyder's blog post titled "On the moral obligation of sharing" she mentions George Siemens and his thoughts on sharing. He said, "What's important with a PLN is not 'what it does for me' but rather how I can use it to change things in education, society, or the world." In my opinion, collaborating is an important part of teaching because all teachers have the same desire to help students learn. That is why sharing is so important because through sharing teachers can help educate students that aren't even in their classrooms.
Face to face sharing can be very effective, especially within a school or a school district. Being able to have conversations in person about new ideas and having the opportunity to ask questions right then and there is very helpful. I do think that with face to face sharing it is important to share ideas from face to face sharing online for others to see. Online sharing is a lot more beneficial than just face to face sharing because then people from all over the world can see your new ideas and lesson plans.
Sharing is important and as a future teacher I hope that when I do become one I will be able to benefit someone else through my own sharing and hopefully I can gain some knowledge from other educators.
Teachers and educators, however, need to be sharing their thoughts and ideas. In Dean Shareski's video titled "Sharing: The Moral Imperative" he talks about how since education is built on sharing teachers are obligated to reach out beyond their classrooms and share with other educators. Throughout the video, Shareski showed examples of the benefits of sharing. One example in the video that stood out to me was about Dan Meyer and how sharing his video that he used for a lesson plan was used by someone in Scotland. In Jennie Snyder's blog post titled "On the moral obligation of sharing" she mentions George Siemens and his thoughts on sharing. He said, "What's important with a PLN is not 'what it does for me' but rather how I can use it to change things in education, society, or the world." In my opinion, collaborating is an important part of teaching because all teachers have the same desire to help students learn. That is why sharing is so important because through sharing teachers can help educate students that aren't even in their classrooms.
Face to face sharing can be very effective, especially within a school or a school district. Being able to have conversations in person about new ideas and having the opportunity to ask questions right then and there is very helpful. I do think that with face to face sharing it is important to share ideas from face to face sharing online for others to see. Online sharing is a lot more beneficial than just face to face sharing because then people from all over the world can see your new ideas and lesson plans.
Sharing is important and as a future teacher I hope that when I do become one I will be able to benefit someone else through my own sharing and hopefully I can gain some knowledge from other educators.
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