Apparently we are entering the “Sharing Revolution”. To be honest, I am a little scared! After finding out last week that everything that I post on facebook no longer belongs to me, I started thinking… I wonder where my pictures are now! But I think that sharing personal resources is a different story.
Dean Shareski had some interesting ideas. He said that “If indeed we believe that teaching is sharing, then if there is no sharing, there is no education”. When I think about it, in some school that I have been in, I had no idea what most of the teachers were teaching their students within the walls of their classroom.
Sharing with the best educators in the world! What a fantastic idea! I can’t even express how many great ideas I used and adapted when I was at university and in my first few years of teaching. However, my only concern is that I can spend so much time searching, and not end up finding what I am looking for! However, I guess that is the point of me sharing my resources too.
Especially being at an International School, it is so important to have perspectives from all different cultures all over the world! Just like Dan Meyer said, that if we are truly doing this for the children, why wouldn’t we want to share our best practices? I think the idea that you could write a blog post and people can instantly give you feedback is pretty cool.
This all sounds great in theory but am I ready to be vulnerable???
To listen to “Sharing: The Moral Imperative”, click here.
By the way, Jabiz, I loved your input!
