Sharing information is something that becomes extremely important for teachers all over the world. I recently watched a video by Dean Shareski where he discusses the importance of educations sharing experiences in their classrooms. Something that really stuck out to me was that his comment that without sharing, there would be no education. If you really think about it, if we as teachers did not share information with our students, they would not learn anything from us. Here are some things to keep in mind about sharing and why we as educators should step out of our comfort zones to do so.
Sharing among other educators can be done in many ways and can be just as effective through both text, or face to face conversation. You can share through blog posts, social media, email, facetime, or even a face to face meeting. Either way, you will be able to share your experiences about what has and what hasn’t worked within your experiences and how you made it work. You will also get to hear about experiences that you haven’t had yet and you will know what you could do if you ever are in this situation.
A lot of people sometimes feel concerned about when and when not to share because they may feel that what they have to say isn’t important or they may think they are sharing too much. I read into this and I found an article that talks about why you should start sharing and how you can start. This article gives you a lot of reasons as to why it is important as a teacher to share what is going on in your classroom. Something that had been in my mind since reading this is that a lot of people give a teaching profession a bad reputation and by sharing about the good experiences and seeing how much good comes out of it. After reading this, I feel like there really is not a time not to share or really anything that should not be shared out of your classroom. Something that may not seem like a good idea to post for you could really help someone else who is reading what you share/listening to what you share. There also is not a really bad time to share about what goes on in your classroom because once you take the time to share something and you release it, people can access it whenever the time is necessary to them.
All of this being said, I feel that educators should start looking into sharing and they should even start bringing sharing into their classroom environments. We can start teaching students to have confidence when they want to share something and that they can do so without being nervous about sharing their opinions. There are many ways to do this without making the students even realize they are doing so and it will help them develop the skills they need for the future. If we can create a positive experience of sharing within our classrooms, our students won’t feel as if they don’t know how to share and will not have many negative experiences to hold them back.
One question that I do have is how can I make sure as an art teacher that I can get my students to share their artwork without feeling insecure about their piece compared to someone else's? I strongly think that I could develop a way of doing this throughout my career, but I want to make sure that I can give them the self-confidence that they need when expressing themselves.
All of this is extremely important because as Dean Shareski states, our students are writing our textbooks. If we start to share our experiences in our classrooms and create positive sharing environments within our classrooms, we will start to create less negativity when it comes to sharing in general.
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