Sharing is Caring

After viewing the videos and reading the articles/blogs about sharing, I thought how perfect videos, articles, and blogs all are when it comes to teachers and leaders sharing their ideas with others.  With a blog for example, other teachers or leaders are able to read it at any time, view it more than once, and are also able to comment on it if they feel as if they want to share something back.  When it comes to deciding what to share and what not to share, I feel it's very important to ask yourself, "Will this help others? Will similar teachers and leaders benefit from this? Will I be able to get positive feed back with added ideas to it?".  If you can answer yes to all of these questions then I say share it!  If you are hesitant and can't confidently answer those questions I say share it anyways!  It's all about putting ideas out there whether you think they are amazing or awful, you never know unless you try.  Sharing does not always have to be an online thing, ideas and thoughts can be exchanged through face to face interaction.  Face to face interaction can make sharing more difficult for the fact that what's being shared is only being shared with one or a few people whereas online it can be shared with hundreds or thousands of other educators.  The value of sharing everything is the feedback.  If you share absolutely everything there are chances you receive positive but also some negative feedback.  I feel it's important for people to receive praise but it's important people receive criticism so they can learn how to take in and process negativity.  You're not expanding your learning if you never make mistakes along the way.