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How
should teachers and leaders share their work?
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How
do you decide what to share and what not to share?
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What
needs to be learned "off stage" so that students do not have their
failures immortalized more than their successes?
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Does
sharing always have to be online or can face to face sharing be as effective?
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What
is the value of sharing "everything"?
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As
a teacher, how will you cultivate the community engagement you need for helpful
and constructive criticism?
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What
are some ways you respond to the perception or belief that public writing (or
media) etc should be formal or error-free?
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How
can we begin to create a culture that encourages transparency?
Sharing is something everyone learns at an early age and is a quality that everyone should possess throughout their whole life, even as adults. After watching numerous videos and reading many articles, I have learned so much about the effectiveness of teachings sharing their plans and ideas, not only to their students, but other teachers as well. Sharing their work and ideas will only be beneficial and super effective. After reading, 3 Reasons Why You Should Share and 3 Things You can Do to Start Sharing and watching the video of Dean Shareski, I have seen first hand not just how effective sharing ideas in blogs is, but how EASY it is. Teachers can share their future lessons, past lessons, ideas, and even their teaching skills, like what seems to work and what doesn't, in these blogs.
Teachers should already know what they should post and to not post. If the teacher has to question whether or not to post something, they probably shouldn't. They should only posts blogs or tweets that are positive, uplifting, or beneficial to other students or teachers. It really all comes down to common sense. Having social media myself, like twitter and Facebook, I know what’s right to post and what’s not right. I know not to use vulgar language or to post things that later I might regret or something that may start unnecessary drama. Teachers should look at it the same way- if it's not uplifting or beneficial to the people who interact with it, then don't post it. (Which also answers the question of "What needs to be learned "off stage" so that students do not have their failures immortalized more than their successes?")
I used to think that face-to-face sharing used to be more effective, but after taking many online courses, I see many benefits. For example, if I learned something in class but did not have time to write it down, I can't really go back to in when I am trying to study in my room, however, online I have everything right in front of me and can re-watch a video or go back and find a slide if I need to. On top of that, online there is an endless amount of information and help, while in person there may be only a limited amount. The down side to online is that it can also be distracting, for example, sometimes while watching a video, I get distracted by twitter or Facebook because it's more easily accessed. Another downside to online is that it lacks the physical learning and
engagement. I believe using both face-to-face and online courses together would be the most beneficial.
Sharing "everything" just means there is nothing to hide and whoever is doing so, is bringing and sharing all ideas that they may have to contribute to other teachers or students. It helps their peers come up with new ideas or lessons and in the end is beneficial to someone who is lost or confused.
As a teacher, I plan to cultivate the community engagement for both helpful and constructive criticism by first forming a trusting and fully engaging relationship with both my coworkers and students. By creating a good relationship, I open the up the doors to be helpful but also constructive when needed. If I am not giving out constructive criticism then I am not doing my best and fulfilling my responsibilities as an effective teacher.
Public writing should definitely be error-free, because who believes and wants to read an article that has numerous errors? It says so many things about the author and their credibility as a teacher or educator. There are so many devices that help catch mistakes, so it should be hard to have misspelled words. Although, mistakes do happen and will happen, I do believe for the MOST part public writing or media needs to be mostly formal and error-free.
To create a culture that encourages transparency, we need to start with the leadership within the school. By connecting through social media or other online platforms only gives an advantage and is very valuable. Teachers can share notes/ with other teachers and be clear with student expectations and girls, so they can also be apart of the transparent culture. (Read this article if you want to know more about transparent communities, I found it very interesting, http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/19/how-transparency-can-transform-school-culture/ ).
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