Sharing. It’s what learning is built on. When we share, we learn. When people share with us, we learn. When we share openly, we model for our students what collaborative learning is all about. The energy level in a classroom when kids are sharing? It’s the kind of thing you can’t describe, but to experience it reminds you what teaching is really about.
Sharing also pushes us to reflect. Maybe another educator remixes our work and gives us a new spin on an old idea. Perhaps a student takes the idea in a new direction. Maybe your resource is used with a different grade level in a new challenge that changes the perspective you have on it. Maybe just the act of sharing with others forces us to reflect harder, deeper, and more meaningfully on the learning experiences we create.
When we open our doors to sharing, we open our minds to becoming better teachers. And then? We open our hearts to the reason we are in the classroom in the first place. We’re all part of one big team that has signed on to improve the lives of students and improve the world.
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