Sharing as a Moral Imperative

To answer the question to Share or Not to Share is a real no brain-er. ALWAYS SHARE! Educators agree "there is no such thing as a stupid question" because there is ALWAYS somebody that the information may help. Sharing might be a small simple word but it carries a lot of weight. Sharing not only improves the educators' ability to teach or the students' ability to improve their academics, sharing is what makes the world go round and round. Before the Internet, word of  mouth was a successful form of communication. Today, word of mouth is still an important form of communication, but information can now reach an unlimited number of people at warp speed all over the world, its called social media (via the World Wide Web).
https://youtu.be/ELelPZWx7Zs

Sharing of information is a community responsibility. For example, if Ms.Smith (the ELA teacher) has found a way to improve reading  and writing skills; by sharing with the Math teacher,  it would help improve the students' ability to solve word problems; by sharing with the Social Studies and Science, teachers, it would help improve the students' research skills and improve comprehension skills. In this scenario, the whole school makes progress, which could lead to other schools following suite. The information from Reasons to Share Information gives us a vivid picture why PLN works. It is up to the reader to decide if some works for them or not work.

Educators and leaders should share their work/information by any available means. I don't belief said communication needs to be formal nor near perfect. What matters is that the information being communicated is understood, important things come in simple packages.









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  1. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2018 at 10:27 AM

    Very helpful information. Thank you.

    Sassy

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