Professional Learning Network: Reasons to share
I am not one to share too much information on the internet, so the article about why you should share information helped me get a different view on how to start sharing and what is appropriate to share. Teachers should share their work in a professional manner, protecting the identities of their students, show parents that what is completed in the classroom is worthwhile, and helps engage students more.
I decide what to share and what not to share by thinking about if parents and my boss will see these posts. That is how I currently post on social media. I hardly ever post to social media unless it comes to achievements or milestones I have met. I am always careful what I post, constantly thinking is this appropriate? Sharing stuff in the classroom, I will have to make sure that each child's identity is protected, so more work will have to go in to editing the posts before they are published, but it is all worth it when the children are all engaging.
Students need to be taught by parents and teachers that failing does not determine they are failures. Everyone fails over and over again, and the only way to succeed is to fail. To succeed, you have to learn what not to do. Students need to be taught that failure means to try and try and try again. By trying again, progress will be made and maybe alternative routes have been taken, but that is the point, to learn how to get to where they need to go. I liked the comment that Jennie Snyder used, "It is not seeking knowledge for my own benefit, but creating and sharing with others to work toward a larger purpose that matters." The larger purpose is not success, the larger purpose is failure because failure is a motivation to go on and try harder.
The way society is, it seems as if all sharing is now online. But all sharing does not have to be online, it is just found easier to be online to avoid face-to-face sharing. Sharing can be face-to-face by sharing recipes with a family member and the bond of cooking a meal together is incredible. Sharing the recipe online takes away that bond. The good thing about internet is we can edit the things we share so that failures are not shown, the only things shown are the masterpieces. But face-to-face sharing allows views from others in which teamwork helps build the masterpiece so failures are less likely to occur. Personally, I still prefer face-to-face sharing and I believe it is just as effective, but it depletes the involvement of the parents.
There is no value in sharing everything. If every single moment was captured and available for parents to see, there would be little to no excitement. If projects were the only things posted, then parents will have more excitement because they can look forward to what their child built rather than just viewing everything from the classroom. Sharing everything takes the value out of little things that make the difference.
Sharing the accomplishment of the students helps with community involvement. If a student is quiet in class, the teacher may think the student is not engaged or listening. But if parents comment on the posts the teacher/students make, the teacher can gain a clearer picture of students. Students do not give feedback as well as parents and parents are more than willing add their feedback.
I read posts on social media all the time in which grammar is clearly lacking. Although it bugs me, I can still clearly discriminate what each person is trying to say. I read student's homework on a daily basis (as I am a teacher already) and there are misspellings all the time, but I always know what the students are trying to spell. Failure is followed by success in anything, including spelling. Not everything has to be completely error-free, unless it is a college paper. If blogs were formal, I feel they would be too boring and would lack personal experience. It would be hard for viewers to connect with the blogger and would not be as enjoying to read.
Our culture is already too transparent. Many people put too much information out there. From a business standpoint, I can see how vital it is to put so much information out there to promote their business. From a personal standpoint, people need to be careful how transparent they are because what they share can potentially put them in danger. I saw this story on the news the other day where a child was given a headline in the newspaper for gymnastics and somehow that invited a stranger into their house to torture the child. It is concerning and shows that we need to be more private on a personal standpoint to protect the lives of the people around us.
I am not one to share too much information on the internet, so the article about why you should share information helped me get a different view on how to start sharing and what is appropriate to share. Teachers should share their work in a professional manner, protecting the identities of their students, show parents that what is completed in the classroom is worthwhile, and helps engage students more.
I decide what to share and what not to share by thinking about if parents and my boss will see these posts. That is how I currently post on social media. I hardly ever post to social media unless it comes to achievements or milestones I have met. I am always careful what I post, constantly thinking is this appropriate? Sharing stuff in the classroom, I will have to make sure that each child's identity is protected, so more work will have to go in to editing the posts before they are published, but it is all worth it when the children are all engaging.
Students need to be taught by parents and teachers that failing does not determine they are failures. Everyone fails over and over again, and the only way to succeed is to fail. To succeed, you have to learn what not to do. Students need to be taught that failure means to try and try and try again. By trying again, progress will be made and maybe alternative routes have been taken, but that is the point, to learn how to get to where they need to go. I liked the comment that Jennie Snyder used, "It is not seeking knowledge for my own benefit, but creating and sharing with others to work toward a larger purpose that matters." The larger purpose is not success, the larger purpose is failure because failure is a motivation to go on and try harder.
The way society is, it seems as if all sharing is now online. But all sharing does not have to be online, it is just found easier to be online to avoid face-to-face sharing. Sharing can be face-to-face by sharing recipes with a family member and the bond of cooking a meal together is incredible. Sharing the recipe online takes away that bond. The good thing about internet is we can edit the things we share so that failures are not shown, the only things shown are the masterpieces. But face-to-face sharing allows views from others in which teamwork helps build the masterpiece so failures are less likely to occur. Personally, I still prefer face-to-face sharing and I believe it is just as effective, but it depletes the involvement of the parents.
There is no value in sharing everything. If every single moment was captured and available for parents to see, there would be little to no excitement. If projects were the only things posted, then parents will have more excitement because they can look forward to what their child built rather than just viewing everything from the classroom. Sharing everything takes the value out of little things that make the difference.
Sharing the accomplishment of the students helps with community involvement. If a student is quiet in class, the teacher may think the student is not engaged or listening. But if parents comment on the posts the teacher/students make, the teacher can gain a clearer picture of students. Students do not give feedback as well as parents and parents are more than willing add their feedback.
I read posts on social media all the time in which grammar is clearly lacking. Although it bugs me, I can still clearly discriminate what each person is trying to say. I read student's homework on a daily basis (as I am a teacher already) and there are misspellings all the time, but I always know what the students are trying to spell. Failure is followed by success in anything, including spelling. Not everything has to be completely error-free, unless it is a college paper. If blogs were formal, I feel they would be too boring and would lack personal experience. It would be hard for viewers to connect with the blogger and would not be as enjoying to read.
Our culture is already too transparent. Many people put too much information out there. From a business standpoint, I can see how vital it is to put so much information out there to promote their business. From a personal standpoint, people need to be careful how transparent they are because what they share can potentially put them in danger. I saw this story on the news the other day where a child was given a headline in the newspaper for gymnastics and somehow that invited a stranger into their house to torture the child. It is concerning and shows that we need to be more private on a personal standpoint to protect the lives of the people around us.
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