With the change in education toward the common core, CCSS, and the change in design of how and what we focus on to teach, it is a time of transition.
When I share my lesson plans (PlanBook.com plans) with others, and Educreations math movies, I don't hear back much about that "free" sharing, and feel sometimes like I could/should stop. Do others really want the info? Then a thing happens, and I'm brought back to the realization that it is the best thing to do!
I was cornered by a teacher from another school this week, who said there was a very difficult new math lesson for fifth graders, that the teachers were stumped about at their school. Then the group of teachers watched my movie of explanation, that I made to show my fifth graders after they tried the difficult word problem, and the lesson was made more clear to that group. The teacher told me that they showed the movie to their fifth grade classes.
So, to share freely, or not to share? For sure I'm going to continue putting my answers out there.
It's cool too, to see something I need on that Edmodo site, that helps with my instruction! I found a fifth grade assessment that another teacher in the district painstakingly created, and I used it with my class, and thanked her!
In such a hard transitional phase of time in education, and interesting too, the time to share is now! Cool how the technology helps us to collaborate more readily!
