While the title of this post may sound a bit cheesy, I am quite serious in saying that, as educators, we are in a sharing and caring profession and one way we show this care is by freely and openly sharing teaching resources we have created or curated.
Did you know that contributing to the profession is one of the nine standards for becoming an educator in British Columbia? Today, more than ever, educators are assisting each other by freely sharing resources, ideas and inspiration through a variety of networks including social media. The Ministry of Education will also be launching a repository of resources developed by and for BC Teachers (ShareEdBC) in the next short while. Stay tuned for information on how you can access this resource (to share with and/or to borrow from)
As teacher candidates developing resources for practicum and your community field experience, this is an unprecedented opportunity to contribute to the profession even beyond your practicum school. Below are some suggestions as to how you might do so:
1. Share your resource by uploading to Teachbc.bctf.ca and tag it with #ubcbed. This open educational repository was developed by the BCTF for BC Teachers to support the development and free sharing of resources for our current curriculum.
• Post (en français)
• Post (in english)
2. Share a link to resources, images, video via Instagram or Twitter (#bcedchat or any of the PSAs – Provincial Specialists Association hashtags)
3. Create and use your own blog as a platform for sharing your resources – share the URL with colleagues or even via social media. For more on the blogging and social media for educators visit this post.
4. Request access and participate in one of the private Facebook groups (BC Teachers Covid-19 Support Group or Beyond Report Cards are two with many local teachers)
When sharing resources publicly online, it is important to ensure you have only utilized copyright appropriate media and that you have cited or acknowledged sources.
- Creative Commons (en francais)
- Creative Commons (in english)
- You might even apply your own creative commons license to your work.
For more information on OERs (Open Educational Resources) and to become familiar with considerations when openly sharing resources, please visit:OER Post (in English)
REL Post (en français)You might even consider sharing a resource to the Scarfe Digital Sandbox, also an OER! Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with your ideas and questions. Yvonne.dawydiak@ubc.ca or join one of the student peer mentor team for Virtual Office hours.
sharing is caring!