Quotes that sum up this chapter, in my mind...
"Teachers know everybody, which is exactly why I know opportunities are everywhere."
"When you ask for help, you'll find that the overwhelming majority of people are excited about helping students succeed."
"Encouraging students to get out into the world and connect with people empowers them to have meaningful, even life-changing experiences."
Wow - soooo true. Even if we don't know someone for a particular topic or research - people we do know may know someone. Especially in our digital age, it is so easy to throw out a plea to our network and they can suggest someone or forward the plea on to their networks and we can't even imagine the potential results! Just as we expect our students to be - we cannot be afraid to ask for help; whether it be from someone in our building, our district, our town, state or even world-wide via social media. There are so many experts out there waiting to help.
I love the life-changing experiences part too - even something as simple as connecting a student or students to a professional in the area might lead to a future career choice for them. We never know what ripples may start with us and carry out to areas of our students lives that we cannot even see or fathom at this point.
What were your key take-aways from this chapter?
