Article: Why Educators should spend 15 minutes a day on social media

CenterDigitalEd.com has published an article written by Tanya Roscoria titled "Why Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media".  She explains that most teachers don't spend time on social media for professional purposes due to a lack of placing a priority on it.  Roscoria asserts that by spending a minimum of 15 minutes a day on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ can help teachers discover lesson ideas, strategies, and methods using technology (or in general) that can help improve their instructional performance.  

Investing time in social media sites for professional growth can serve as an informal type of professional development and build professional learning networks between educators close together and from a distance.  It can serve as an efficient source of lesson ideas as well as inspiration for classroom activities you conduct yourself.