Derek!

What is a PLN?

PLN stands for personal learning network. A personal learning network is a group of people that teach and learn things that they are interested in. One way to have a personal learning network is on the Internet. For  example, you can create a Bloglines account.

What is a Bloglines Account?

A Bloglines account is one way you can make a PLN. You can subsribe blogs or websites that you find interesting in a bloglines account. The thing that is special about a Bloglines account, is that whenever a website or blog that you subscribed to is updated, it tells you. There are things that a Bloglines account needs like RSS feeds.

What is an RSS Feed?

RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. An RSS feed is something that allows you to subscribe a certain website or blog. RSS feeds are very important because if a blog or a website doesn’t have an RSS feed, you can’t subscibe to it.

My Personal Learning Network.

My class and I use Bloglines to subscribe interesting blogs and websites. Mr.Fisher had us subscribe some blogs and websites like Brainwaves on Suprglu, information aesthetics, and The Nata Village Blog put into “Required Reading” folder. Also, he wanted us to go to globalvoices.org. He wanted us to subscribe blog posts about a certain country/region and a topic. My country is Jamaica. My topics are disaster, racisim, and humour.

All the other things I have subscribed are blogs from kids. These are kids locally and from other places like Brazil and Australia. Blogs that I have that are local are Mr.Fisher, Joellee, and Toni. Blogs I have from Brazil are Felipe and Laura G. Blogs I have from Australia are Lillian, Sophie, and Keshia. That leaves a total of fifteen subscriptions. I also hope to find more.

What I Look For in a Blog Post.

I don’t look for much in a blog post. I usually look to see if they have a lot to say and what they are saying is deep in meaningful to me. What do you look for in a blog post? If you look for a blog post like mine, here is the url to my blog: www.dereksblog.learnerblogs.org.

That’s what I have to say about personal learning networks…