Universidad Capitan General Gerardo Barrios

Foreign Language Department

Bachelor Degree in English

Topic:

“My Personal Learning Network”

Presented By

Manuel Antonio Flores Parada

What is PLN?

• PLN is about our own learning connection through the different tools and apps on the web.

• It is how we keep connected with people who share information and interact with us to help in our learning.

• I use Facebook to share information, read post and watch the different content that is published in the different groups in which I am incorporated and also I use it to visit fan pages from important authors which help me to improve my leaning through their published content.

• Twitter is one of the most used of my PLN because I can follow important authors who publish updated content.

• Twitter also offers me an important and useful tool called hash tag this tool is like micro-blogging, I use hash tag in order to refer and discuss a specific topic around the world .

These are some Google Apps that are integrated in my PLN:

• Blogger• Google Books• Google +

• Blogger is like my own virtual space in which I publish and share my personal content.

• Blogger allows me to interact with visitor and to know the opinions from them about the content.

• Through Blogger I am integrated to a virtual community to discus with other user.

• I use these app when I need some dependable information about something and when I want to read for my personal learning.

• These kind of books offers to me the resource from the author.

Google Plus

• I use Google+ as the same way as I use Facebook.

• Google+ allows me to be integrated to communities with one specific purpose.

• These tool is important because I can share information through circles.

• YouTube allows me to watch all kind of videos and also allows me to subscribe me to channels.

• Be subscribed to channel helps to be near from new videos or content that the author upload.

• Twitter Feed is the Rich Site Summary (RSS) that I use to link my Blogger account with my Twitter and Facebook account.

• Twitter Feed publish frequently updated information from my blog.

• Everything that I publish in my blog is also published in my Twitter and Facebook accounts.

• Through Twitter Feed I can expand my published content to more users.

• LinkedIn is like my virtual Resume in which I offer my professional services to the public.

• LinkedIn allows me the opportunity to find a job.

My Personal Learning Environment

References

• Google Apps:https://www.google.com.sv/• Twitter:https://twitter.com/• Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/• Twitter Feed:http://twitterfeed.com/• YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/