JakesOnline!-Creating a Personal Learning Environment

Mavens are people who are information specialists. They know more than most people. Connectors and people who a people specialists-they simple know many different types of people. What if we could take advantage of these types of individuals by accessing their thoughts and the resources they find? What if these people could form our own personal learning environment? Well, we can. Here is my list of connectors and mavens, and some are both, whose ideas and resourcesbear contemplation.

Step 1: GET AN AGGREGATOR

My suggestion for an aggregator is Bloglines. Bloglines accounts are free.

Account page | Get an account

Get the browser buttons | Install the browser buttons to make subscription a snap.l

Installing Subscribe buttons for Bloglines | if you need help installing the buttons, use my tutorial.

Bloglines subscription page for entering URL's | if you can't install the buttons for some reason.

Top Blogs at Bloglines

Step 2: GETTING SOME RESOURCES INTO YOUR AGGREGATOR

OK, here are some really good blogs to start reading. Use the buttons to subscribe.

The Strength of Weak Ties | David Jakes

techLearning | Everybody

The Blue Skunk Blog | Doug Johnson

Bud The Teacher | Bud Hunt

Weblogg-ed | Will Richardson

Creating Passionate Users | Kathy Sierra

Teaching Hacks | Quentin D'Souza

Moving at the Speed of Creativity | Wes Fryer

Petersondesigns | John Peterson

2 Cents Worth | David Warlick

The Thinking Stick | Jeff Utecht

Bud The Teacher | Bud Hunt

Remote Access | Clarence Johnson

The Savvy Technologist | Tim Wilson

Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech | Dean Shareski

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Step 3: UNDERSTANDING TAGGING

OK, now its time to understand tags. Read Andy Carvin's explanation. Tags will be used in Step 4 to categorize the resources you store in your del.icio.us account.

Tag-You're del.icio.us | Andy Carvin

del.icio.us tag cloug

Step 4: GET A SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOL

My choice is del.icio.us. My second choice would be Furl

Getting a del.icio.us account

Getting and installing the del.icio.us buttons | installing even more buttons.

Furl.net | Get a Furl.net account

Tagging Bookmarks for Educators | Emily's World

Dave's del.icio.us account

Wes Fryer's del.icio.us account

del.icio.us tools | you probably shouldn't click here

Step 5: ADDING A PODCAST