Personal Learning Network (PLN)

*I'm looking for a job in warmer weather* lol

This is great...I've been creating a PLN and didn't even know it! Before I enrolled in school, I created a "favorites list" of websites/blogs that were important to my future.   First of all, when I want to "find out" the answer to a question I have, whether its personal or professional, my go-to place is the web.  Google, Yahoo, and BING are my search engines of choice. (I find the world wide web is the quickest, most accurate source of information.)   Then from there, I weed through the millions of options that usually pop-up and choose one or more that peak my interest.  


Some sites link me to more reputable sources, for example:
The word "reputable"...I can simple type it into the Yahoo search bar, (spelled incorrectly on purpose)  and BAM...Yahoo displays a merrian-webster's definition and several other definitions of the word including pronunciations, etc; companies that have this word as their name, legal definitions, and more.  I can click on "images" within the Yahoo page and WHAM-O logos and visual representations show up.  It's amazing...anything I want to learn about is literally at my fingertips, 24 hours a day, seven days a week!


That brings us to my PLN... I recently made the commitment to my degree plan and my future plans.  I want to be able to help people learn about technology while using the web.  I want to enable, motivate, and empower people to utilize this awesome source of information!

I am still in the beginning phases of what will be a HUGE personal network, but for now, I'm reading blogs, micro-blogs, Facebook, twitter, wiki's, YouTube as well as hard copy magazines.  I've been watching certain blogs, not following as of yet, about the career path I'd like to pursue.  I kind-of feel like an detective when I find a subject that intrigues me.  


*A side note* when I watch YouTube tutorials about Web 2.0 Tools such as the video below (podcast on iMacros), I often get bored by the person's demonstration and monotoned voiceover.  I feel as though these presentations could be "spiced up" and engage the audience more, take it to the next level if you know what I mean......i've embedded the short video from one of my searches...what do you think?