The document discusses personal learning environments (PLEs) and personal learning networks (PLNs). It provides a brief history of the evolution of PLEs and various personal web tools from 2008 to 2011. These include blogs, Twitter, slideshare, Kindle, Google, RSS readers, Facebook, Diigo and more. It then describes a sample "day in the life" using a PLE across different contexts like on the bus, at work, at home, and in bed. The document encourages the reader to start building their own PLE and PLN and provides some terminology and thought leaders in the field.