• 16:15 Are you looking for a new boyfriend that is the "perfect catch?" Look no further! www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/dimitri.mp3 #
• 16:18 What is the deal with twitter replies being disabled? It has been a good part of a week now. Make twitter useless. Just Mexico, or all over? #
• 16:23 @McTeach Yeah I realized that after seeing Damian’s tweet. At least don’t feel discriminated against. Misery loves company, he he he #
• 19:17 @onlineteacher @elemtech @teachakidd Thanks about the summize, but the only way that I knew that you replied is that I figured that out 1st #
• 19:21 @teachakidd I don’t get plurk yet … I joined about 3 weeks ago .. and I still don’t get it …keep on playing with it. Thanks! #
• 19:32 mmmm the find twitter friends feature on Plurk does not work … wonder if twitter has cut them off to curtail an exodus? I’m not a Plurker. #
• 20:39 @jutecht really? I don’t like the riverwalk .. too commercial, mandmade, touristy… guess I am different .. others like it too. I avoid it #

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Say goodbye to the old “Faces of Web 2.0 :: 21st Century Teachers; and say welcome to the new digs with a streamlined name, “21st Century Teachers.” Since I was having a few frustrating formatting issues with my old theme, I decided it was time to move on in concert with the recent Edublogs update. So, voila! The new look is roomier and more airy, although my beloved and popular “Many Faces” header image has disappeared. Thinking of some creative ways to incorporate it in this new non-customizable theme; so we’ll see. Here is the old look, should you be feeling a bit nostalgic.

The yearend activity for me has been immense. You haven’t seen me much on my beloved twitter or blog posting either. My Google Reader RSS aggregator is backing up; and del.icio.us/diigo are on hold. With over 1,000 students to make, give and grade tests; there simply has been no available time. Life is this way at times. I hope to be back into my Web activities within 3 weeks after completing all program reports.

I do poke into twitter from time to time for a quick fix, but I must admit that I miss getting a drink when thirsty. I am a little parched right now; but I know that the river is flowing and will be there when I am ready. Such is the glory of the PLN, Personal Learning Network.

…. to all you 21st century teachers!

From the National Council of Teachers of English

Toward A Definition of 21st-Century Literacies
Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee
February 15, 2008

Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to

• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and
cross-culturally
• Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of
purposes
• Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous
information
• Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

For more 21st Century literacy resources, visit the following Sites:

21st Century links at del.icio.us … and more
21st Century Diigo links
21st Century Learner - AASL Learning Standards
21st Century Skills - Campus Technology

http://www.johnnybunko.com/

Johnny Bunko trailer from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.

The only career guide you will ever need. Dan Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (or Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age), is at it again. This time with a provocative Japanese cartoon-style look into making good career moves.

From Publishers Weekly: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need. Johnny Bunko will be published this month by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin, with an initial printing of 75,000 copies. As the title implies, the book acts as a guide for promoting your career and landing the job that best fits your talents and passions. The title character works in the accounting department at a large company but dreams of putting his creative talent to work. A chance encounter with a pair of magic chopsticks opens up a new world of opportunity for him and teaches him six lessons of the modern workplace.

EduCrowd at CrowdStatus
New Crowd: ESL EFL Teacher at CrowdStatus

Ok, I just started EduCrowd, which must mean that I am the first edublogger to stumble upon CrowdStatus, a mashup site that lets you create your own crowds to follow their most current twitter tweets. Each crowd creator decides who is in the crowd, so it is sort of a personal thing. But you can share your crowds by tweeting the publicc URL. The public URL for EduCrowd is http://crowdstatus.com/EduCrowdcrowd.aspx … DM me on twitter if you would like to be included in the EduCrowd or the ESL EFL Teacher Crowd (@metaweb20).

Also check out http://grouptweet.com which lets you set up and communicate within user-established groups.

Ok, so what is the beauty of CrowdStatus then? I believe it is the ability to break the binds of our PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) and have a little more fun with twitter. For example, I can create a “crowd” on the topic of dog lovers, gourmet cooking, camping, or fishing, etc. I no longer have to stay inside of (isolated in) my primary twitterverse. I can now participate as an onlooker of sorts into many different communities that I self-create. Then, if I choose, I could reply to a specific person even if I am not following them. I can even invite them to enjoy the “crowd” by sharing the public URL; so that they can now participate in a new community that they are interested in but not previously connected with. Crowds are created by people you choose, they don’t have to be following you or you following them. So how do you find people that match your varied interests? You used the twitter search tool or tweetscan to build your crowds. With CrowdStatus, I can now be 100% of all my interests, not just the edublogosphere. I am a whole person again! My twitterverse(s) just multiplied!

Related twitterings:
TwitLinks - Tweets for Busy Peeps (links from the most popular tech twits)
GroupTweet - Send private Twitter messages to specific groups of friends!
5 Ways to Find More Friends on Twitter -Resources from our friends at RWW