The Pigeons of Education Technology

Ars Technica visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Among the items on display: Straight back from the lobby, through a sun-filled hallway, is the museum and the NIST library that’s open 24–7. There are somewhere in the ballpark of 200 items on display, with around 1,300 more in...

A story from My Modern Met: "Japanese Woman Spotted Wearing Heels That Look Exactly Like Pigeons": The story includes instructions on how to make the shoes, so there's a summer DIY project for me.

I didn't think I'd read another pigeon story to top last week's the high school pigeon prank. But then this happened: Police catch a pigeon with 200 ecstasy pills hidden in a little backpack pic.twitter.com/vSB9eYtd84— Cass Lowe (@CassLowe) May 24, 2017

Via MyStatesman.com: “A Minnesota high school was forced to close down for the day Friday after students released pigeons in the building as a prank.” Superintendent Tim Dittberner confirmed the closure of New Prague High School in a Twitter post, declaring it a Digital Learning Day due to “health and...

I have added a script to my websites today that will block annotations – namely those from Genius and those from Hypothes.is. I have been meaning to do this for a while now, so it’s mostly a project that comes as I procrastinate doing something else rather than one that...

From an article published by the Smithsonian Libraries, "Publishing, Pretense, and Pigeons: The Case of Madame Knip": It is unfortunate that Madame Knip is now better remembered for her "sundry alterations" to Les Pigeons than for her beautiful art. But perhaps her story of pigeon-based subterfuge will make you consider...

"The pink pigeon is found on the island of Mauritius, formerly home to another pigeon, the Dodo, now extinct. There are only around 400 birds left in the wild and about another 70 in captivity in zoos and wildlife parks around the world," The Conversation reports. But now conservation genomics...

So, you’re one of the lucky few who has a “Be Less Pigeon” sticker on your laptop. Or you’re sporting a new “Be Less Pigeon” t-shirt. And someone asks you “what’s up with the pigeon?” And you’re stumped. You know it’s something about education technology and technologies and pedagogies of...

Pigeons in Barcelona are being put on birth control. From Nature World News: The birds will be fed contraceptive food to put contraceptive pills into the birds' system. It is expected that by mid of 2017, special feeding dispensers will be installed all over the city which contain contraceptive food....

Via The Wimmera Times, "Horsham Homing Club member Brydon McPhee keeps the pigeon racing spirit alive at age eight." There are a handful of very cute photos of Brydon and his pigeons. The spirit might stay alive thanks to youngsters like Brydon picking up the hobby, but it also remains...