“It is not the technology that is distracting kids, it is the irrelevance of what we are teaching them and our inability to make it meaningful.”
Jabiz Raisdana in Irrelevance is the Distraction // via Susan Brooks-Young.
Wave
Photo from the Liquid Vision Series by Freddy Cerdeira
via The Big Picture // National Geographic 2010 Photo Contest.
The Coal Pad
The Glacier Skatepark Association is proceeding apace to transform an illegal skate park into a legit concern. All hand-built, volunteer-built, community-sponsored // The Coal Pad Blog.
Red
I haven’t had a color post lately, so here’s a two-fer:
Nebulae in the Northern Cross
Image ©Rolf Geissinger // From Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Red Crabs, Christmas Island
Sand of Time
A new take on traffice lights
Super-clever redesign of traffic signals // Designer: Thanva Tivawong // via BoingBoing.
Curvirostra 