Librarians fight Overdoses

    Pretty sobering article in the NY Times about how a growing number of public libraries in New York State are taking on the challenge of training for, stocking, and delivering the anti-opioid drug naloxone for overdosing patrons. Libraries in high-density population centers are seeing a dramatic increase of patrons under the influence of opioids; including overdoses. NYS has enacted legislation adding libraries to the list of institutions such as schools that are authorized to possess and use naloxone. Testy question for each library out there.

Red Chef

Students at SUNY Oneonta have a dining option from their food service to cook their own meal from a ready-to-go pre-pack. Good ingredients, good skill set. I really like the quick videos they have created to accompany the meals. We could do this!

Library resource person: bag-o-rocks

Our Health teacher is doing a great "Chenango County Rocks" project; students painting positive messages on small stones and then distributing them to be "found." Demand was out-pacing supply, so I shuttled over to the public boat-launch site during lunch to fetch a fresh batch of ... canvases.

Understanding Diversity

We received our first issue of MUSE; a magazine for young people. This September issue features some wonderfully accessible articles you may want to share with students and parents wrestling with understanding, tolerance, and perspective. Look for the copy that I am sharing in a good-old-fashioned read-it-and-send-it-to-the-next-person-on-the-list throwback.

The Quietest Leaders: Keeping your Eye in Introverts

Outside the Box: New Ways to Think about ADHD and Neurodiversity

In Our Words: Teens talk about being Autistic

The Boy Who Couldn't Play: One Teacher's Experience

Proteins; down aisles 1, 3 4, and 7

Saw this graphic in one of our library subscription magazines: the August edition of WIRED. Thought it did a good job of visualizing, categorizing and comparing. I printed a poster-sized version of it for our MS Home & Careers class who will be going grocery shopping soon as part of their meal-preparation unit.

Visual Clout

A pair of powerful graphics from the New York Times using color with impact: read it and weep.

Being a skeptical reader

Rachel's Challenge

We have been creating a 4' x 8' painting in which the words "Rachel's Challenge" emerge as more people participate and add their hand prints to the effort. My crackerjack mentor group helped take these photos for this montage.

Floogle?

Google has found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in states up to two weeks faster than traditional systems. The folks at Google always seem to be thinking with their eyes, if not their nasal passages, open!

The room for viewing

This NY times article takes a look at the impact of televisions in kids' bedrooms. Not surprisingly it links it to lower test scores, but it also associates it with problems like smoking and obesity.