Always Learning - Weekly Roundup 22.01.21

New signage, and new spine labels. One of the projects I did while listening to the podcast listed below.

In the spirit of sharing knowledge and lifelong learning, the following are a collection of some of the worthwhile things I read on the internet this week:

• In addition to the CLPE Reflecting Realities report, this is a worthwhile read:  A National YouthTrends Report on How Young People of Colour are Represented in the UK
• I've been listening to the backlog of Amy Hermon's podcast School Librarian's United while I'm working alone in the library. So far, my favorite episodes have been the ones where she shares a list of her own podcast recommendations that help her keep up with happenings in the library/book/education world and Virtual Libraries and Librarians  which shared some great ideas for remote learning in the library.
• Learn how to talk to kids the way Mr. Rogers did. Or gain a new understanding of how kids understand language.
• YALSA names 2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults. How many of these have you read so far? I've had Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas on hold on Libby for what seems like aeons. 

  Fav Tech Tool

I started using Instapaper when I was in grad school, and I've continued to find it useful for the past several years. It's a simple but powerful bookmarking tool that allows you to save websites to read later, and if you want, on another device. 

I like the minimal design and the simplicity of the organization system. You have the option to sort links into folders, and you can even add a "bookmarklet' button to your browser to add items directly to a certain folder. You can archive things once you're done with them, but in case you're not quite ready to delete. Instapaper even lets you make notes and highlight the text of pages within their feed reader (which I'll admit is a feature I've never used, but maybe you're all about that!). 

I like it because it syncs across devices and helps me organize all those weird things I find online that I want to remember or come back to, but don't know where to save them.