It has Been awhile….. Sorry
It has been a few years since we have updated and used this blog. It is time to return and use it. Best Wishes, TSB 9/27/24
Habit Forming
Time has been Flying
June 7- Time has flown as we look back at it. While we were in it, we were not so sure…. Well it is nearly done. Only 5 days of school left at SAS. We are finishing packing out of apartment and library. Completing up the last minute things such as phone, banking, wechat, twitter accounts and all the rest that one has to do when one moves on to a new job. We had our last library party yesterday with our staff and parent volunteers. Our parent volunteers have been the best. Their work in the library for the last many years provided us the opportunity to try many new things such as combining the HS and MS Fiction collections, “Generizing” the fiction collection, increasing our Chinese collection, and much more.
Below: The SAS Pudong Secondary Library Staff, Parent Volunteers, Students, and Friends – Thanks for a Great Last Library Bash!
For us, it has been a good, long run at SAS, but we are ready for a new chapter. A Big Thank You! to SAS Pudong for supporting us for the last 11 years. Both our children have graduated from SAS Pudong and moved back to the States for their education/jobs. The support received from SAS provided us great opportunities to follow our educational passions in areas of Library Networking in Shanghai and beyond, working with MS, ES, and HS robotics both at school and through out China, and developing our professional sides so that we are ready for the next challenge.
Our Next Chapter is AISR. We are AISR- Saudi Arabia bound. Barbara will be Assistant Principal in the Elementary School. Tim will be back in HS Science teaching IB Nature of Science courses and Robotics Courses. We are looking forward to the new and different challenges. Over the short summer ahead, we will do some retooling and updating of this blog space so we can better document our time ahead. Hope in time that this site will become what it always should have been, a place where we place our education thoughts, dreams, successes, and of course failures, because no matter what the level, we all learn best when we have a chance to learn from our failures.
So Best Wishes to all, BoyerBookends is Saudi Bound!
It has been awhile….
From Tim Boyer – Mar 3, 2019
Sorry, it has been some time since we have put content up to this blog. It has been a full and eventful year so far for 2018-19. Lots of changes. The biggest change is that Barbara and I will be moving on from SAS Pudong to ASIR in Saudi Arabia. More later for this.
This year we have concentrated on the following:
- Start of School – August 2018
- Start of FLL Robotics at SAS – August 2018
- Working with ACAMIS Robotics August 2018 – September 2018
- FLL Workshop for the new “Into Orbit” Season
- Getting New Jobs for next year – Attended GRC and Search.
- We Got NEW JOBS! – Barbara will be Elem Vice Principal at AISR and Tim will be teaching HS with some Robotics Classes. We are excited about the return to Saudi Arabia for our next School Year and the opportunities it holds.
- ACAMIS Technology Conference at WAB in Beijing October 2018
- Working toward FLL Regional at CISS in Shanghai – in December
- Working toward the FLL Final Tourney at SCIS in Feb 2019
- Attending ACAMIS Leadership Conference at SCIS-PX Mar 2019 where we presented ACAMIS Robotics
- Lots more to happen this year as we look forward to heading home for the Summer and being back in the North Carolina Mountains….
FIRST Lego League 2018-19 Teaser Revealed
The FIRST FLL 2018-19 Teaser “Into Orbit” is revealed. We are going back to Space for next year’s competition. Ideas about Space Junk, Space Supplies, Space Habitat Creation…. and the list goes on for ideas for research. Can’t wait to get started as SAS Pudong!
Link Into Orbit
Image/Info From (https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll/challenge-and-season-info)
Boyerbookends moves into a Domain
Boyerbookends.wordpress.com 
can now be found at boyerbookends.blog. We are branching and developing the site putting up our materials to this blog site. Watch as we continue to develop.
Working with NoodleTools with MS Leadership Conference Librarians
Tim Boyer presented a workshop presentation on “Using noodletools to Support Student Research and Writing” at the EARCOS MS Leadership Conference on April 14th.
Presentation PDF can be found under the Presentation tab on this blog
EARCOS MS Leadership Meeting Presentation at SAS-Pudong
Barbara and Tim Boyer will be presenting at this week’s EARCOS MS Leadership Meeting held at Shanghai American School- Pudong. Barbara and Tim will jointly be presenting a session on “Journey of Robotics @ SAS” on Friday, April 13th. Tim will be presenting on April 14th a session on “Using NoodleTools”. Presentation materials (PDF’s) will be placed on this blog under the Presentation Tab.
Headed to ECIS Library Triennial 2018
Barbara and Tim Boyer are headed to ECIS Library Triennial 2018 in Chennai, India Feb 16-17, 2018. We are looking forward to presenting on the topic “FIRST Robotics in the Library: Why Should a Librarian be Involved?“. We will be talking about how librarians can be instrumental assisting students further their work in robotics.
Our Presentation Description–With all the hype about makerspaces, how can robots in the library really be part of a library program? Learn about the international program of FIRST and how librarians can provide opportunities for students to be inspired in science and technology. The FIRST Lego League and the Junior program will be discussed in their connections to inquiry and authentic research skills. Students are judged on their ability to present their research in a creative format and citing your sources is key. Librarians can lead the way in bringing robotics to your school and the presenters can show you how! You do not need to know how to program a robot to start this program at your school.
We are working to upload presentation materials to this blog site.
Welcome Back Students
Aug 13th- Tomorrow is the first day of Classes for students for the new school year. Welcome back everyone! The Library has a new entrance sign as well as quick link QR Codes. See Below. If you need help connecting to OverDrive come on in and we can get you connected to our eBook platform. We have lots of great new books (over 1000) for your reading pleasure. Drop in, the SAS Pudong Secondary Library is ready to help you make this a great school year.
SAS Pudong Sec Lib
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