April 15, 2012 11:06 am / Leave a comment
News from Welcome Page- Transfer on April 15, 2012
The SAS Pudong Librarians are in Bangkok, Thailand attending EARCOS 2012. We are enjoying touching base with Librarians from around the World. Our Presentation, “Book Trailers: Using Cool Tech Tools to Liven Up Literature” is on for Saturday, at 12:15 pm. A link to the EARCOS 2012 session Materials can be found at www.earcos.org
You can also link into our presentation materials using Barbara Boyer’s blog atwww.barbaraboyerlibrarian.com
=================================================
Animal Rescue Took over the Library on the afternoon of March 23. Thank you Animal Rescue for all you do to make our world, especially SAS and Shanghai a better place. See a slide show on the Library Moments Page
=====================================================================
March 23, 2012 – James Gurney and his wife Jeanette Gurney have just completed their visit to the SAS Pudong Campus. The Gurneys visit began this past Wednesday, March 21. James worked with two Art/Photography classes in the HS Division and presented a talk about his work as an Artist/Author of “Dinotopia”. On Thursday James Gurney present to our entire Elementary Division, PreK to 5th grade in a series of 4 presentations which focused on his research and work to create images for “Dinotopia” as well as his scientific illustrations. In each presentation he thrilled the audience by drawing and painting on the fly. The art he created will be framed and posted for all to view in the Secondary Library. Today, Friday, the Gurneys presented to 6-8th Graders in a series of talks that discussed how he approaches artistic projects for both his scientific illustration work as well as his personal creative work. A few very lucky students received unexpected “Happy Birthday” gifts from James as he demonstrated various 3-D lettering techniques.
The Secondary Library and the SAS Pudong Community would like to thank the Gurneys for their time and the talents they shared with us. The Gurneys are off to SAS Puxi now to continue their stay.
To Visit James Gurney’s Web Site Click Here (http://jamesgurney.com/site/)
Another Site to check is James Gurney’s Blogspot Site Click Here (gurneyjourney.blogspot.com)
To Visit the Dinotopia Web site Click Here (http://www.dinotopia.com/)
For Images of James Gurney’s Visit, see the James Gurney Author Post of March 28th, 2012
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
March 12, 2012 -Kathryn Lasky and Christopher Knight are here. They arrived on our campus today. Kathryn meet with the 7th grade Humanities classes discussing the process she goes through to write. She keyed in on the her thoughts and work that went into her book, “The Last Girls of Pompeii“. She followed her presentation by answering questions posed by students.
Christopher Knight visited the IB Env & Soc classes. He outlined the work that went to two books he collaborated with Kathryn. The books “Monarchs” and “Interrupted Journey”Saving Endangered Sea Turtles” were described and the stories behind their development was discussed. Christopher also described how he got into the business of being a photographer and his early work with National Geographic.
Their Visit will continue through the rest of the week.
To visit Kathryn Lasky’s web site click “HERE”
To vist Christopher Knight’s web site click “HERE”
For Images of their Visit, see the Kathryn Lasky – Christopher Knight post of March 28th, 2012
BoyerBookends 