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- I am a 7th & 8th grade teacher in New Sweden, Maine. All classes are double graded due to our small population. This year I have 6 eighth graders and 10 seventh graders and I teach all subjects. I coach both Nordic skiing and baseball (we are part of Union 122 schools).
I am also a grandfather with two lovely granddaughters. I love to garden, build things, and read. My academic passions are local Swedish history, the Civil War, and the Holocaust. I was very fortunate to join other Maine educators and the Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine as part of a study tour to Germany and Poland in 2002.
Website: Maine Holocaust Education Network at http://meholocausteducation.ning.com
I Twitter at http://twitter.com/ErnieEaster
I blog here at Seedlings.
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That Midsommar festival looks really cool. I grew up in Maine, and we visit several times a year, but I never knew of such an event. I'd love to attend some day. The lupine are beautiful. My husband planted some lupin seeds in our garden here in C...
Thanks for getting this post up. I hope everyone who Twitters participates, I know I learn so much each day from my Twitter Personal Learning Network. I am gaining such a wonderful group of links as well as having meaningful conversations all with...
I'm on twitter as "ernieeaster" with the Northern Maine Weather report courtesy of the Caribou Weather Service.
Venting is good! How do we get the non education oriented IT people to become involved? One way would be having tech organizations sponsor events hosted by those IT people who do "get it." Would they listen? Maybe better to fellow IT people???
Wo...
No longer is education about "closing your door" and teaching what you've always taught. For teachers willing to utilize these social tools for their own learning as well as their student's, learning will be engaging and exciting. Opportunities fo...
Hi Jim -
There are 2 Web 2.0 tools that are really making a difference for me and my students.
The first one is Twitter. I get an incredible amount of great links each day from my PLN. Many of these links I send to the teachers at my school or to...
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“Tweet of the day” #gr8t
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What's your Twitter?
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Reflections from New Sweden
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My Diary of NECC 2009 - A Newbie's Perspective
It has been a while since I posted anything here. Not sure why, other than a lot of time end of year stuff and life on Twitter.
My goal is to use this space as my NECC09 diary. I will tweet anytime I add content to this NECC09 Diary Post.
June 28, 2009
I'm here in Washington, D.C. at the NECC 2009 Conference having come down on the ACTEM Express Bus from Maine. About 50 educators all on a bus with their laptops connected to the internet. What a ride! What a lot of tweets with the hash tags #ACT… Continue
My goal is to use this space as my NECC09 diary. I will tweet anytime I add content to this NECC09 Diary Post.
June 28, 2009
I'm here in Washington, D.C. at the NECC 2009 Conference having come down on the ACTEM Express Bus from Maine. About 50 educators all on a bus with their laptops connected to the internet. What a ride! What a lot of tweets with the hash tags #ACT… Continue
Posted on June 28, 2009 at 10:30am —
Spinning Scenarios As A Way To Engage Students In Learning
This Science / Language Arts Creative Writing Activity is adapted from GEMS with a tribute to “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” by Dr. Suess. Students are assessed for the science lab and for the creative writing story.
The first part of this activity is to read the book “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” by Dr. Suess. Middle school students love to be read to and most seem to enjoy picture books still. After reading the story, we then start the Oobleck Lab.… Continue
The first part of this activity is to read the book “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” by Dr. Suess. Middle school students love to be read to and most seem to enjoy picture books still. After reading the story, we then start the Oobleck Lab.… Continue
Posted on February 23, 2009 at 8:39pm —
The Use of Nings in Educational Settings
This post has been rattling around since the Seedlings 2/19/09 podcast without coming out. I finally decided to just sit and do it as they say. It is snowing today and we do have a snow day.
Nings are by definition Social Networking Sites. According to Wikipedia, a “Ning is an online platform for people to create their own social networks, launched in October 2005. Ning was co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina… Continue
Nings are by definition Social Networking Sites. According to Wikipedia, a “Ning is an online platform for people to create their own social networks, launched in October 2005. Ning was co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina… Continue
Posted on February 23, 2009 at 1:30pm —
End of Unit Culminating Projects - What do you do?
We all survived! Our projects are in and demonstrated and we are all breathing a little easier now.
To wrap up a half year of middle school physical science - physics, I assign a Rube Goldberg challenge. This follows study in Force and Work, Speed and Motion, Simple Machines, and Electricity. Lots of hands on labs where we "play" with these concepts.
As a final activity to wrap everything up we take the Rube Goldberg challenge. The challenge is to build a complex machine made up of 3 different… Continue
To wrap up a half year of middle school physical science - physics, I assign a Rube Goldberg challenge. This follows study in Force and Work, Speed and Motion, Simple Machines, and Electricity. Lots of hands on labs where we "play" with these concepts.
As a final activity to wrap everything up we take the Rube Goldberg challenge. The challenge is to build a complex machine made up of 3 different… Continue
Posted on February 3, 2009 at 10:00pm —
Seven things about me -- Meme
Mark Spahr who writes on Cooked on Education tagged me. He was tagged by Richard Byrne of the award-winning Free Technology for Teachers blog who was tagged by Beth Still. The idea of this meme is to share seven things that your readers and / or your PLN might not know about you.
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Posted on December 29, 2008 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments
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NECC 2009 Washington, D.C. June 28, 2009
Comment Wall (34 comments)
- At 9:31pm on October 25, 2009,
Cynthia Curry said… - Thanks for the message, Ernie! Good to be here.
Cynthia
- At 11:09pm on October 24, 2009,
Carolyn Stanley said… - Thanks for the "friend" invite, Ernie. I don't do Facebook-no time-so it's nice to have a conversation with other dedicated educators at Seedlings Ning. I looked again at your video and hope my husband and I can visit New Sweden next spring. We visit Maine often. I grew up in Gorham, and my husband's mom is still with us at 91. She lives in Camden.
By the way, those lupin seeds my hubby planted bloomed beautifully this summer past (2009), and I'll upload a picture later.
I am the computer technology integration teacher at my 7th and 8th grade middle school - 400 students. It would be cool if we could connect this year through a wiki or some other collaborative tool.
Finally, you mention the Santa Lucia festival. I was brought up Lutheran and still attend a Lutheran Church in West Haven, CT. We are a pretty small congregation now, but years ago we also had wonderful Santa Lucia festivities. (I am of Danish heritage, but there was a large Swedish contingent at the church.)
- At 8:16am on July 21, 2009,
Kristy Johnson said… - Thanks, Ernie! Looking forward to the conversations!
- At 11:43pm on June 7, 2009,
Raman Job said… - Hey thanks, Ernie. I appreciate the welcome. Cheers!
- At 10:19pm on March 14, 2009,
Gayle Wolotsky said… - Thanks Ernie! Yes, I'm sure this will help out with my discussions through Lesley.
- At 10:10pm on March 5, 2009,
Annemarie Stoeckel said…
- Thanks, Ernie, I'm looking forward to it:)
- At 4:31am on February 27, 2009,
Kevin Jarrett said… - Thanks Ernie! Great to be here! Seedlings Rocks!
- At 10:20pm on February 17, 2009,
Jim Moulton said…
- Hello, Ernie. I look forward to being part of the conversation here.
Jim
- At 12:48pm on February 2, 2009,
Betty Wright said… - Thanks Ernie,
Trying to get the site unblocked to be more useful :-)
-Betty
- At 12:00pm on February 1, 2009,
Scott Shelhart said… - Thanks Ernie. Just put up a new blog post this morning. Enjoy!
Ernie Easter's Videos
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Alvin Toffler on Education
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21st Century Pedagogy
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Midsommar2008
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I think that this looks great also. I like the personal story. It seems like I know you and understand why you want to go.
Janice
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Camilla, I agree with Cheryl - go see Serena Offcourse on Blackbear Island. She's great and knows all the ins and outs. She's got great style sense too! --Sarah (Syra Saeed in SL, edueyeview on twitter)
Give it a go!I am still falling down. Look for Serena Offcourse at Black Bear Island, she is my fashion consultant and very helpful.
Cheryl
I'm @edubeacon on Twitter. Your recent Seedlings podcast has me thinking of giving Second Life another go. On there I'm Millie Brink - on the brink and very much the amateur!
Thanks Alice! I appreciate the feedback. I will try adjusting the volume! Thanks again!
ben N ben Show at http://edtechtalk.com/live
November 5, 2009 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Ben M will be live from New Orleans at The Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum Conference.
WOW! I love how you used your kids in the movie. The only thing I can suggest about the sound (I think you can do this in iMovie '08) is in the sound bar at the bottom, you can adjust the volume with a little line. If you drag the line up, it will...
Hi! I'm applying to be a Google Certified Teacher. I had seen some posting on here last year where other Google Certified Teachers gave comments on applicants' videos. I would love some feedback! Here's the link to my video: http://www.youtube.com...
Do you want to learn about using Google Earth in your Classroom? Thomas Cooper, a Google Certified Teacher is going to be teaching a monthly session. This is a great opportunity to see Google Earth.
Learn About Google Earth at Elluminate
November 23, 2009 from 8pm to 9pm
Getting to Know Google Earth - Part III
Google Earth Geometry
Topics: Points, Paths & Polygons
Elluminate Session Link - https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009238&password=M.8B942458B63AE7F3ADFA8A510BD0DE
- SEEDLings 2009-10-28 with Janalee Redmond on October 26, 2009 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm
- Learn About Google Earth on November 23, 2009 from 8pm to 9pm
Getting to Know Google Earth - Part II (creating basic placemarks, adding text, adding images, changing icons, saving placemarks, project planning tips)
GE Project of the Month - Expedition Lit Trips (http://expeditionlittrips.wikispaces.com)
Ellu...
I hope I'll have the energy to attend, Alice. I am presenting a poster session at our CT Educator's Computer Conference on Monday in Hartford -It promises to be quite a day, so I'm not sure how my energy level will be, but I'll try. I fooled aroun...
Learn About Google Earth at Elluminate
October 26, 2009 from 8pm to 9pm
Getting to Know Google Earth - Part II
(creating basic placemarks, adding text, adding images, changing icons, saving placemarks, project planning tips)
GE Project of the Month - Expedition Lit Trips (http://expeditionlittrips.wikispaces.com)
Ellu...
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