Coastal

Former Maine Governor Angus King speaks on education

At the CREST Summer Institute

30:00, MPEG

Former Maine Governor Angus King speaks on education in a changing & technological world, at the CREST Summer Institute held at Bowdoin College in June 2010. CREST is a technology education program of the Island Institute.

Four Short One Future - Part 1: Perfect Storm

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In response to the market crisis in the fall of 2008, the Island Institute in partnership with the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, Downeast Lobstermen’s Association, Penobscot East Resource Center, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation developed four short films. This is part 1.

Four Short One Future - Part 3: Know Your Market

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In response to the market crisis in the fall of 2008, the Island Institute in partnership with the Maine Lobstermens Association, Downeast Lobstermens Association, Penobscot East Resource Center, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation developed four short films. This is part 3.

Four Short One Future - Part 4: Pass It On

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In response to the market crisis in the fall of 2008, the Island Institute in partnership with the Maine Lobstermens Association, Downeast Lobstermens Association, Penobscot East Resource Center, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation developed four short films. This is part 4.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree

The Importance of Working Waterfronts

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree talks about the bill she introduced to support working waterfronts in Maine and around the country, courtesy of YouTube.com

Bridging Culture, Community & Science

Inside ITEST Summit

5:44, Quicktime

A comprehensive project for students and teachers, CREST networks 11 island and coastal schools in rural Maine with academic institutions, community stakeholders and IT professionals, to integrate STEM into community-based curriculum projects. Most of CREST’s target population lives in Maine's most remote areas, where opportunities for IT learning are rare. The program’s interdisciplinary approach aims to get students from rural areas excited about how they can use technology to improve their community and how they can apply their love of technology in a future career. Each individual CREST project weaves three focus technologies – web design, ethnography, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into a curriculum addressing the community’s unique challenges. In the featured profile students work with the State marine conservation agency and local fishermen to track critical changes in the lobster population. Students experience first-hand how to apply marine biology, data collection and GIS mapping skills acquired in a formal setting, to support the struggling commercial lobster fishery – the heart of their community’s economy and culture. Another strand of the project artfully weaves sophisticated GIS technology and mapping, Web design, and boat building into a student-inspired ethnography research project to tell the proud story of their ancestors – the Deer Isle Boys.