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'Integrating Ag Literacy and Technology with Administrative Support'

How can you effectively integrate agriculture with technology and still meet all of your state standards? How can you create a strong hook to gain student interest and receive administrative support for your work? Mr. Brooks takes a balanced approach infusing agriculture into his English/Language Arts classes and other content areas while still meeting requirements of his district and state. Learn about the Maine Ag in the Classroom Book Barn Project and how students created book trailers, which incorporate reading, writing, speaking, and technology standards.

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Eric Brooks
Email: ebrooks@rsu18.org
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Biosketch: Eric Brooks is a fifth grade Teacher at Belgrade Central School and grew up working on his family's wild blueberry farm in Maine. He is a strong advocate of Agriculture in the Classroom. Mr. Brooks is a presenter for Maine's Summer Teacher Institute and serves on his district's National Farm to School committee. Mr. Brooks was also a contributing writer for the book, Blueberries for ME used in the Maine Ag in the Classroom “Read Me” Program. He was the first in Maine to pilot the Maine Agriculture Book Barn and was named Maine Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year and received the National White-Reinhardt Literacy Award in 2017.
Organization/Affiliation: RSU 18: Belgrade Central School