About Tom
Tom March has been "working the Web" and contributing "Bright Ideas for education" since 1994. It all started with WebQuests and continued from there to include a range of other Web-based teaching formats, tools like Filamentality and Web-and-Flow and an emphasis on quality as seen in BestWebQuests. These days, Tom focuses on supporting systemic change toward 1:1 digital learning. Primarily this means The Edge-ucators Way and CEQ•ALL as main components of "Next Era Ed."Bright Ideas
Core Strategies
- Next Era Ed Overview (pdf)
- The Edge-ucators Way
- Look to Learn
- ClassPortal
- WebQuests & WQ 2.0
CEQ•ALL
- CEQ•ALL Overview
- Research Rationale
- Profiles (pdf)
- Rubric (pdf)
Category Archives: Culture & Society
Slavery Footprint
Activity Take the survey individually (the last “none-question” require sensitivity). Note the number of slaves your lifestyle requires. Headline: Opinion / Editorial Write a headline that best captures your opinions after calculating your slavery footprint. or use this prompt … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Current Events, Interactive Web site, Survey, Technology
Tagged Slavery
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Find What’s Funny: Texting Driver
Claim-Support-Question Find things the cartoonist has done to make this funny and to get a point across. Identify support for your claim. Ask a question related to your own use of technology.
Twitter to Flutter!!!!!!!
How did Flutter evolve? What is an advantage of Flutter over Twitter? What is the discussion really about? Claim-Support-Question Make a claim about the topic Identify support for your claim Ask a question related to your claim
I Love the World – Earth Day
Earth Day was invented so that people would appreciate the amazing planet we call home. View the promotional video and use the prompt below. You might want to either comment on the earth’s awesomeness or the effectiveness of the video. … Continue reading
What a voice! Who’s to Judge?
What do you think the people watching Susan Boyle are thinking before she begins to sing? What does this say about how we perceive and evaluate others? Claim-Support-Question Make a claim about the topic Identify support for your claim Ask … Continue reading
Expressionism
The Paintings Four Square Franz Kline American, 1910 – 1962 more info Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) Jackson Pollock American, 1912 – 1956 more info The Name II Barnett Newman American, 1905 – 1970 more info Questions What kinds of … Continue reading
Impressionism
Rouen Cathedral Claude Monet French, 1840 – 1926 more info Pont Neuf, Paris Auguste Renoir French, 1841 – 1919 more info Plum Brandy Edouard Manet French, 1832 – 1883 more info Questions What kinds of things are the subjects of … Continue reading
Which is the “Real” China?
This image is from Tag Galaxy (taggalaxy.com) after searching for the word “China.” Thinking Prompts If these images were all you knew of China, what would your impression of it be? From your perspective, which images depict stereotypes? What are … Continue reading
Miniature Earth
See – Think – Wonder What did you see that surprised you? What does this make you think about? What does this make you Wonder about your life and the other people in our “village?”
Laptop – Global Supply Chain
Here is a map of how the parts of a typical laptop are sourced globally to create what ends up with consumers. View an expanded version? Here’s an image with a more basic description of where parts of it came … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Featured, Geography, Technology
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