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: Education
“I Can”
This video is from a TEDTalk by Kiran Bir Sethi of the Riverside school in India. She believes in helping students take charge and contribute to making the world a better place. This clip gives background on what she calls … Continue reading
Chocolate and Fair Trade
“Parts” Cluster Use clustering software like Bubble.us or Thinkature What’s the main idea or feeling? Put it in the center. Work as a class to brainstorm as much as you can about the movie. Group or connect any of … Continue reading
Posted in Analyze This!, Culture & Society, Current Events, Economics, Education
Tagged Chocolate, Cote ', fair trade
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Journalism : Then and Now
Pro – Con – Neutral Why would people be in favor of this? Why would people be against it? What would be a neutral position?
Posted in Analyze This!, Culture & Society, Education, English, Video
Tagged Journalism
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When I become a Teacher – really?
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A vision of K-12 Education
This is well crafted video that I sent to all the staff at Strathcona last holidays to help inspire their use of ICT within their teaching. Continue reading
Classroom in Tunisia
Learning Environment in Tunisia What do you see? Where is Tunisia? How does it compare to your classroom? If one of the children came to your classroom what might they think? What are the limitations and benefits of learning in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Geography
Tagged Education & Learning around the world
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21st Century Learning
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