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Course Reflection

As always, another course from USF that allowed me to explore new tools, websites, and ideas that better prepare me for my district’s 1:1 program this coming school year.  Unlike many classes that I have taken in the past, once I complete a USF course I have something tangible that I can take directly to my own classroom.  From creating audio files, video discussions, screencasts, and even this blog itself, I was pushed into doing something new, different and challenging.  Many of the modules in this multimedia course made me question how to handle class discussions, conversations, and overall communication with my own students.        I have been meaning to create a blog for some time now and have dabbled with various forms, but never really found the time to figure it out.  This course allowed me the dedicated time to play around with how a blog is created and used.  I still have a lot of learning to do, but will be able to tak...
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Graphic Design

Why might incorporating graphic design into your classroom be valuable? Incorporating graphic design into my classroom allows my boring old math material to come alive.  Without illustrations mathematics can be quite bland.  Mathematical concepts and ideas need to be showcased and visualized in order to be understood wholly.  As a student of math myself I always needed to be able to visualize the "how" and "why" mathematics worked.   The value of incorporating graphic design into a math classroom is crucial in demonstrating all the various theorems, postulates, and axioms.  Having proper visuals available for students, allows them to think on a broader scale than just the numbers on their worksheets. Aside from helping students visualize the math, graphic designs could also be used to showcase the jobs or careers that are possible with any particular discipline.  For me, it would be to feature the jobs and careers possible with a mathemati...
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Introduction

Hello, My name is Jeff Cadieux and I teach at Crystal Lake South High School for District 155.  I have been blowing minds with mathematics for 11 years now in Algebra, Geometry, and, more recently, Computer Science Principles.  I earned both my undergraduate, mathematics, and graduate degree, curriculum and instruction, from Northern Illinois University.  I have my ELL endorsement and currently am working towards my technology specialist and computer science endorsement.  This introduction represents my first attempt with the blog-o-sphere, even though I have thought about it and dabbled with it for many years.
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