The World of Simonometry…
When I was in the high school classroom, my primary goal was to build the relationships with my students that would allow me to eventually educate them in a variety of subjects, not just my content area. Through teaching my students a little about life in addition to Geometry, my students started to refer to my class as “Simonometry” rather than Geometry because I would always sprinkle in little life lessons that were affecting them that particular day (i.e. parents fighting, applying for college, breakup with boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.).
My name is Eddie Simoneau and I am the Educational Technology Coordinator for Coachella Valley Unified School District. Prior to my current role, I’ve served as EdTech TOSA and a high school Math Teacher before that. I enjoy helping others and using technology to do that when possible. The thing is we all have ideas to share for the betterment of others. All educators at one point or another have tweaked lessons and ideas that someone else created. This is the beauty, art, and skill of being an effective educator. Sharing is necessary and ultimately why I embraced the term Simonometry (or “fill-in-the-blank” -ometry as we all have something to contribute) when my students coined the phrase several years ago. We all have something to learn from one another. The question is….what are you sharing?
Follow me on Twitter @Simonometry and let’s keep the learning going!
