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Ashli Black is a math education consultant and former high school math teacher from Bar Harbor, Maine. She is Director of Social Networking for Illustrative Mathematics and creator of Infinite Tangents, a podcast for interviewing math teachers.
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Ashli Black is a math education consultant and former high school math teacher from Bar Harbor, Maine. She is Director of Social Networking for [[Illustrative Mathematics]] and creator of [[Infinite Tangents]], a podcast of interviews with math teachers.
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* Blog: https://mythagon.wordpress.com/
* Blog: https://mythagon.wordpress.com/
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mythagon @mythagon]
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/mythagon
* Google+: https://plus.google.com/+AshliBlack1
* Google+: https://plus.google.com/+AshliBlack1


==Infinite Tangents==
==Infinite Tangents==


Infinite Tangents was created by Ashli Black in 2012. The podcast was created to capture "happenings in the classroom, teachers reflecting on their practice, and other stories from the front lines." To date, she has released 17 episodes of the podcast.
[[Infinite Tangents]] was created by Ashli Black in 2012. The podcast was created to capture "happenings in the classroom, teachers reflecting on their practice, and other stories from the front lines." To date, she has released 17 episodes of the podcast.


==Why I Stopped Putting Grades On Papers==
==Why I Stopped Putting Grades on Papers==


Ashli Black has been an advocate for offering feedback to students without grades. Her video, "Why I stopped putting grades on papers" sparked a vibrant discussion among teachers about the feasibility and value of returning student work without grades. The video partly drew on work done at PCMI and from [[Dylan Wiliam]] and [[Paul Black]]'s "Teaching Inside the Black Box."
Ashli Black has been an advocate for offering feedback to students without grades. Her video, "Why I Stopped Putting Grades on Papers" sparked a vibrant discussion among teachers about the feasibility and value of returning student work without grades. The video partly drew on work done at [[PCMI]] and from [[Dylan Wiliam]] and [[Paul Black]], including their ''[[Phi Delta Kappan]]'' article, ''[[Black, Harrison, Lee, Marshall, & Wiliam (2004)|Working Inside the Black Box]]''.


===Influence===
===Influence===
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* https://mathbutler.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/circles-triangles-and-kites-oh-my-part-2-mtbos30-7-of-30/
* https://mathbutler.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/circles-triangles-and-kites-oh-my-part-2-mtbos30-7-of-30/
* https://banderson02.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/my-plan-for-next-year/
* https://banderson02.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/my-plan-for-next-year/


At the [[2015 NCTM Annual Meeting]] Black teamed with [[Tina Cardone]] to present "Nix the Tricks" to a standing-room-only audience.
At the [[2015 NCTM Annual Meeting]] Black teamed with [[Tina Cardone]] to present "Nix the Tricks" to a standing-room-only audience.
== Publications ==


[[Category:People|Black, Ashli]]
[[Category:People|Black, Ashli]]

Latest revision as of 16:36, 27 May 2015

Ashli Black

Ashli Black is a math education consultant and former high school math teacher from Bar Harbor, Maine. She is Director of Social Networking for Illustrative Mathematics and creator of Infinite Tangents, a podcast of interviews with math teachers.

Infinite Tangents

Infinite Tangents was created by Ashli Black in 2012. The podcast was created to capture "happenings in the classroom, teachers reflecting on their practice, and other stories from the front lines." To date, she has released 17 episodes of the podcast.

Why I Stopped Putting Grades on Papers

Ashli Black has been an advocate for offering feedback to students without grades. Her video, "Why I Stopped Putting Grades on Papers" sparked a vibrant discussion among teachers about the feasibility and value of returning student work without grades. The video partly drew on work done at PCMI and from Dylan Wiliam and Paul Black, including their Phi Delta Kappan article, Working Inside the Black Box.

Influence

At the 2015 NCTM Annual Meeting Black teamed with Tina Cardone to present "Nix the Tricks" to a standing-room-only audience.