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Infinite Tangents is about teacher stories and the intellectual work educators go through daily. If you are interested in hearing the voices of mathematics teachers from around the US as they process their practice, this is the podcast for you.

Ashli Black


    • Oct 30, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Halloween Special: Welcome to Night Tangents

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013 13:26


    This podcast is purely fictional and any names, websites, or other nouns used in the podcast are meant solely for amusement. No copyright infringement on Welcome to Night Vale is intended.

    Episode 117: @lmhenry9, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2013 49:26


    Welcome to part 2 of my interview with @lmhenry9 where she shares some tales from TMC12, meeting tweeps, and discuss the changing landscape of teaching.

    Episode 116: @lmhenry9, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2013 45:17


    Listen in as Lisa takes us through her introduction to twitter, how teaching has changed for her over the years, and how this whole TMC thing got started.

    Episode 115: @wahedahbug, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2013 48:44


    Part 2 of my chat with @wahedahbug, a teacher from the small town of Hana, HI.

    Episode 114: @wahedahbug, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2013 44:44


    Hailing from the beautiful Hana, Hawaii, @wahedahbug shares her stories from life in a small town and how she is always striving to be a better teacher.

    Episode 113: @maxmathforum, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2013 36:49


    Part 2 of my chat with Max Ray of The Math Forum. 

    Episode 112: @maxmathforum, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2013 40:43


    This week we hear from Max Ray of The Math Forum about the identity of Dr. Math, pro-tips for teaching geometry, what is critical when giving written feedback, and what he does at The Math Forum.

    Episode 111: Josh Giesbrecht

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2013 43:48


    This conversation was kicked off after I read Josh's blogpost Why school itself undermines the message of lifelong learning. The subtext we send students daily in class through the format of how we teach and grade is something that's interested me since I started teaching. In Episode 111, Josh and I chat about some of our experiences and thoughts surrounding the messages we send our students and how life doesn't go downhill after high school.

    Episode 110: @cheesemonkeysf, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2013 35:41


    Here is part two of my interview with @cheesemonkeysf where we talk about resourcefulness, those lightbulb moments, and cheesemonkeyef shows her English teacher side.

    Episode 109: @cheesemonkeysf, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2013 41:25


    After a delightful lunch with Avery and Bree, today's guest and I sat down to chat about her history in the teaching world, some thoughts on teaching middle school, and musings about the twitterverse. 

    Episode 108: Desmos Trivia Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2013 18:49


    Enjoy this Bonus Infinite Tangents episode recorded live at a trivia night hosted by Desmos and Mathalicious and MC'd by Dan Meyer at NCTM Denver.

    Episode 107: Tips for Pre-Service Teachers Part 1, a Advice from a Principal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2013 22:38


    I sat down with a principal (fun fact: he was my principal!) to ask a few questions about interviewing, demo lessons, working with peers, and what advice he had for first year teachers. 

    Episode 106: DITLife

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 12:23


    Check out the DITLife Tumblr and listen in on how you can submit your own teaching day for the podcast.

    Episode 105: Without Geometry, Life is Pointless

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2013 51:23


    After letting me crash at his place, Avery agreed to podcasting about his intro into teaching, some classroom projects and how is school is working on status issues.  Links for today's episode can be found over at tangentspodcast.com

    Episode 104: Illustrative Mathematics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2013 14:49


    This week we're taking a look at mathmistakes.org, One Good Thing, a feature on Illustrative Mathematics, and teacher responses ot the prompt: How do you spend your lunch? Don't forget to check out the blog (tangentspodcast.com)  for links mentioned in today's podcast.

    Episode 103: Tina Cardone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2013 53:28


    Episode 103 featuring the wonderful Tina Cardone of Drawing on Math. Don't forget to reply to her question in the comments on the blog (tangentspodcast.com) and to send in your response to this weeks' prompt.

    Episode 102: GReader is Dead, Long Live RSS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2013 17:09


    Welcome to the second episode of the podcast! We're on Short Form this week which means there are multiple topics covered and you'll get to hear some responses to last week's prompt: How do you start your teaching day? Links from the Episode: Daily Desmos Global Math Department and Julie's Presentation on GDocs Readers: Feedly, Flipboard, Newsblur, Digg Prompt Responders: @fawnpnguyen, @wahedahbug, @samjshah, @johnberray, @sarcasymptote. If you are not following these folks on twitter, I highly recommend! Next week we'll be back to Long Form chatting with the delightful @crstn85 of Drawing on Math. Thanks for listening! To leave feedback for the podcast, head to tangentspodcast.wordpress.com and use the feedback option on the sidebar.

    Episode 101: Mathy McMatherson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2013 58:48


    See tangentspodcast.worpress.com for more details about this podcast.

    Episode 0: An Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2013 4:17


    Hey, Everyone! Here is a short introduction to the podcast, its host, its goals, and how you can help. Cheers!

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