Infinite Tangents Podcast
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsInfinite 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.
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Episodes
Halloween Special: Welcome to Night Tangents
October 30, 2013 22:53 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBThis 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
October 24, 2013 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWelcome 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
October 10, 2013 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBListen 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
September 26, 2013 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBPart 2 of my chat with @wahedahbug, a teacher from the small town of Hana, HI.
Episode 114: @wahedahbug, part 1
September 12, 2013 04:30 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBHailing 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
July 18, 2013 23:26 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBPart 2 of my chat with Max Ray of The Math Forum.
Episode 112: @maxmathforum, part 1
June 13, 2013 19:35 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBThis 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
May 26, 2013 15:23 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThis 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
May 12, 2013 13:54 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBHere 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
May 04, 2013 01:05 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBAfter 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
April 29, 2013 02:27 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBEnjoy 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
April 25, 2013 23:47 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBI 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
April 18, 2013 06:39 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBCheck 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
April 11, 2013 20:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBAfter 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
April 05, 2013 00:49 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThis 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
March 28, 2013 05:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBEpisode 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
March 21, 2013 04:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBWelcome 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, ...
Episode 101: Mathy McMatherson
March 14, 2013 04:12 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBSee tangentspodcast.worpress.com for more details about this podcast.
Episode 0: An Introduction
March 09, 2013 02:13 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MBHey, Everyone! Here is a short introduction to the podcast, its host, its goals, and how you can help. Cheers!