Nancye Blair Black

Nancye Blair Black is an ISTE-certified educator, renowned speaker, and the founding CEO of The Block Uncarved, a consulting firm that cultivates dignity-driven educational practices that empower educators, leaders, and students to succeed. Nancye specializes in the equitable, ethical, and effective integration of emerging technologies in education, including AI, VR/AR/XR, app design, computer science, mobile learning, and digital gaming. As a former classroom teacher, elementary technology specialist, and now an elementary Minecraft Club leader, Nancye has been an innovator in transformational technology integration that encourages even her youngest students to learn and express themselves through computational artifacts and multimedia projects. Nancye is an author of nationally-implemented computer science curricula and several publications, including STEM in Early Education: A Guide to Integrating Technology, the Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom series, and the “AI in the Classroom” Jumpstart Guide. She has served as ISTE+ASCD’s AI Explorations Project Lead, director of the AI Explorations in Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) Faculty Fellowship, Project STEM's PD Director, and was recently recognized with the prestigious Making IT Happen Award. She is also an active volunteer and expert partner at Mi Escuela Montessori, a toddler-grade 8 charter school empowering learners to be bilingual communicators, global change makers, and lifelong learners. Beyond her consulting work, Nancye is a doctoral researcher in Instructional Technology and Media at Teachers College Columbia University.