Nancye Blair Black is an award-winning educational change agent and internationally recognized expert in the use of emerging technologies in education. She's the Founding CEO of The Block Uncarved, an educational consulting firm that promotes dignity-driven educational approaches and transformational technology infusion. With two decades of speaking experience, Nancye brings a captivating energy and expertise to her keynotes and presentations, and has been featured at state, national, and international conferences. Nancye authored the AI in the Classroom Jump Start Guide, the Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom 5-book series, and many other publications. She has also been instrumental in the design and development of several nationally-implemented computer science curricula and professional learning courses. In recent years, she’s served as ISTE’s AI Explorations Project Lead, as director of ISTE’s AI in Educator Preparation Programs Faculty Fellowship, and as Project STEM’s Lead PD Provider. In those roles, she supports PLN communities of thousands of educators seeking to empower students with CS, AI, and other technologies. Prior to founding The Block Uncarved, Nancye was a middle grades Math and Critical Thinking Teacher and an elementary Technology and Gifted Specialist. She's completing her doctoral degree in Instructional Technology at TC Columbia University.