FW: Special Education Advocacy Summit (SEAS) Mack
by Burke, Mack
Some might like this at St. Mary’s if you are interested in law and policy- apparently the Marianist Sisters don’t play around. MDB
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The purpose of the Special Education Advocacy Su<https://w5wnz8bab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a-zv8Jvetbk9tqbb7IO6MLmQbuxA0qgA...>mmit (SEAS)<https://w5wnz8bab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001a-zv8Jvetbk9tqbb7IO6MLmQbuxA0qgA...> is to provide training in special education advocacy for experienced advocates, law students, new attorneys, and attorneys new to special education law.
Speakers include: Patty Roberts, Pat Howey, Jaime L. Vázquez-Bernie, Catherine Michael, Jim Comstock-Galagan, Pete and Pam Wright. Other speakers to be announced soon!
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SCR standards
by Burke, Mack
Jennifer Ledford from Vandy presented on a set of standards she and some others have put forward for SCR at the BK conference. I pulled them to take a look. It is a good discussion- basically- she is worried that people are interpreting the research standards sometimes in a way that is overly rigid. And that is likely true- evidence-based practices are better thought of I think with a “best available evidence standard” rather than a yes/no- and it is a multi- part question- What works, for whom, under what conditions? And on what outcomes? Nothing works for everyone- all the time, and then, some things that don’t work for most will occasionally work for someone…here is the special issue that contains commentary across all the methods.
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1 year, 2 months
Chat GT Language
by Burke, Mack
I am playing with the Chat GT language and visualization- here is one I made for main vocabulary for WW2 and did it also in multi-sylabic form as well. I did it in English, Spanish and Persian- Can you all check if those are translated right? There is also an audio function that will read in it all three languages- but have no idea- but seems kind of cool. Mack
Allies | Aliados (A-lia-dos) | متفقین (mo-taf-fe-qin)
* Definition (EN): Nations fighting against the Axis Powers, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, and France.
* Definición (ES): Naciones que luchan contra las Potencias del Eje, incluidos Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido, la Unión Soviética, China y Francia.
* تعریف (FA): کشورهایی که علیه محور قدرتها میجنگیدند، شامل ایالات متحده آمریکا، بریتانیا، شوروی، چین و فرانسه.
Axis Powers | Potencias del Eje (Po-ten-cias del E-je) | محور قدرتها (maḥ-var qod-ret-ha)
* Definition (EN): Nations fighting against the Allies, primarily Germany, Italy, and Japan.
* Definición (ES): Naciones que luchan contra los Aliados, principalmente Alemania, Italia y Japón.
* تعریف (FA): کشورهایی که علیه متفقین میجنگیدند، به طور عمده آلمان، ایتالیا و ژاپن.
Blitzkrieg | Guerra relámpago (Gue-rra re-lám-pa-go) | بلیتزکریگ (blitz-krieg)
* Definition (EN): A swift, sudden military offensive, often by combined air and ground forces.
* Definición (ES): Ofensiva militar rápida y repentina, a menudo por fuerzas combinadas aéreas y terrestres.
* تعریف (FA): حمله نظامی سریع و ناگهانی، اغلب توسط نیروهای هوایی و زمینی ترکیبی.
D-Day | Día D (Dí-a D) | روز دی (rooz D)
* Definition (EN): The day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.
* Definición (ES): El día de la invasión aliada de Normandía, Francia, el 6 de junio de 1944.
* تعریف (FA): روز حمله متفقین به نرماندی، فرانسه، در ۶ ژوئن ۱۹۴۴.
Holocaust | Holocausto (Ho-lo-caus-to) | هولوکاست (ho-lo-cāst)
* Definition (EN): The genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime during World War II.
* Definición (ES): El genocidio de seis millones de judíos y millones de otras personas por el régimen nazi durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
* تعریف (FA): نسلکشی شش میلیون یهودی و میلیونها نفر دیگر توسط رژیم نازی در جریان جنگ جهانی دوم.
Manhattan Project | Proyecto Manhattan (Pro-yec-to Man-hat-tan) | پروژه منهتن (pro-je man-hat-an)
* Definition (EN): The U.S. project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
* Definición (ES): El proyecto estadounidense que desarrolló la bomba atómica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
* تعریف (FA): پروژهای از ایالات متحده که در جریان جنگ جهانی دوم، بمب اتمی را توسعه داد.
Operation Barbarossa | Operación Barbarroja (O-pe-ra-ción Bar-ba-rro-ja) | عملیات بارباروسا (amal-ī-āt bār-bā-rō-sā)
* Definition (EN): The code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
* Definición (ES): El nombre en código de la invasión de la Unión Soviética por la Alemania nazi en 1941.
* تعریف (FA): نام رمز حمله آلمان نازی به اتحاد جماهیر شوروی در سال ۱۹۴۱.
Pearl Harbor | Pearl Harbor (Pearl Har-bor) | پرل هاربر (perl hār-bor)
* Definition (EN): The American naval base attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941, leading to the United States entering World War II.
* Definición (ES): La base naval estadounidense atacada por Japón el 7 de diciembre de 1941, lo que llevó a Estados Unidos a entrar en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
* تعریف (FA): پایگاه نیروی دریایی آمریکا که در ۷ دسامبر ۱۹۴۱ توسط ژاپن مورد حمله قرار گرفت و باعث شد ایالات متحده وارد جنگ جهانی دوم شود.
Stalingrad | Stalingrado (Sta-lin-gra-do) | استالینگراد (es-tā-līn-grād)
* Definition (EN): The site of a critical battle between German and Soviet forces from 1942 to 1943.
* Definición (ES): El sitio de una batalla crítica entre las fuerzas alemanas y soviéticas de 1942 a 1943.
* تعریف (FA): محل نبرد حیاتی بین نیروهای آلمانی و شوروی از ۱۹۴۲ تا ۱۹۴۳.
V-E Day | Día de la Victoria en Europa (Dí-a de la Vic-to-ria en Eu-ro-pa) | روز پیروزی در اروپا (rooz pī-rō-zī dar or-ū-pā)
* Definition (EN): May 8, 1945, marking the Allied victory in Europe.
* Definición (ES): 8 de mayo de 1945, marcando la victoria aliada en Europa.
* تعریف (FA): ۸ مه ۱۹۴۵، نشاندهنده پیروزی متفقین در اروپا.
V-J Day | Día de la Victoria sobre Japón (Dí-a de la Vic-to-ria so-bre Ja-pón) | روز پیروزی بر ژاپن (rooz pī-rō-zī bar ja-pān)
* Definition (EN): The day marking the end of World War II, with Japan's surrender.
* Definición (ES): El día que marca el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, con la rendición de Japón.
* تعریف (FA): روزی که پایان جنگ جهانی دوم را با تسلیم ژاپن نشان میدهد.
War Crimes | Crímenes de guerra (Crí-me-nes de gue-rra) | جنایات جنگی (je-nā-yāt-e jang-ī)
* Definition (EN): Violations of the laws and customs of war, including atrocities against civilians and prisoners of war.
* Definición (ES): Violaciones de las leyes y costumbres de guerra, incluidas las atrocidades contra civiles y prisioneros de guerra.
* تعریف (FA): نقض قوانین و رسوم جنگ، از جمله جنایات علیه غیرنظامیان و اسرای جنگی.
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Path of Totality
by Burke, Mack
Don’t forget your eclipse glasses for the path of totality- MDB
1 year, 2 months
Martin Luther King on truth and the purpose of education
by Burke, Mack
I was looking through some of the MLK stuff- there is a pitch fight over his legacy- one lead by Cornell West from Harvard- basically- the Marxist- Leninist view of MLK, and the more liberal/democratic/conservative MLK lead by some family members. I came across this one that was interesting on issues related to the purpose of education, truth, and morality- also thought this was a nice quote related to what it means to be a scholar.
“To my mind, education has a two-fold function in society. On the one hand it should discipline the mind for sustained and persistent speculation. On the other hand it should integrate human life around central, focusing ideals. It is a tragedy that the latter is often neglected in our educational system.
Education should equip us with the power to think effectively and objectively. To think is one of the hardest things in the world, and to think objectively is still harder. Yet this is the job of education. Education should cause us to rise beyond the horizon of legions of half truth, prejudices and propaganda. Education should enable us to “weigh and consider,” to discern the true from the false, the relevant from the irrelevant, and the real from the unreal.1<https://kinginstitute.sites.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-ed...> The first function of education, therefore, is to teach man to think intensively. But this is not the whole of education. If education stops here it can be the most dangerous force in society. Some of the greatest criminals in society have been men {who) possessed the power of concentration and reason, but they had no morals. Perhaps the most dangerous periods in civilization have been those periods when there was no moral foundation in society.
Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere. It is not enough to have the power of concentration, but we must have worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. It is not enough to know truth, but we must love truth and sacrifice for it.”
Two other points of trivia- his favorite philosopher was the German Philosopher Hegel and he was named by his father after the German protestant reformer- Martin Luther- not sure how the German influence on him would be interpreted in today’s climate- perhaps it is why many in academia currently actually do not like him- and my guess- is there is a large academic divide on interpreting his intellectual legacy either way...MDB
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1 year, 2 months
Project LEER - Marshall HS
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Just some notes.
Stipends: Submitted
Parental consent forms: Resent
Number of EBs with disabilities: ?
Training for teachers: Early release days are 4/10 & 5/15
Calendar for chapters with TEKS: Attached
Grading period: Attached
Testing dates: Below
4/9 Tuesday English 1
4/11 Thursday English 2
4/22 Monday Biology
4/23 Tuesday US History
4/24 Wednesday Alg 1
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Richard
1 year, 2 months
FW: Project LEER at UTSA (Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00am-12:00pm)
by Richard Boon
Hi Everyone,
Just a friendly reminder!
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Richard
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Subject: Project LEER at UTSA (Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00am-12:00pm)
Hi Everyone,
Please see the Zoom link below.
https://utsa.zoom.us/j/99644165316
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Richard
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