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Home: dad & husband. Work: Spanish teacher & Instructional Technologist. Play: cyclist & sports fan.
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I did not have this one on my 2025 bingo card. The best conversation I’ve heard in a long time about education, mentorship, creativity, philanthropy and stewardship is this conversation between Ted Danson and Seth MacFarlane. open.spotify.com/episode/3D9N...
Seth MacFarlane
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes) · Episode
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August 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I did not have this one on my 2025 bingo card. The best conversation I’ve heard in a long time about education, mentorship, creativity, philanthropy and stewardship is this conversation between Ted Danson and Seth MacFarlane. open.spotify.com/episode/3D9N...
How social norms — within a culture, a city, a household — drive our decisions
@TEDTalks @NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
@TEDTalks @NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
How social norms — within a culture, a city, a household — drive our decisions
Social norms vary dramatically from one culture to another — but why? Psychologist Michele Gelfand unpacks why societies and individuals develop either tight or loose attitudes toward rules.
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May 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How social norms — within a culture, a city, a household — drive our decisions
@TEDTalks @NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
@TEDTalks @NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
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'Alligator' comes from the Spanish words for "the lizard."
el lagarto--->alligator
el lagarto--->alligator
March 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
'Alligator' comes from the Spanish words for "the lizard."
el lagarto--->alligator
el lagarto--->alligator
March 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day is "neologism" www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
Word of the Day: Neologism
The English language is constantly picking up neologisms. In recent decades, for example, social media has added a number of new terms to the language. Finsta, rizz, influencer, meme, and doomscroll
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March 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day is "neologism" www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-...
“Honkbal” means “baseball” in Aruba, and I think that is amazing.
March 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“Honkbal” means “baseball” in Aruba, and I think that is amazing.
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In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same.
How the pandemic changed music
In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same.
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March 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same.
On the subject of the subjunctive in Spanish. markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/s...
Streamlined Uses of the Subjunctive in Spanish
I landed on the following tips and tricks to map our uses of the different moods. While there are always exceptions and advanced cases, this covers the most common cases. The INDicative mood is use…
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March 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On the subject of the subjunctive in Spanish. markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/s...
I made my gift on Giving Day. Please join me in supporting Milton's day-to-day needs and bold dreams. Support the programs that make Milton extraordinary. #WeAreMilton #DareToBeTrue give.milton.edu/giving-day-2...
Giving Day 2025
Together, let's support our Milton community with a gift on Giving Day!
give.milton.edu
March 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I made my gift on Giving Day. Please join me in supporting Milton's day-to-day needs and bold dreams. Support the programs that make Milton extraordinary. #WeAreMilton #DareToBeTrue give.milton.edu/giving-day-2...
Giving Day is this Wednesday. Gifts support day-to-day needs and bold dreams. Please consider a gift to the Milton Fund. give.milton.edu/giving-day-2...
March 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Giving Day is this Wednesday. Gifts support day-to-day needs and bold dreams. Please consider a gift to the Milton Fund. give.milton.edu/giving-day-2...
AI Skills that Matter, Part 4: Ethical Decision-Making open.substack.com/pub/erichuds...
AI Skills that Matter, Part 4: Ethical Decision-Making
What is the job of schools in helping students become autonomous, ethical adults?
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March 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
AI Skills that Matter, Part 4: Ethical Decision-Making open.substack.com/pub/erichuds...
"Manecillas y mañanas"🎶🎤🎧🎸🎹🥁 markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/m...
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Manecillas y mañanas"🎶🎤🎧🎸🎹🥁 markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/m...
My latest post: "It's About That 'Time'" markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/i...
It’s About That “Time”
It’s about that “time.” Time to reflect. Time to fast. Time to pick your upsets. Time clean up the yard. Time to push the clocks ahead. Some souls of will do all of those. Some wi…
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March 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My latest post: "It's About That 'Time'" markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/i...
Star gazing in the Ayer Observatory on campus: the moon, Venus, Mars & Jupiter. My first time after all these years.
March 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Star gazing in the Ayer Observatory on campus: the moon, Venus, Mars & Jupiter. My first time after all these years.
¡A bailar! ¡A pensar! markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/u...
Una casita pa’ disfrutar
This track is the best example yet of synth in a song in Spanish. To be clear, this synth is not the 80s keyboard synth. This synth is synthetic lyrics and production in service of leanings Spanish…
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March 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
¡A bailar! ¡A pensar! markwconnolly.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/u...
Three teams in postseason tournaments. Records broken in the pool. Dance concert. Robotics to Worlds. Pulitzer Prize nominated author visit. So many amazing things happening at Milton! Get excited for all this and for Giving Day, 3/12/25. #miltongives #wearemilton #daretobetrue #givingday2025
March 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Three teams in postseason tournaments. Records broken in the pool. Dance concert. Robotics to Worlds. Pulitzer Prize nominated author visit. So many amazing things happening at Milton! Get excited for all this and for Giving Day, 3/12/25. #miltongives #wearemilton #daretobetrue #givingday2025
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‘Groceries’ are products sold by a grocer.
A ‘grocer’ purchases products in bulk...or by the ‘gross.’
A gross-er.
A ‘grocer’ purchases products in bulk...or by the ‘gross.’
A gross-er.
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
‘Groceries’ are products sold by a grocer.
A ‘grocer’ purchases products in bulk...or by the ‘gross.’
A gross-er.
A ‘grocer’ purchases products in bulk...or by the ‘gross.’
A gross-er.
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"Unless you are engaging with this technology, you probably don't appreciate how good it is today. And it's important to recognize that today is the worst it's ever going to be. It's only going to get better," Ben Buchanan, the former special adviser for A.I. under President Biden, tells Ezra Klein.
Opinion | The Government Knows A.G.I. Is Coming
The Biden administration’s A.I. adviser Ben Buchanan discusses how the U.S. government is preparing for artificial general intelligence — and all the challenges that remain.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Unless you are engaging with this technology, you probably don't appreciate how good it is today. And it's important to recognize that today is the worst it's ever going to be. It's only going to get better," Ben Buchanan, the former special adviser for A.I. under President Biden, tells Ezra Klein.
Another customjam created for Spanish learners with #suno: “Una casita pa’ disfrutar” on.soundcloud.com/RR2vWNFAr6Bv...
Una casita pa' disfrutar
Listen to Una casita pa' disfrutar by Mark_C #np on #SoundCloud
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March 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Another customjam created for Spanish learners with #suno: “Una casita pa’ disfrutar” on.soundcloud.com/RR2vWNFAr6Bv...
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New UNESCO report calls for multilingual education to unlock learning and inclusion www.unesco.org/en/ar...
New UNESCO report calls for multilingual education to unlock learning and inclusion
This year marks the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day, celebrating a quarter-century of dedicated efforts to preserve and promote the use of mother tongues.
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February 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New UNESCO report calls for multilingual education to unlock learning and inclusion www.unesco.org/en/ar...
Trump Made English the Official Language in a Country With 350 of Them www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Trump Made English the Official Language in a Country With 350 of Them
President Trump’s executive order puts his “America first” stamp onto the nation’s speech.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Trump Made English the Official Language in a Country With 350 of Them www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
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Authentic Writing in the Age of AI
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
Authentic Writing in the Age of AI
Collaboration and choice can help students learn the foundations of good writing without relying on AI for assistance.
www.edutopia.org
March 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Authentic Writing in the Age of AI
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
¡Sinvergüenza!
President Trump signed an order designating English as the official language of the U.S., the White House said. It appeared to be largely symbolic but rescinded a Clinton-era mandate that required agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.
Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.
The order did not require changes to federal programs but was a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has ties to efforts to restrict immigration and bilingual education.
nyti.ms
March 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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