TED-Ed is the Education division of TED – a global set of conferences run by a non-profit organization that aims to connect people all over the world with the work and ideas of their peers. The company’s acronym stands for “Technology, Education, Design” and its slogan is “Ideas Worth Spreading.”
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Gala 2015: Murakami, Magritte, Enoc Perez font don d’oeuvres d’art
Art takes center stage at the LFNY Gala on February 21, 2015 at the Park Avenue Armory. This year’s theme, “Sortir du Cadre – The World is Your Canvas,” celebrates art as a form of self-expression and as a means of bringing communities together. New York-based French artist JR will
Read More!“Taking a gap year was eye-opening”
“Taking a gap year is so eye-opening” Paloma Parkes, class of ’13 – Bristol University Paloma Parkes is studying geography at Bristol University in the U.K. after taking a gap year. At the Lycée she was in the Bac Littéraire OIB track. She is hoping to get a masters
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Brimming with Questions
Secondary English teacher Jamie Laurens with her 9th grade advisory group on January 9th. It’s Friday, January 9th. I face a room full of questions, with a mind brimming with my own. And so, I begin by asking. My ninth grade advisees have formed a tighter circle than usual. They
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Poésie, musique et vidéo se rencontrent dans un cours de français
Poésie et musique sont deux versants d’une même activité artistique que l’histoire de la littérature a séparés mais que les musiciens, chansonniers, chanteurs contemporains n’ont jamais cessé de rassembler dans leur création. Les grands poètes français, comme Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Apollinaire, ont ainsi été mis en musique par les grands
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Making Coding More Accessible to Students
During the week of December 8, both the Primary and Secondary Schools of the LFNY participated in the Hour of Code, a week-long initiative to promote awareness and importance of including computer science in today’s 21st century curriculum. Coding is becoming more accessible to students, due to the evolution of
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Vietnam: a learning experience on both sides
Before arriving to Hué’s primary school, we had a fairly clear idea of what to expect: a few classes of thirty or so students, who all had at least a basic level of English. We made a lesson plan based on those assumptions, yet the reality was not at all
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A bord de l’Hermione avec un membre de l’équipage
Des matelots à bord de L’Hermione. Marc Jensen, de la promotion 1976 du Lycée Français, a rencontré tous les élèves de CM2 afin de leur parler de son aventure à bord de l’Hermione mercredi 12 novembre dernier. Marc fait partie des 160 heureux-élus (sur plus de 1000 candidats) qui auront la chance de
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The Math Hatter Chronicle #7
Pythagoras was the Tom Thumb of Ancient Greece. Wherever he was going, the mathematician was carrying pebbles in his pockets, small stones. The reason is that Pythagoras liked to do calculations, a word that comes from the Latin calculus and literally means “stone”. A kidney stone is called a “calcul”
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Selfies d’artistes en herbe
“Selfie” is a word from the 21st century which leaves few people indifferent. For some, including a few of the sharpest social commentators on either side of the Atlantic, it encapsulates what they consider to be the particular individualism, not to say selfishness of young people born circa or since the
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