La classe inversée, ou flipped classroom, a fait son apparition au LFNY à la rentrée 2013. Initiée par deux professeurs d’histoire-géographie de terminale OIB, la classe inversée renverse le modèle du cours traditionnel. L’élève écoute et étudie le cours chez lui le soir, au moyen de vidéos ou autres supports,
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Children are some of the most active consumers of interactive media, especially through the increased use of mobile devices. However, despite the influx in consumption by children, schools rarely focus on providing students with the opportunity to produce technology. In fact, only 1 out of 10 schools offers computer programming
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Vendredi: Le physiciste-biologiste Ibrahim Cissé était au LFNY pour parler aux élèves de Seconde de ses trois pistes de recherche qui touchent à l’organisation de la matière, à l’évolution de la chaine ADN et aux perturbations possibles dans l’élaboration des protéines. Jeudi : le professeur de mathématiques, Christophe Michot, a
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Primary students got familiar with the election process on November 6 and 7, 2013. Every year Primary students from first to fifth grade participate in an election. Students vote in the library resource room, where you might have noticed the red, white and blue voting booths that the Lycée borrows
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Over the last several days, it has been hard to stop thinking about the dramatic imperative one of our secondary students shared with me this week: we have to save the frog! He had conveyed this message one lunch period, as I wandered our cafeteria encouraging middle and high schoolers
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Fin du voyage, Baie d’Ha Long 6h34 Le réveil sonne. Une fois, deux fois, trois fois… On ne répond toujours pas. Un dilemme nous perturbe alors l’esprit: se lever et devoir faire face à la réalité ou rester dans nos lits à naviguer dans nos rêves. On entend alors un
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The first artist in residence this year at the Lycée Français de New York was actor and director Marcel Bozonnet with the 11th graders. You may not be familiar with this name but in the theater industry in France it is a big name. Marcel Bozonnet has been a “sociétaire”,
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Tuesday: Some veggies for lunch? A moment at the cafeteria of the LFNY. Monday: The Terminales were in a cheering mood during their class picture. Thursday: Time Magazine Editor Jeffrey Kluger moderates a panel about climate change with Peter deMenocal, Geoff Green and David O’Connor. Thursday: Former Headmaster of Lycée
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“Bonjour les amis.” “Wie sagt man “mairie” in Deutsch?” “Did you do your math homework last night.” “Hace frio!” Take but a single step inside the Lycee Francais de New York, particularly in the early morning when our students are just arriving for class, and you will hear a veritable
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Lundi 11 novembre, une vingtaine de passionnés – une majorité d’élèves, quelques parents et deux anciens combattants – se sont donnés rendez-vous sur la Cinquième Avenue à Manhattan pour défiler au sein de la célèbre Veterans Parade de New York. Une première pour tous les jeunes participants, de vieux souvenirs
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