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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The Play Must Go On

Last June, several educators from the Lycée Français de New York, including myself, attended the annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). In addition to participating in many sessions related to ISTE’s mission of “advancing excellence in learning and teaching through the innovative and effective uses of

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Julia Livi: when design meets culture

Since you graduated in 2002, you have found your passion in teaching art here in New York. Tell us more.  Everything I have done since 2002 has culminated into the creation of a bilingual picture book series for children called “Voltaire: The Franco-American Hipster dog” (www.voltairelivi.com). Even though I spent

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