Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
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This infographic aims at showing higher education is no longer for the elite only : the Internet helps to educate oneself. It points out that knowledge (thus... power) has shifted from the institution's hands to the students' : The infographic was created...
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English words derive from many languages : Loads of words of French origins have entered the English language : as a result, so have a great number of Latin words. Most of French-originating words date from the centuries after the 1066 Norman Conquest...
Lire la suiteThe MIT Senseable City Lab redrawing the map of Great Britain from a network of human relations : "Do regional boundaries defined by governments respect the more natural ways that people interact across space ?" The article by the MIT Senseal City Lab...
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According to Cisco's (1) data, the global Internet traffic is to quadruple between 2010 and 2015. Mashable details the forecast in the infographic below ⇓ (1) : Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American-based multinational corporation. It designs and sells consumer...
Lire la suiteWatch the CBS report issued on June 9, 2011 : Now, listen to how it all started : "Abandoned rail line gets new life as NYC Park" by Robert Smith (on npr -June 2009) _________ "New York's floating freight line" an article on the BBC Planet website (June...
Lire la suiteThe cultural impact of Wikipedia "Wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary. What has been its cultural impact, and is it killing the concept of truth ?" Channel 4 featured an interview with Jimmy Wales -co-founder and promoter of the online enclyclopedia...
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Student bullying in schools is a serious issue The statistics show a student is bullied every seven minutes in the U.S.A., and that most of the time, bullying occurs on playgrounds. 77% of students are bullied and cyber-bullying is rapidly approaching...
Lire la suiteTEACHERS' LOUNGE Many ICT tools you might feel like trying ! by Nick Peachey -shared under the CC BY-NC license
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Visualizing 38 million deaths from 25 conflicts The artists Clara Kayser-Bril, Nicolas Kayser-Bril & Marion Kotlarski "[...] wanted to put a picture on these digits. A shocking, gory picture, like the reality of war. [...] Our understanding of conflicts...
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