Posts Tagged ‘ Paris ’

Actualités: Inauguration of Google’s new headquarters in Paris

December 6, 2011
By Rachel
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Film: Visite inaugurale du nouveau siège de Google France Google France opened a new headquarters in Paris today – an event which, interestingly, merited a press conference with none other than President Sarkozy and Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt. Given the rocky relationship between the technology behemoth and France, it was indeed, as Sarkozy put it...Read more »

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Using Film Shorts in Class: Paris je t’aime

November 7, 2010
By Rachel
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Sometimes the objectives of a course require the viewing of a full-length film in class. For example, in a writing class I have used La Fille sur le pont (1999) and Vipère au poing (2004) as the basis for an assignment on writing a critical review. But in the language classroom, where it’s more...Read more »

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To the Barricades! Photos of Revolutionary Paris

June 14, 2010
By Rachel
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The rich and tumultuous history of Paris can be told in part by a vast series of photographs, lithographs, and other images now available to anyone with an internet connection. The Paris en Images collection is an excellent database with a search feature which allows the researcher to find images by keyword and date....Read more »

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