High-Tech Access to the Olympic Games
At the twenty-ninth Olympic Games, each of the 12 million spectators expected in Beijing will carry a little bit of French technology in their pockets. The contract to design the tickets for all the competitions was awarded to ASK, a business based in the south of France. The result, a mass of technology packed into a ticket measuring 20 x 9 cm.
French: the language of the Olympics – The Beijing Olympics will be speaking our language
The "French: the language of the Olympics" campaign was launched at the Expolangues show. The aim of this comprehensive package of powerful measures, developed in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is for French to be restored in practice to the status of official language conferred on it when the modern Olympic Games were created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1896. This summer, Beijing will be speaking French!
EDUCATION – ABC TV - 'Fund For Teachers' Gives Perspective of World
Dozens of Bay Area teachers are sharing fresh ideas and new experiences with a unique global perspective with their students. It's all made by possible by a special grant that emphasizes learning by experiencing. More...
NY1 NEWS - Top Stories - French Warship Delivers Books To City School Children
A French warship is in the city for a peaceful mission to bring books to school children.
WNBC News – French Warship Sails To NYC; Delivers Books To Schoolchildren
Most of the texts will go to New York City public school students immersed in French classes, and the rest will go to children in New Orleans. "This gives a new meaning to the expression turning swords into plowshares," said Fabrice Jaumont, the education attache at the French Embassy in Manhattan, the cultural branch of the main embassy in Washington.
News 12 The Bronx - French Navy Delivers 10,000 books to NYC School Kids
TF1 – Jeanne d’Arc Mission Spéciale New York