I understand that the hotel rooms blocked for the FLAND conference in Jamestown were reserved at the Holiday Inn Express. This is one of the furthest hotels from the college in town and I would suggest that if you want a closer one to the downtown area and college, including the Buffalo City Grille for the dinner (walking distance), you could try the Gladstone Inn - I believe the prices were similar last I heard. The number is 701-252-0700.

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To change your keyboard to another language, go to Control Panel,
select Regional and Language Options.
Select the tab Keyboards and Languages,
click Change Keyboards.

Click Add,
find the language you want to add, click the plus sign beside it,
then click the plus sign beside keyboard and then select the language. You might have to change it to another language version later, depending on the needs of your students. Depending on the language, there might be several variations listed there. Click ok.
Then go to the tab Language Bar,
select Docked in the task bar, as well as Show text labels on language bar. This will put a little icon at the bottom right of your screen, showing you the code for the language that your keyboard is set to use on each page. I think it defaults to your default language for each new page you open so you might have to change the language as needed per page, but it is simple with that little icon there!
I hope this is helpful. My Thai student can type in Thai on any document on my computer with this set up. This also enables her to use the Thai2english site to search for words she doesn’t know in English, but knows in her L1. Enabling your keyboard will support your student’s L1, however they might need keyboarding skills in L1 in order to figure out how it is different from the English keyboard.
Please let me know if this was helpful for you or not.

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed . . .
We've got a deal for you!
Spring Conference – April 24-25 -- FLAND

Have you been around the block a couple of times and you've gotten stuck in a rut? Perhaps you're just beginning to teach a foreign language and you need all the ideas you can get? Have we got a deal for you? No matter what level of language you teach, we promise to send you home with some new ideas. Ideas will range from speaking and listening to reading and writing. We will throw in a few cultural ideas as well.

Mark your calendars for the FLAND Spring Conference on April 24-25 in Jamestown.

Bismarck HS teachers: Susan Devine, Kami Yri, Gina Solemaas, and Charlene Nemec

The other details of the spring conference and the registration form will be available in the March issue of FLAND News. In the meantime, apply for a professional leave day. You deserve a relaxing day with your colleagues. Spring is the ideal time for “renewal.”

Hotel information for the Spring Conference in Jamestown, April 24-25

Holiday Inn Express: 15 rooms blocked for FLAND for April 24 at the conference rate of $95 per night for two queen beds per room, non-smoking. The hotel has pool, hot tub, weight room, big continental breakfast and internet access.
For reservations call: Holiday Inn Express (701) 251-2131. Ask for the FLAND block of rooms. Cut-off date for reserving rooms at the conference rate: April 10.

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I was just wondering what the dates and location of the Spring Conference will be.

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I will not be able to attend the Fargo conference this year, however I will be in Bismarck two weeks prior. I am looking for someone in the Bismarck area that will be attending the conference and would be willing to haul the books for the book fair, the coffee mugs to be sold, and my silent auction items. Thanks for your assistance!

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The Pro Lingua Award acknowledges an individual outside the field of foreign language education who has fostered the study of foreign languages in our state and/or in our nation and who has been outstanding in his/her support for languages and global education.

Pro Lingua Award Committee and Nomination Guidlines:

* The FLAND President appoints the Pro Lingua Award Committee.
* The Past President of FLAND is the committee chair.
* The award will be a framed certificate and does not have to be awarded every year, nor is it limited to one person per year.
* The nomination must be in writing and submitted to the Chairperson by February 15.
* The nominee may be someone outside the field of education.
* The candidate must have actively promoted foreign language study and/or international exchanges and understanding at the local, state, or national level.
* The nomination must include a description of the candidate's contributions, activities, service and leadership which have led to this award.
* The nomination must also include letters of reference from at least three people who can testify that the candidate has demonstrated support for language and global education.
* Four (4) copies of each nomination should be sent to the Committee Chair.
* The 2009 Committee Chair is:

Dawn Pearson
Rolla High School
201 5th St NE
Rolla, ND 58367

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A much reduced version of the FLAND NEWS is now available. Sadly the formatting comes out very strnagely when I try to paste it here. It will be coming out in hard copy this week, but if you would like an e-mail copy (If I missed you - we did have some addresses bounce back) - write me at jeanne.hageman@ndsu.edu and I will send it right out.

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2009 Essay theme: "Many Hands, Many Voices, One World"

Contest Rules:
**The essay is to be written in English.
** It must be typed, double-spaced and no more than 300 words in length.
**The student should set the margins and font to fit the essay onto one page.

**Each student should submit 3 copies of the essay attached to one cover page that contains the student’s name, grade, school, and language teacher’s full name. This information should not be on the essay itself.

**The essays will be judged using the following criteria: use of theme, development of ideas, originality, organization, word choice and vocabulary, and grammar and mechanics.

**Students will be divided into two divisions according to their grades.
Division I: 9th and 10th graders. Division II: 11th and 12th graders.

**Three cash prizes will be awarded in each division:
1st place -- $25 2nd - $15 3rd - $10

**Each teacher may submit five essays in each division.

**Teachers must be current members of FLAND. You can pay your dues for 2008-09 school year at the fall conference in Minot or you can send a $20 check to the FLAND treasurer: Julie Rohlk, Glenburn High School, P.O. Box 548, Glenburn, ND 58740.

**Essays need to be submitted by February 1st to Sandy Meidinger, Box 970, Linton High School, Linton, ND 58552.
Sandra.Meidinger@sendit.nodak.edu


Winning essays will be printed in state newspapers during National Foreign Language Week (March 2-8) and in the spring FLAND Newsletter. Essays are not returned to the students. Each student should retain a copy of his / her own essay.

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The gals from Sparkenthusiasm.com are willing to come to one of our FLAND conventions. Please let me know what your opinion! Also, let me know who you are interested in having as our next speaker. mary_crow@bismarckschools.org

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I was wondering (along with the other language teachers at Red River) if anyone knows someone looking for a position as a French Teacher. We have an opening here at Red River in Grand Forks. If you know of anyone looking for a full-time position send them our way. The job listing can be found here: http://www.gfschools.org/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1&PHPSESSID=cb900f25c7921a3834443072bd06a026

Simple click on jobs and then current openings. Thanks for all your help!

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