NEWSLETTER!
Volume 28
Number 4
March 2016
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HAPPY SPRING!
Happy Spring to all CFFLC members and friends! We are sure that your upcoming vacations
are very well deserved.
We’re going to conclude this academic year with our final meeting of the Collaborative on April
16. After your Spring Break and a trip to the Azalea Festival, we would love for all members, as
well as potential members, to join us for an enlightening and entertaining morning at UNCW.
APRIL MEETING:
We are excited about our next meeting on Saturday, April 16, 8:30am – 12:00pm. Free
parking is available in Lot G (north of Leutze Hall).
Technology Tools for the Foreign
Language Classroom: We will feature a
special program by Dr. Jeff Ertzberger from
the Watson College of Education at UNCW.
Dr. Ertzberger is the author of Everyone
Wins: A Teachers Guide to Customizing
Games for any Curriculum.
His research interests include: Games in
education, Hybrid courses, New learning
environments, Curriculum Specific materials
for emerging technologies, Using technology
to effectively differentiate instruction for
students, Web enhanced
instruction, Instructional design, and Use of
laptops and technology tools in the
classroom.
He will share his expertise and use of these
tools that will help all of us refresh our lesson
plans.
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Presentation of High School Scholarships: The Scholarship Committee will announce the
winners of this esteemed award for 2015-2016.
Fundraising Raffle: Who says re-gifting is a bad thing?
If you have ANY unused treasures lingering around the house that you discover during your
spring cleaning, PLEASE donate them to the Scholarship Fundraising Committee for the raffle.
Also welcome are baked goods, craft items, books, teaching tools, plants, etc.
Donations received thus far (thank you donors!) as well as letters and help requesting gift
cards / certificates from businesses you frequent are located on the Wiki site:
CFFLC Wiki
Here’s a preview of April’s meeting (with approximate times):
8:30
Registration and refreshments
9:00
Business meeting and announcements
Please bring announcements of school changes, cultural events, workshops and
conferences, etc. We will hear a report from the treasurer, discuss committee work, and
present the recipients of the 2015-2016 CFFLC High School Scholarships.
9:30
Professional development session from Jeff Ertzberger
10: 45 Professional Development Survey
11:00 Fundraising Raffle (Bring your cash and checks please -- you don’t want to miss out on
a treat for yourself or a loved one)
2015-2016 PROGRAM
All meetings are held in Leutze Hall 143 and adjacent rooms. Attendees may park in Lot G
(north of Leutze Hall). More information about each program will be distributed in subsequent
newsletters. As always we will keep track of attendance for the year and will distribute
certificates verifying attendance at meetings. These may be used to request CEU credit from
your school system.
DUES & SPONSORSHIP
YEARLY DUES: The April meeting will be your last opportunity to pay CFFLC dues. Yearly
dues are $20 ($10 for full-time students). Checks should be made payable to: Cape Fear
Foreign Language Collaborative. We depend on your dues to help with miscellaneous
expenses and with the scholarships. Thanks for your support!
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SPONSORSHIP: CFFLC is sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures at
the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Our scholarship program continues to be a success. We awarded three
scholarships to UNCW students last year and one to a graduating senior in high school for a
total of $1100. CFFLC is proud to announce that scholarships awarded since the inception of
the program in 1995 total $13,525. This includes $300 given by Vista Higher Learning in
November 2014. All other funds have been raised by the membership of CFFLC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
CFFLC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER AT CHIPOTLE
Mark your calendars for this delicious evening to raise money for language scholarships!
Show the cashier the attached flyer and ½ of the meal’s cost will be donated to CFFLC
Scholarship fund…
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 5-9 pm
Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1525 Fordham Road, near Whole Foods
FLANC 50TH ANNIVERSARY
The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) is excited to have its 50th
anniversary conference in Durham, NC, October 6-8, 2016. The conference theme is
#FLANC 50: Empowerment, Transformation, and Social Justice.
Registration information for FLANC coming soon. http://www.flanc.org/fallconference/fallregistration
Cinematique Films: http://whqr.org/topic/cinematique-wilmington-film-series
UNCW Presents: http://uncw.edu/presents/currentseason.html
For more events, conferences, news, etc., see the CFFLC home page at UNCW:
http://www.uncw.edu/fll/CFFLC.html
Please contact Keri Chandler at chandlerke@uncw.edu, L. J. Randolph at
randolphl@uncw.edu, , or Amanda Boomershine at boomershinea@uncw.edu if you have
professional information and announcements that you would like distributed to our membership.
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Please FORWARD this newsletter with a personal invitation to attend to someone else
in your school or county. Consider especially new teachers or teachers new to our part of
the state. Our membership and participation is holding steady, but we would be delighted to
have new faces and new ideas.
We look forward to seeing you at the April meeting.
Keri Chandler
UNCW, Dept. of World Languages and Cultures
910-962-7684 / chandlerke@uncw.edu
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