WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

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10:30am CDT

Registration Open BCC Celebration Atrium

11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

12:00pm CDT

First-Timer's Snack Break BCC Boardroom Snack Break BCC Celebration Atrium

12:30pm CDT

Jerry Craft Book Signing BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft Elevate Student Agency Through Video BCC BoardroomBeth Rihtar Evidence-Based Strategies for Teaching Online Information Evaluation Sheraton Wisconsin 6Jodi Pierre I'm a Librarian! Now What? BCC Collaborate BKristin Rosenberg One District‘s Journey Leveraging Library Media Specialist Expertise in Strengthening Diverse Representation in Classroom ELA Instructional Materials Sheraton Wisconsin 2Tanya Arnold • Mindy Grant • Kim Stieber-White Open Books, Open Minds, Open Hearts: School Librarians' Perceptions of Inclusive Children's Literature Hilton Garden Room AJacqueline Liesch PD from A to Z-Using Choice Boards for Professional Development Hilton Garden Room BAmber Houslet Sparking Curiosity: Using Passive Programming to Engage Students in the Library Makerspace BCC Collaborate CMichele Green Tech-nically Speaking: The ABCs of Merging IT Literacy with Elementary Essentials Sheraton Wisconsin 4Amanda Albrecht The Perfect Board and Card Games to Use in Your Library, Classroom, Makerspace, and More! Sheraton Wisconsin 7Jon Spike Universal Design for Learning 101 for Administrators Sheraton Wisconsin 3Elizabeth Freeman Empowered Learning (Passion Project/Genius Hour) BCC Collaborate AAggie Salter School Technology and You! (Roundtable) Sheraton Wisconsin 1Dan Levendoski • Carrie Wuensch-Harden Author Fair BCC Celebration Atrium

1:45pm CDT

Digital Hygine - Educating Teachers, Students, and Famlies BCC Collaborate AAggie Salter Generative AI Share Out for Busy Administrators Sheraton Wisconsin 3Elizabeth Freeman Grow a Garden of Resources: Differentiating with AI BCC Collaborate CSarah Wendorf IGNITE Your Career with AASL! Hilton Garden Room AKate Olson Lights, Camera, Action: Engaging Students in Wisconsin History Sheraton Wisconsin 2Erin Traub • Jone Davis • Susan Gall Reboot with Tech in Your Building BCC BoardroomSonja Pupovac • Amy Bauer Kulas Teaching Culturally With the Four I's (Inform, Include, Integrate, and Infuse) - Indigenous Studies Sheraton Wisconsin 1David J. O'Connor VR (Virtual Reality) to Boldly Go Where You May Not Have Gone Before: Creating Learning Experiences to Ignite and Inspire Learning Together in the Library and Beyond. Sheraton Wisconsin 4Jeff Carpenter Keeping Up-To-Date with Google Workspaces BCC Collaborate BDeb Norton Kindling Your Fires: Designing A Career Renaissance Sheraton Wisconsin 6Teresa Voss • Val Edwards

3:00pm CDT

Developing your PLC Roundtable Hilton Garden Room BAmber Houslet Leadership Lessons I Wish I'd Learned in the Library BCC Collaborate CMaegan Heindel Megatrends, Accelerators, and Hurdles: The Future of Learning Sheraton Wisconsin 3Elizabeth Freeman Pawsitive Impact: Bringing Therapy Dogs to Our School Library Sheraton Wisconsin 4Jennifer Georgia Screencastify Submit: A Replacement for Flip Sheraton Wisconsin 2Sarah Wendorf Secondary School Librarians Unite! Sheraton Wisconsin 1Danielle Brannan • Emily Dittmar AI in the Classroom: What it is, why it’s changing the world, and how we can prepare for it BCC Collaborate AJake Boll Battle of the Books for All Levels Hilton Garden Room AKate Olson • Jeff Carpenter Game-Based Learning with Google BCC Collaborate BDeb Norton Impacting Teacher Mindset Through Professional Development Sheraton Wisconsin 6Ann Szekely Nearpod Unleashed: Engage, Assess, and Save Time BCC BoardroomAggie Salter