WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together: Full Schedule

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1:45pm CDT

Digital Hygine - Educating Teachers, Students, and Famlies

Sunday March 9, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT

Amidst Covid, child trafficking cases doubled via social media and unsupervised screen time. Gain confidence: learn warning signs, safeguard yourself, students, and staff. Master Data Privacy for personal and school use. Workshop covers vital areas: Human and Sex Trafficking red flags, App Permissions, Visual Privacy, and Social Engineering.

Speakers

Aggie Salter

ITS

Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is an Instructional Technology, PD Specialist, Instructional Coach Leader, and Innovation teacher at QP School in Madison, WI. Aggie is the Digital Promise Global's Coach Community Manager. She is one of the initial curriculum designers and teachers... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A

Beginner, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education

Company Advocacy, Community Partnerships, Data & Privacy

3:00pm CDT

Pawsitive Impact: Bringing Therapy Dogs to Our School Library

Sunday March 9, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT

Sheraton Wisconsin 4

In this session you will learn how having a therapy dog in your library can improve school engagement and help develop a more inclusive, supportive school environment. Attendees will also learn practical steps that can be taken to implement therapy dog programs in their own school libraries. Facing opposition or district hoops and red tape, this presenter will share how she was able to overcome the obstacles to bring her certified therapy dog into her libraries. Information will include organizations to contact to find volunteer therapy dog teams willing to visit, process to get your own dog certified, where to purchase liability insurance, research to support having a therapy dog in the library, management ideas, and much, much, more!

Speakers

Jennifer Georgia

Library Media Specialist, GBAPS

Hello! I’m Jennifer Georgia. I have been a librarian for the past 15 years in the Green Bay Area Public School district. Prior to that I taught in Green Bay for 14 years. I currently am full time at Martin Elementary School in Green Bay. I am married to my husband of 30 years and... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 4

Beginner, Elementary, Middle School, High School

Company Community Partnerships, Literacy

3:00pm CDT

Game-Based Learning with Google

Sunday March 9, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT

BCC Collaborate B

Get ready for an engaging session where learning and fun go hand in hand. Join Deb Norton as she shows you how to jazz up student engagement with amazing tools and apps from Google Workspaces. Picture this: game-based learning that'll make your students jump out of their seats with excitement, making learning a total blast. It's time to level up your Google Workspace skills and turn learning into a gaming adventure.

Speakers

Deb Norton

Technology Coach, Oshkosh North High School

Deb Norton is a former 5th grade classroom teacher, who now works at Oshkosh North high school where she is a Technology Integration Specialist and Tech Coach. She has her Master’s Degree in Educational Technology, is a Google Certified Trainer, and is the lead instructor of an... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
BCC Collaborate B

Intermediate, Elementary, Middle School, High School

Company Advocacy, Community Partnerships, Students as Creators