WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

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7:00am CDT

Registration Open BCC Celebration Atrium

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet & Program Updates BCC Connect CB East

8:00am CDT

First-Timers' Breakfast BCC Boardroom

8:45am CDT

Captivate and Educate: Using Edutainment to Boost Student Involvement and Achievement in ELA BCC BoardroomAmanda Zieba Collaborative Classrooms: Strategies for Student Success Sheraton Wisconsin 6Melissa Hampton Digital Producers: Empower your students to create and engage with technology Sheraton Wisconsin 4Sonja Pupovac Fact-Checking for Students: Resist Misinformation and Find Reliable Sources Online. Sheraton Wisconsin 3Nick Ostrem How to Mine Library Data and Influence People BCC Collaborate CJosh Rageth Leveling up your Sora promotion - Engage students with digital reading Sheraton Wisconsin 7Lena Rose Navigating BIPOC Librarianship Sheraton Wisconsin 1Joy Zander • Dolores Brown • Ivana Renteria Our Library Favorite Things BCC Collaborate ASara Malchow • Amy Uelmen Supporting Early Literacy from the Library & TeachingBooks Sheraton Wisconsin 2Kym Davick Updates from the DPI: Everything You Need to Know! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow Building collections: diving deep into culturally relevant collections and curricular alignment Hilton Garden Room BLinda Peterson Maris Education Spring Update for WEMTA 2025 Hilton Garden Room AMarty Dambekaln • Morey Dambekaln

9:45am CDT

Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

11:15am CDT

Lunch, CSF Check Celebration, & Keynote: Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin BCC Connect CB EastSteve Sheinkin • Ruta Sepetys

1:00pm CDT

Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin Book Signing BCC Celebration AtriumSteve Sheinkin • Ruta Sepetys BadgerLink Resources in the Classroom 2025 Sheraton Wisconsin 4Jen Champoux Brave Libraries BCC Collaborate CSarah Beth Nelson Common School Fund Spending - Everything You Want to Know! BCC Collaborate BDanielle Brannan • Emily Dittmar • Diane Konjura • Monica Treptow • Amy Uelmen Creating a District Digital Safety Night Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jami Goodman • Jen Gossen • Ashley Knapp • Nicci Verbeten • Jen Wathke Improving MARC data, increasing discoverability Hilton Garden Room BJustin Hoelscher Neuroscience and Technology Sheraton Wisconsin 1Beth Clarke Strategies for Effective K-12 Curriculum Resource Management Sheraton Wisconsin 6Nicole O'Brien TeachingBooks and Sora: Better Together Sheraton Wisconsin 7Lena Rose • Kym Davick TechnoTeachers Hilton Garden Room ASonja Pupovac Templates and Activities, Oh My! Sheraton Wisconsin 3Amber Houslet EdTech Takeout: Ordering Up Bite-Sized Technology PD for Teachers and Staff BCC Collaborate ATricia Louis Navigating the Intersection of Personalized Learning and AI in Education BCC BoardroomNolan Sutker

2:00pm CDT

Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

3:00pm CDT

Augmented Reality in the Library (Attendees receive a free Merge Cube) Sheraton Wisconsin 4Sheri Omernik Choosing Books for your High School Library in a Climate of Scrutiny BCC Collaborate AAshley Knapp I am not an attorney…but I can share some great information! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow Leveraging Professional Organizations: Connecting to Impact Learning through Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English Sheraton Wisconsin 7Trista Owczarzak Library Program Planning: Bringing Life to Your Library Sheraton Wisconsin 2Mindy Grant • Erin Clark Lightbox Learning: Lighting the Path to Engagement: Transforming Learning Experiences Hilton Garden Room BChuck Dearman Partnering for Success: Collaborating with your Title I Reading Specialist to Create Engaging Family Events Sheraton Wisconsin 3Michele Green • Amanda Schlough Reinvigorate the Library: Leverage Differentiated Texts to Boost Reading Motivation and Literacy Gains Hilton Garden Room ADanielle Rivera • Patrick Gaffney The ABCs of Being an Elementary Librarian BCC Collaborate CTiffany Coopman • Jodie Kujawa Implementing a Teacher-led Elementary STEM Program Sheraton Wisconsin 1Liz Langer • Mike Sindahl Inspiring Instruction: Ignite Learning with Britannica Education Sheraton Wisconsin 6Mike Benson • Chris Heintz Strategies and Tools for Library Collection Development: Leveraging Titlewave, the #1 eCommerce Site in K12 BCC BoardroomJoe Folliard • Scott Spanier • Bob Whitbeck

4:00pm CDT

Visit Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

5:30pm CDT

Trivia Night BCC Connect CB East