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8:45am CDT

Leveling up your Sora promotion - Engage students with digital reading
Monday March 10, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
In today's digital age, students can be overwhelmed with the amount of online resources available to them. How do we get their attention and engage them in digital reading? Join us for a session aimed at helping you increase Sora's visibility and usage in your school. Your Sora expert will provide practical strategies and tips for promoting Sora effectively. You'll also get access to ready-to-use resources and hear case studies about educators who have successfully engaged their communities with Sora. Don't miss this chance to enhance your digital library promotion and make the most of Sora in your school.
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LR

Monday March 10, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

BadgerLink Resources in the Classroom 2025
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 4
Join us to learn what's new as well as tried and true with BadgerLink resources for 2025! Wisconsin's Online Library is jampacked with licensed, trustworthy online resources and databases chock full of content that can help you as an educator, librarian, and professional as much as it can help your students.

Excited to dive in, but never sure where to begin? Attend this session to learn about specific resources and what they offer.

Had recent success or failure sharing a BadgerLink resource like Points of View Reference Source, the new Explora, or Britannica School - Early Elementary with your students? Come and share with your colleagues, get tips and tricks to take back to your library, and find out more about our freely available, statewide resource collection known as BadgerLink.
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avatar for Jen Champoux

Jen Champoux

BadgerLink Technical Support & Training Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Jen is on the Library Services Team at DPI, where she works primarily on BadgerLink, providing technical support and training. She also writes BadgerLink's Bulletin posts and mails out promotional posters and bookmarks. Reach out to her for all things BadgerLink!
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 4
  Beginner, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education

1:00pm CDT

TeachingBooks and Sora: Better Together
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
Discover how ebooks and audiobooks can help support your school’s unique curriculum needs. From ELA favorites to digital class sets and more, let OverDrive Account Manager, Lena Rose and TeachingBooks Implementation Specialist, Kym Davick, fill you in on how the Sora reading app combined with TeachingBooks resources can help set your students up for required reading success. Attendees will learn the benefits of creating school-specific digital collections and how powerful Sora tools like notes, highlights, definitions reading data are making a positive impact on reading engagement, as well as how to find the resources for your Sora Books on TeachingBooks as you hook readers, prepare lessons, or plan for books groups.

TeachingBooks is provided to all Wisconsin schools, public libraries, universities and residents through BadgerLink, Wisconsin’s Online Library funded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
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LR
KD

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

TechnoTeachers
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Hilton Garden Room A
Build a teacher technology team by tapping into the talent already present in your school. There's immense potential for growth in developing and leveraging the skills of your current staff. This session will guide you through a step-by-step process to help you unlock that potential and create a strong, collaborative team.
Speakers
SP

Sonja Pupovac

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Coach, Milwaukee Public Schools

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Hilton Garden Room A
  Beginner, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

EdTech Takeout: Ordering Up Bite-Sized Technology PD for Teachers and Staff
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A
EdTech Takeout is inspired by a takeout menu where you can design a unique and customizable approach to PD, allowing teachers and staff to "order" from a selection of EdTech topics served in bite-sized, manageable "dishes" that can be used immediately in their classrooms.
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avatar for Tricia Louis

Tricia Louis

District Technology Integration Professional, Richland School District
Tricia Louis is an #edtech advocate. In her position as the Technology Integration Professional at the Richland School District, she brings individual & group training to the 200+ staff employed there. Tricia is proud to be a part of the Google For Education Certified Trainer, Apple... Read More →

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

Navigating the Intersection of Personalized Learning and AI in Education
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Boardroom
As school leaders continue to navigate the AI landscape, join WeVideo for an interactive session that examines innovative ideas on balancing AI and Personalized Learning with students (adults and children alike). We will uncover how AI Assist Tools can save teachers time without compromising student engagement and retention and how to blend "AI resistant" personalized learning into your school's curriculum.
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NS

Nolan Sutker

Regional Sales manager, WeVideo

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Boardroom
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

3:00pm CDT

Leveraging Professional Organizations: Connecting to Impact Learning through Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
We know the value of professional development and how important it is to have connections with our state organizations, but does every teacher in our district? This session will provide ways to connect with the English teachers in your district through the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English by sharing the highlights of the WCTE 2024 Fall Convention, “Expanding Our UniVERSE: Creating Learner-Centric Experiences.” Poetry and verse novels were at the heart of WCTE’s Convention, and both can be used to ignite passion in students and ignite a love of reading. Attendees will leave with practical ways to utilize poetry and verse novels in the classroom and library, ready to share with teachers in their district.
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avatar for Trista Owczarzak

Trista Owczarzak

Library Media Specialist, Cambria-Friesland School District
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Middle School, High School
 
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