WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

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7:00am CDT

Breakfast Buffet, Prize Announcements BCC Connect CB East Registration Open BCC Celebration Atrium

7:30am CDT

WEMTA Business Meeting BCC Connect CB East

8:15am CDT

10 Creative Ways to Engage Students Sheraton Wisconsin 7Jackie Markowski Canva 101 Sheraton Wisconsin 4Danielle Brannan Coding Corner: A Librarian's Toolkit BCC Connect AB West A3Amy Bires Creating Computer Science Pathways at the Elementary Level: Where to put it. How to do it. Resources to support it. Sheraton Wisconsin 6Jennifer Schlie-Reed • Caroline Haebig Critically Analyzing Media: Empowering Students Through Media Literacy Hilton Garden Room BNick Ostrem Digging Into Your Collection BCC Collaborate AVal Edwards • Teresa Voss AI is here to stay - What are we going to do about it? BCC Collaborate BAshley Knapp Dewey Still Exists....Sort of. Genrefy Your Non-Fiction. Sheraton Wisconsin 3Jessica Graham GINGO! A Bingo-Themed Exploration of Google Tools and Chrome for Educators Hilton Garden Room ATricia Louis Powerful Library Instruction: Leveraging Colleagues, Resources, and Standards to Build a Cohesive Library Curriculum Sheraton Wisconsin 2Maegan Heindel • Jen Kobylecky Spotting the Tricks: Helping Students Understand Social Engineering, Fake News, and Digital Folklore Sheraton Wisconsin 1Maria Haigh Sustainability in Action in the School Library BCC BoardroomJacqueline Liesch • Amanda Struckmeyer

9:30am CDT

Design Thinking in the 6-12 classroom BCC Collaborate CJennifer Casa-Todd Empowering Students Through Digital Storytelling: Building a Media Club for Creative Communication and Production Sheraton Wisconsin 6Trisha Sabel Fixer Upper - Season 6, Episode 1 BCC BoardroomJamie Jestadt Getting Started with AI Literacy: Preparing Students for an AI-Driven World Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jodi Pierre Prioritizing Choice Reading in the High School Sheraton Wisconsin 3Colleen Fenno Ladwig • Brett Gruetzmacher Wisconsin Adventures - Roll for Initiative! Hilton Garden Room AKurt Griesemer World in Motion: Engaging Students in Media Literacy Through Video Creation Sheraton Wisconsin 4Dana Pike ¡A Leer y Competir! Organizando una Batalla de Libros! Sheraton Wisconsin 7Hollis Rudiger • Katie Hayden CCBC: Great New Books for Middle and High School Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt Creating a Student Newscast BCC Connect AB West A3Chad Lehman Train Your Own AI: A Teachable Machine Experience Sheraton Wisconsin 1Deb Norton • Teri Rucinsky

10:45am CDT

Be the GOAT of Your Library BCC Collaborate BJamie Jestadt • Kat Barthel Beyond the Bookshelf: Exploring Author Encounters Sheraton Wisconsin 2Joe Diefenthaler • Jackie Markowski • Jen Wathke Engaging Teens: Inspiring a Love for the Library in the High School Sheraton Wisconsin 3Deidre Olson Let's Get Students Hooked on Books! Sheraton Wisconsin 4Mande Shecterle My Genrfying Journey: Genrefying an entire elementary library Sheraton Wisconsin 7Keri Johnson Passive Programming in the Secondary Library BCC Connect AB West A3Nicci Verbeten • Ashley Knapp Story Stuffy Kits: Introducing 4K to new friends Hilton Garden Room AErin Wedemeier Telling Your Library's Story Sheraton Wisconsin 1Sarah Beth Nelson BadgerLink Data: Trends, Reflections, and Support for Your Library BCC BoardroomJen Champoux • Elizabeth Neuman CCBC: Great New Books for K-5 Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt Challenge Ready: PD, Policy, and Legal Preparation BCC Collaborate CMaegan Heindel • Val Edwards • Dr. Tomas Lipinski Creating a Technology Success Pack for New Teachers and Staff BCC Collaborate ATricia Louis Elevate Your Coaching Game: Unleashing the Power of AI in Instructional Coaching Hilton Garden Room BAggie Salter

11:45am CDT

Lunch, Awards, and Keynote: Jennifer Casa Todd - Empowering Students to Be Digital Leaders BCC Connect CB EastJennifer Casa-Todd

1:30pm CDT

Jennifer Casa-Todd Book Signing BCC Celebration AtriumJennifer Casa-Todd