WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

Sarah Gumtow

11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

12:30pm CDT

Sparking Curiosity: Using Passive Programming to Engage Students in the Library Makerspace BCC Collaborate CMichele Green

1:45pm CDT

Brisk Teaching Chrome Extension BCC Collaborate CJake Boll Keeping Up-To-Date with Google Workspaces BCC Collaborate BDeb Norton Kindling Your Fires: Designing A Career Renaissance BCC Collaborate ATeresa Voss • Val Edwards

3:00pm CDT

Leadership Lessons I Wish I'd Learned in the Library BCC Collaborate AMaegan Heindel Secondary School Librarians Unite! Sheraton Wisconsin 1Danielle Brannan • Emily Dittmar

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet & Program Updates BCC Connect CB East

8:45am CDT

Updates from the DPI: Everything You Need to Know! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow

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

Templates and Activities, Oh My! Sheraton Wisconsin 3Amber Houslet

3:00pm CDT

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

4:00pm CDT

Visit Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

8:15am CDT

AI is here to stay - What are we going to do about it? Sheraton Wisconsin 4Ashley Knapp Powerful Library Instruction: Leveraging Colleagues, Resources, and Standards to Build a Cohesive Library Curriculum BCC Collaborate CMaegan Heindel • Jen Kobylecky Spotting the Tricks: Helping Students Understand Social Engineering, Fake News, and Digital Folklore BCC Collaborate AMaria Haigh Sustainability in Action in the School Library Hilton Garden Room AJacqueline Liesch • Amanda Struckmeyer

9:30am CDT

Prioritizing Choice Reading in the High School Sheraton Wisconsin 3Colleen Fenno Ladwig • Brett Gruetzmacher CCBC: Great New Books for Middle and High School Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

10:45am CDT

Engaging Teens: Inspiring a Love for the Library in the High School Sheraton Wisconsin 3Deidre Olson Passive Programming in the Secondary Library BCC Connect AB West A3Nicci Verbeten • Ashley Knapp Challenge Ready Panel Discussion: 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 BTricia Louis

11:45am CDT

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