WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

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11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

12:00pm CDT

Snack Break BCC Celebration Atrium

12:30pm CDT

Evidence-Based Strategies for Teaching Online Information Evaluation Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jodi Pierre Sparking Curiosity: Using Passive Programming to Engage Students in the Library Makerspace BCC Collaborate CMichele Green The Perfect Board and Card Games to Use in Your Library, Classroom, Makerspace, and More! BCC Collaborate AJon Spike

1:45pm CDT

VR (Virtual Reality) to Boldly Go Where You May Not Have Gone Before: Creating Learning Experiences to Ignite and Inspire Learning Together in the Library and Beyond. Sheraton Wisconsin 4Jeff Carpenter

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet & Program Updates BCC Connect CB East

8:45am CDT

Our Library Favorite Things BCC Collaborate ASara Malchow • Amy Uelmen Updates from the DPI: Everything You Need to Know! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow

11:15am CDT

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

1:00pm CDT

Common School Fund Spending - Everything You Want to Know! BCC Collaborate BDanielle Brannan • Emily Dittmar • Diane Konjura • Monica Treptow • Amy Uelmen

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 Library Program Planning: Bringing Life to Your Library BCC Collaborate CMindy Grant • Erin Clark Strategies and Tools for Library Collection Development: Leveraging Titlewave, the #1 eCommerce Site in K12 BCC BoardroomJoe Folliard • Scott Spanier • Bob Whitbeck

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Buffet, Prize Announcements BCC Connect CB East

8:15am CDT

10 Creative Ways to Engage Students Sheraton Wisconsin 7Jackie Markowski AI Tools for Administrative Tasks BCC BoardroomJake Boll Dewey Still Exists....Sort of. Genrefy Your Non-Fiction. BCC Collaborate BJessica Graham 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

9:30am CDT

Prioritizing Choice Reading in the High School Sheraton Wisconsin 3Colleen Fenno Ladwig • Brett Gruetzmacher Teaching Tech Balance: Supporting Students' Online Health and Safety BCC Collaborate AJake Boll 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

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

11:45am CDT

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