WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

Becky Stapel

Becky Stapel

11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet & Program Updates BCC Connect CB East

8:45am CDT

Leveling up your Sora promotion - Engage students with digital reading Sheraton Wisconsin 2Quinn Danko Our Library Favorite Things BCC Collaborate ASara Malchow • Amy Uelmen Supporting Early Literacy from the Library & TeachingBooks Sheraton Wisconsin 4Kym Davick

11:15am CDT

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

1:00pm CDT

BadgerLink Resources in the Classroom 2025 BCC Collaborate CJen Champoux Creating a District Digital Safety Night Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jami Goodman • Jen Gossen • Ashley Knapp • Nicci Verbeten • Jen Wathke 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

3:00pm CDT

Augmented Reality in the Library (Attendees receive a free Merge Cube) Sheraton Wisconsin 4Sheri Omernik The ABCs of Being an Elementary Librarian Sheraton Wisconsin 2Tiffany Coopman • Jodie Kujawa Implementing a Teacher-led Elementary STEAM Program Sheraton Wisconsin 1Liz Langer • Mike Sindahl Inspiring Instruction: Ignite Learning with Britannica Education Sheraton Wisconsin 6Mike Benson • Chris Heintz

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Buffet, Prize Announcements BCC Connect CB East

8:15am CDT

10 Creative Ways to Engage Students Sheraton Wisconsin 7Jackie Markowski 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 Dewey Still Exists....Sort of. Genrefy Your Non-Fiction. BCC Collaborate BJessica Graham

9:30am CDT

World in Motion: Engaging Students in Media Literacy Through Video Creation Sheraton Wisconsin 4Dana Pike 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 AJamie Jestadt • Kat Barthel Beyond the Bookshelf: Exploring Author Encounters Sheraton Wisconsin 2Joe Diefenthaler • Jackie Markowski • Jen Wathke My Genrfying Journey: Genrefying an entire elementary library Sheraton Wisconsin 1Keri Johnson Story Stuffy Kits: Introducing 4K to new friends Hilton Garden Room AErin Wedemeier 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