WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

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Kristen Zastrow

Tomorrow River School District

Library Media Specialist

Amherst, WI

https://sites.google.com/amherst.k12.wi.us/library/home

10:30am CDT

Registration Open BCC Celebration Atrium

11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

12:30pm CDT

Jerry Craft Book Signing BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft Tech-nically Speaking: The ABCs of Merging IT Literacy with Elementary Essentials Sheraton Wisconsin 4Amanda Albrecht

1:45pm CDT

Teaching Culturally With the Four I's (Inform, Include, Integrate, and Infuse) - Indigenous Studies BCC BoardroomDavid J. O'Connor

3:00pm CDT

Secondary School Librarians Unite! Sheraton Wisconsin 1Danielle Brannan • Emily Dittmar

8:45am CDT

Fact-Checking for Students: Resist Misinformation and Find Reliable Sources Online. Sheraton Wisconsin 3Nick Ostrem

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

Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin Book Signing BCC Celebration AtriumSteve Sheinkin • Ruta Sepetys TeachingBooks and Sora: Better Together Sheraton Wisconsin 4Quinn Danko • Kym Davick TechnoTeachers Hilton Garden Room ASonja Pupovac

3:00pm CDT

I am not an attorney…but I can share some great information! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow Implementing a Teacher-led Elementary STEAM Program Sheraton Wisconsin 1Liz Langer • Mike Sindahl

5:30pm CDT

Trivia Night BCC Connect CB East

8:15am CDT

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

CCBC: Great New Books for Middle and High School Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

10:45am CDT

CCBC: Great New Books for K-5 Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt Challenge Ready Panel Discussion: PD, Policy, and Legal Preparation BCC Collaborate CMaegan Heindel • Val Edwards • Dr. Tomas Lipinski

11:45am CDT

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