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Sunday, March 9
 

12:30pm CDT

Empowered Learning (Passion Project/Genius Hour)
Sunday March 9, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A
Embracing empowered learning is not just a teaching method; it's the cornerstone of preparing students for an ever-evolving world where jobs and fields are yet to be invented. By championing innovation and encouraging risk-taking, we impart life skills that empower students to navigate the unknown. In this session, you'll delve into many student-tested resources designed to thrive in any learning environment. Discover the latest tools that foster an empowered learning atmosphere within your classroom. Walking away with Passion Project/Genius hour resources, dynamic formative and summative assessment tools, and extended learning resources that elevate your teaching to new heights.
Speakers
avatar for Aggie Salter

Aggie Salter

ITS
Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is an Instructional Technology,  PD Specialist, Instructional Coach Leader, and Innovation teacher at QP School in Madison, WI. Aggie is the Digital Promise Global's Coach Community Manager. She is one of the initial curriculum designers and teachers... Read More →
Sunday March 9, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

12:30pm CDT

School Technology and You! (Roundtable)
Sunday March 9, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 1
Bring your ideas and come ready to discuss as we solve the problems of technology in the schools! One of the best things about conferences is the ability to discuss ideas and problems with other professionals. Our session will be full of questions and we are looking for the answers from you! This will be an interactive session with attendee discussion.

Topics to be discussed are:

School Technology issues
School Technology success
District Technology training
Technology in the library

Let’s lay the groundwork about what is next and how we can make technology education for your district students and staff the best it can be!
Speakers
avatar for Dan Levendoski

Dan Levendoski

Solutions Architect, School District of La Crosse
My office is in Technology Services, but I work with people; not things.
avatar for Carrie Wuensch-Harden

Carrie Wuensch-Harden

Library and HPL Teacher, School District of La Crosse
While working at Walt Disney World in Florida I decided to continue my education, and in August 2003 earned my Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida. After completing my degree, I joined the staff at the Lake Wales Public Library as... Read More →
Sunday March 9, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 1
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:45pm CDT

Kindling Your Fires: Designing A Career Renaissance
Sunday March 9, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 6
Are you tired of feeling isolated, underappreciated, and unheard? Do you feel like your work experience is fine but wish it were amazing? We have been there, too! Join us for this interactive session, where we will share experiences, victories, and defeats and rally together to move into the programs and experiences that give us personal and professional joy.
Anticipate engaging in conversations around professional learning networks, self-actualization, career growth, self and program advocacy, connecting on current topics in library and educational leadership, and taking control of your Educator Effectiveness and performance reviews guided by your unique ambitions.
Speakers
avatar for Teresa Voss

Teresa Voss

Librarian, Verona Area School District
I believe that all students should see themselves and feel like the library, be it the physical space or the virtual, is their home.  I serve as the high school and district librarian for the Verona Area School District.  I have taught in all grade levels and internationally. These... Read More →
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Sunday March 9, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 6
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education

3:00pm CDT

Impacting Teacher Mindset Through Professional Development
Sunday March 9, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 6
Acccording to many measures, almost half of new teachers leave teaching within five years. This statistic is one that has been true for decades, but little research has been done to understand why teachers leave the profession at such a high rate. One could argue that teachers leave the profession because there are few opportunities for a person to feel connected, effective or successful.

This presentation will help educators understand a new way to support teacher learning while developing teachers’ mindsets. Short interventions that instill these mindsets will greatly encourage teachers and allow them to feel safe and successful despite the many stressors found in schools. This will, ultimately, help with retention and promote a sense of effectiveness and success for educators.
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Sunday March 9, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 6
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School
 
Monday, March 10
 

8:45am CDT

Building collections: diving deep into culturally relevant collections and curricular alignment
Monday March 10, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Hilton Garden Room B
Using tools available for you
Speakers
avatar for Linda Peterson

Linda Peterson

Libraria (fomerely Children's Plus, Inc)

Monday March 10, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Hilton Garden Room B
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

EdTech Takeout: Ordering Up Bite-Sized Technology PD for Teachers and Staff
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A
EdTech Takeout is inspired by a takeout menu where you can design a unique and customizable approach to PD, allowing teachers and staff to "order" from a selection of EdTech topics served in bite-sized, manageable "dishes" that can be used immediately in their classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for Tricia Louis

Tricia Louis

District Technology Integration Professional, Richland School District
Tricia Louis is an #edtech advocate. In her position as the Technology Integration Professional at the Richland School District, she brings individual & group training to the 200+ staff employed there. Tricia is proud to be a part of the Google For Education Certified Trainer, Apple... Read More →

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Collaborate A
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

Navigating the Intersection of Personalized Learning and AI in Education
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Boardroom
As school leaders continue to navigate the AI landscape, join WeVideo for an interactive session that examines innovative ideas on balancing AI and Personalized Learning with students (adults and children alike). We will uncover how AI Assist Tools can save teachers time without compromising student engagement and retention and how to blend "AI resistant" personalized learning into your school's curriculum.
Speakers
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Nolan Sutker

Regional Sales manager, WeVideo

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
BCC Boardroom
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

3:00pm CDT

Implementing a Teacher-led Elementary STEM Program
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 1
The School District of Beloit Turner's library and technology departments will share their process for growing their EC- 5th Grade STEM program where teachers are empowered to lead lessons. Aligning our lessons with standards provides students with STEM learning experiences that encourage creativity and exploration. We’ll share how our library media specialist and IT director develop instructional activities that include VR, Legos, Ozobots, Bloxels, WeVideo, Digital Storytelling, Bee-Bot, Sphero, 3D printing, and more. You’ll see how we were able to create and coordinate STEM lessons that teachers of all comfort levels are able to deliver successfully.
Speakers
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Liz Langer

Beloit Turner
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Mike Sindahl

Director of Technology, Beloit Tuner School District
I am the Director of Technology in Beloit Turner School District . This is my 5th year supporting teachers with integrating technology into their classrooms. Before supporting teachers with integrating technology into their instruction I was a 7-12 business teacher.
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 1
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary

3:00pm CDT

Inspiring Instruction: Ignite Learning with Britannica Education
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 6
As an educator, your time is extremely valuable and free time is a rare commodity! Why not save the time and money you could spend tracking down high-quality digital resources and let Britannica support you! Meet Teach Britannica, an open-access resource that provides lessons, instructional strategies, and graphic organizers that connect Britannica School's usage (available to all WI educators through BadgerLink) to classroom instruction, positively impacting learning communities.

Attendees will leave with easy-to-implement lessons and strategies, paired with updated Britannica resources to help with lesson planning, serve as sub plans, and deepen engagement with high-quality, non-fiction content in the classroom.

In this session, attendees will: - Actively discuss their classroom practices and how to implement new resources into lesson planning - Partake in the gradual release of a lesson from Teach Britannica, with a worked example, group work, and sharing thoughts and ideas with colleagues - Conduct a gallery walk to showcase worked examples of Instructional Strategies that can easily be implemented in the classroom.
Speakers
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Mike Benson

Britannica Education
avatar for Chris Heintz

Chris Heintz

Director, Customer Experience, Britannica Education
Chris began his career in education as a high school Social Studies teacher in Chicago. Since then, he's served in various roles in education management helping teachers navigate the complex world of assessments, data, and curriculum & instruction. Throughout it all, he's been dedicated... Read More →

Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 6
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School

3:00pm CDT

Strategies and Tools for Library Collection Development: Leveraging Titlewave, the #1 eCommerce Site in K12
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
BCC Boardroom
This session will demonstrate how you can use Titlewave to analyze, weed, and build a library collection.

Titlewave is an online collection development and curriculum support tool for librarians and administrators, and it features professionally curated content and support tools that help you find the best educationally relevant materials.

This session will provide a deep dive into Titlewave and will provide time for questions.
Speakers
avatar for Joe Folliard

Joe Folliard

Content Consultant, Follett Content Solutions
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Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
BCC Boardroom
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School
 
Tuesday, March 11
 

8:15am CDT

GINGO! A Bingo-Themed Exploration of Google Tools and Chrome for Educators
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
Hilton Garden Room A
GINGO! is a fun, interactive session where educators explore Google Workspace and Chrome tools in a game-based format. Modeled after a Bingo board, GINGO! challenges participants to complete activities and discover new ways to enhance teaching and learning with Google tools. With each square focusing on a different Google feature, Chrome extension, or teaching strategy, educators will walk away with hands-on experience, tips, and resources they can implement right away.
Speakers
avatar for Tricia Louis

Tricia Louis

District Technology Integration Professional, Richland School District
Tricia Louis is an #edtech advocate. In her position as the Technology Integration Professional at the Richland School District, she brings individual & group training to the 200+ staff employed there. Tricia is proud to be a part of the Google For Education Certified Trainer, Apple... Read More →

Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
Hilton Garden Room A
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

8:15am CDT

Powerful Library Instruction: Leveraging Colleagues, Resources, and Standards to Build a Cohesive Library Curriculum
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 2
Building on frameworks from the American Association of School Librarians, the Wisconsin Information and Technology Literacy Standards, and other inquiry-based instructional strategies, the Madison Metropolitan School District has developed a library scope and sequence that supports students in five key library content areas ranging from reading engagement to digital citizenship. We’ll share MMSD’s Library Content Guide and the collaborative process the presenters took to create it. Learn about the free, high quality instructional resources from PBS for elementary, middle, and high school that MMSD mapped to standards to create recipes for effective lessons. Leave with ideas for connecting your own library instruction and programming to standards and free resources for increased student engagement, academic rigor, and library visibility.
Speakers
avatar for Maegan Heindel

Maegan Heindel

Library Services Coordinator, Madison Metropolitan School District
Maegan Heindel is a school librarian, teacher, author, and Library Services Coordinator in Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, WI. In her 19 years as an educator, she has been an ALA Emerging Leader, Wisconsin Learning4Life Coordinator, AASL Affiliate Assembly member... Read More →
avatar for Jen Kobylecky

Jen Kobylecky

Associate Director of Education Engagment, PBS Wisconsin
Jen Kobylecky is the associate director of education engagement for PBS Wisconsin, where she leads the team that connects with PreK-12 educators statewide to share free, standards-aligned, and high-quality educational resources produced locally and nationally by PBS. Jen is proud... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 2
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education

8:15am CDT

Sustainability in Action in the School Library
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
BCC Boardroom
Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework, we'll explore sustainability-based library activities that connect with classroom curriculum and information literacy. While addressing SDGs in the library may seem daunting, audience members may be surprised at the power of simple, engaging activities. Prepare to leave this session with a confidence boost and an understanding of how to incorporate all seventeen of the SDGs into your library!
Speakers
avatar for Jacqueline Liesch

Jacqueline Liesch

Dr. Jacqueline D. Liesch has taught students from ages 3 to 18-years old in Wisconsin, Ecuador, South Carolina, and Japan. Teaching students from around the world has enabled me to learn from their perspectives and experiences. Furthermore, by living, studying, volunteering, teaching... Read More →
avatar for Amanda Struckmeyer

Amanda Struckmeyer

Middleton Cross Plains Area School District
Amanda Struckmeyer is a Library Media Specialist at a K-4 school in Middleton. She has long been involved in ALA and has served on numerous committees, including the Caldecott and Newbery Committees. As the AASL/WEMTA Liaison, she attended the AASL National Conference in Utah in October... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
BCC Boardroom
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

10:45am CDT

CCBC: Great New Books for K-5 Libraries
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2
This session will highlight recently published trade books recommended in "CCBC Choices 2025," the most recent best-of-the-year list created by librarians at the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The books recommended in the annual "Choices" list offer myriad opportunities for supporting K-Grade 5 students as they seek books for their reading pleasure and to support literacy and learning. All of the books in CCBC Choices 2025, and the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) youth literature award books, will be available for hands-on book examination.
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Merri Lindgren

Librarian, Cooperative Children’s Book Center
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Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

Director, Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt is the Director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tessa previously served as the Assistant State Superintendent of the Division for Libraries and Technology at the Wisconsin... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary

10:45am CDT

Challenge Ready: PD, Policy, and Legal Preparation
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
BCC Collaborate C
With censorship attempts cresting at record levels, library teams maintain cohesion and communication through careful navigation and in depth understanding of relevant policy and law. In this session, participants will learn about strategies for preparing themselves and their school communities to address challenges. From updating and communicating policies to using case studies to discuss the legal aspects of parent requests and School Board involvement in collection development, attendees will have the opportunity to think deeply about the necessary steps to tailor a team-centered challenge preparedness action plan to meet the needs of their library and community.
Speakers
avatar for Maegan Heindel

Maegan Heindel

Library Services Coordinator, Madison Metropolitan School District
Maegan Heindel is a school librarian, teacher, author, and Library Services Coordinator in Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, WI. In her 19 years as an educator, she has been an ALA Emerging Leader, Wisconsin Learning4Life Coordinator, AASL Affiliate Assembly member... Read More →
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avatar for Dr. Tomas Lipinski

Dr. Tomas Lipinski

Dean and Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
I have worn many hats: lawyer, librarian, library school educator, now Dean of an iSchool where I still teach and write on legal issue affecting libraries and technology across society including copyright, licensing, Free Speech and privacy. Forthcoming e-books from ALA Editions... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
BCC Collaborate C
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education

10:45am CDT

Creating a Technology Success Pack for New Teachers and Staff
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
BCC Collaborate A
This session aims to address the challenges that new teachers and staff face when they join a school district, particularly around technology integration and digital tools essential for teaching and administration. Participants will get information on how to compose a resource guide that provides new hires with all the necessary tools, platforms, support resources, and best practices to feel confident and effective from day one.
Speakers
avatar for Tricia Louis

Tricia Louis

District Technology Integration Professional, Richland School District
Tricia Louis is an #edtech advocate. In her position as the Technology Integration Professional at the Richland School District, she brings individual & group training to the 200+ staff employed there. Tricia is proud to be a part of the Google For Education Certified Trainer, Apple... Read More →

Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
BCC Collaborate A
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

10:45am CDT

Elevate Your Coaching Game: Unleashing the Power of AI in Instructional Coaching
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Hilton Garden Room B
In today's dynamic educational landscape, the instructional coach and tech coach roles must seamlessly merge. Staying at the forefront of technology integration is imperative in this ever-changing multimedia environment. Now, more than ever, we must invest in our teachers so they can prepare their students for the future, including jobs yet to be created, all coaches must champion technology and innovation, even embracing AI in the classroom. This can be done by executing successful coaching cycles. This session will explore various coaching cycles, focusing on Jim Knight's impactful coaching cycle. Discover various coaching cycle resources, including cutting-edge AI coaching tools that will make your work smarter, not harder.
Speakers
avatar for Aggie Salter

Aggie Salter

ITS
Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is an Instructional Technology,  PD Specialist, Instructional Coach Leader, and Innovation teacher at QP School in Madison, WI. Aggie is the Digital Promise Global's Coach Community Manager. She is one of the initial curriculum designers and teachers... Read More →

Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Hilton Garden Room B
  Intermediate, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education
 
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