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Sunday, March 9
 

12:30pm CDT

The Perfect Board and Card Games to Use in Your Library, Classroom, Makerspace, and More!
Sunday March 9, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
We are living in the renaissance of amazing board, card, and digital games, especially for educational and skill development possibilities. In this session, we will explore games that are not only fun to play, but also build crucial skills such as persuasive speaking, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. Best of all, we'll explore games that spur meaningful conversations about topics such as digital literacy, storytelling, and course content too! If you want a great collection of game ideas to utilize as well as some ready-made lessons to go along with them, join us!
Speakers
avatar for Jon Spike

Jon Spike

CEO, GamestormEDU
Jon Spike began his career as a high school English teacher, then served as a Technology Integration Specialist in K-12 schools. He currently serves as a Coordinator of Instructional Technology & Integration Services at UW-Whitewater and the Chief Executive & Creative Officer of GamestormEDU... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Higher Education
 
Monday, March 10
 

8:45am CDT

Leveling up your Sora promotion - Engage students with digital reading
Monday March 10, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
In today's digital age, students can be overwhelmed with the amount of online resources available to them. How do we get their attention and engage them in digital reading? Join us for a session aimed at helping you increase Sora's visibility and usage in your school. Your Sora expert will provide practical strategies and tips for promoting Sora effectively. You'll also get access to ready-to-use resources and hear case studies about educators who have successfully engaged their communities with Sora. Don't miss this chance to enhance your digital library promotion and make the most of Sora in your school.
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LR

Monday March 10, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:00pm CDT

TeachingBooks and Sora: Better Together
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
Discover how ebooks and audiobooks can help support your school’s unique curriculum needs. From ELA favorites to digital class sets and more, let OverDrive Account Manager, Lena Rose and TeachingBooks Implementation Specialist, Kym Davick, fill you in on how the Sora reading app combined with TeachingBooks resources can help set your students up for required reading success. Attendees will learn the benefits of creating school-specific digital collections and how powerful Sora tools like notes, highlights, definitions reading data are making a positive impact on reading engagement, as well as how to find the resources for your Sora Books on TeachingBooks as you hook readers, prepare lessons, or plan for books groups.

TeachingBooks is provided to all Wisconsin schools, public libraries, universities and residents through BadgerLink, Wisconsin’s Online Library funded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Speakers
LR
KD

Monday March 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

3:00pm CDT

Leveraging Professional Organizations: Connecting to Impact Learning through Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
We know the value of professional development and how important it is to have connections with our state organizations, but does every teacher in our district? This session will provide ways to connect with the English teachers in your district through the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English by sharing the highlights of the WCTE 2024 Fall Convention, “Expanding Our UniVERSE: Creating Learner-Centric Experiences.” Poetry and verse novels were at the heart of WCTE’s Convention, and both can be used to ignite passion in students and ignite a love of reading. Attendees will leave with practical ways to utilize poetry and verse novels in the classroom and library, ready to share with teachers in their district.
Speakers
avatar for Trista Owczarzak

Trista Owczarzak

Library Media Specialist, Cambria-Friesland School District
Monday March 10, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Middle School, High School
 
Tuesday, March 11
 

8:15am CDT

10 Creative Ways to Engage Students
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
Discover practical and impactful strategies to engage students in the school library. We will focus on creative ways to foster a love of reading, enhance learning experiences, and find time-effective and realistic ways to engage students at all levels. Hands-on learning, digital strategies, and more will be explored!
Speakers
avatar for Jackie Markowski

Jackie Markowski

Digital Learning Specialist, Pulaski Community School District
Jackie is in her 18 year of teaching, and 8th year in her role as a Digital Learning Specialist in the Pulaski Community School District, She loves sharing her learning with others.   Working in an elementary school setting, she is passionate about engaging students in critical thinking... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 8:15am - 9:15am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Elementary, Middle School

9:30am CDT

¡A Leer y Competir! Organizando una Batalla de Libros!
Tuesday March 11, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
Investing in students' home languages is a powerful tool for equity. Librarians can create rigorous opportunities for an often neglected reading population. Learn how MMSD hosts an annual Batalla de Libros in grades 4-8. Advanced Learning Coach Katie Hayden and LMTS Hollis Rudiger will guide you through the process: creating teams, selecting books, writing questions, and running the tournament. They'll share book lists and selection processes. Spanish knowledge isn't necessary, and can help monolingual librarians support biliteracy goals, even in smaller settings. This model can be adapted for other languages and grades. Join us for a lively, multilingual discussion!
Speakers
avatar for Hollis Rudiger

Hollis Rudiger

Hollis became an old school librarian in 1997, but recently drove back to the future, and is settling nicely into 2024. She is also, reluctantly, a Media and Technology Specialist. She has been an ed tech trainer, an ESL teacher, a librarian at the CCBC, a tutor and coach for neurodivergent... Read More →
KH

Tuesday March 11, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Elementary, Middle School

10:45am CDT

My Genrfying Journey: Genrefying an entire elementary library
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
This session will focus on the organization of the elementary library. The idea behind genrefying a school library will be discussed as well as how I have genrefied our fiction and nonfiction books and have started out the picture book reorganization. I will discuss the physical changes that were made to the books, the space, the supplies I purchased to reorganize (labels, covers, and face out bins), the changes made in Follett Destiny as well as the impact these changes had to our circulation numbers. I believe strongly in this type of organization and am excited to share the benefits of this with other librarians.
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avatar for Keri Johnson

Keri Johnson

K-5 Learning Center Director, Copeland Manor
My road to the library began in a classroom in 2000. I taught fourth grade for thirteen years before I made the transition to the library. This is my seventh year in that position. I earned my bachelors degree in human development and family studies from the University of Illinois... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Sheraton Wisconsin 7
  Beginner, Elementary
 
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