WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

Lindsey Schartner

Pulaski Community School District

Digital Learning Specialist

Pulaski, WI

11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

12:30pm CDT

Elevate Student Agency Through Video Hilton Garden Room BBeth Rihtar PD from A to Z-Using Choice Boards for Professional Development BCC BoardroomAmber Houslet

1:45pm CDT

Brisk Teaching Chrome Extension BCC Collaborate CJake Boll Grow a Garden of Resources: Differentiating with AI Sheraton Wisconsin 2Sarah Wendorf Keeping Up-To-Date with Google Workspaces BCC Collaborate BDeb Norton

3:00pm CDT

Screencastify Submit: A Replacement for Flip Sheraton Wisconsin 4Sarah Wendorf AI in the Classroom: What it is, why it’s changing the world, and how we can prepare for it BCC Collaborate CJake Boll

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet & Program Updates BCC Connect CB East

8:45am CDT

Captivate and Educate: Using Edutainment to Boost Student Involvement and Achievement in ELA BCC BoardroomAmanda Zieba Collaborative Classrooms: Strategies for Student Success Sheraton Wisconsin 6Toni Robinson • Melissa Hampton Digital Producers: Empower your students to create and engage with technology Sheraton Wisconsin 1Sonja Pupovac Fact-Checking for Students: Resist Misinformation and Find Reliable Sources Online. Sheraton Wisconsin 3Nick Ostrem

1:00pm CDT

Creating a District Digital Safety Night Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jami Goodman • Jen Gossen • Ashley Knapp • Nicci Verbeten • Jen Wathke Neuroscience and Technology Sheraton Wisconsin 1Beth Clarke 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

5:30pm CDT

Trivia Night BCC Connect CB East

8:15am CDT

AI is here to stay - What are we going to do about it? Sheraton Wisconsin 4Ashley Knapp Spotting the Tricks: Helping Students Understand Social Engineering, Fake News, and Digital Folklore BCC Collaborate AMaria Haigh

9:30am CDT

Design Thinking in the 6-12 classroom BCC Collaborate CJennifer Casa-Todd Empowering Students Through Digital Storytelling: Building a Media Club for Creative Communication and Production Sheraton Wisconsin 6Trisha Sabel Getting Started with AI Literacy: Preparing Students for an AI-Driven World Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jodi Pierre Teaching Tech Balance: Supporting Students' Online Health and Safety BCC Collaborate AJake Boll