WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

12:30pm CDT

I'm a Librarian! Now What? BCC Collaborate BKristin Rosenberg Open Books, Open Minds, Open Hearts: School Librarians' Perceptions of Inclusive Children's Literature Hilton Garden Room AJacqueline Liesch PD from A to Z-Using Choice Boards for Professional Development Hilton Garden Room BAmber Houslet

1:45pm CDT

IGNITE Your Career with AASL! Hilton Garden Room AKate Olson Teaching Culturally With the Four I's (Inform, Include, Integrate, and Infuse) - Indigenous Studies Sheraton Wisconsin 1David J. O'Connor VR (Virtual Reality) to Boldly Go Where You May Not Have Gone Before: Creating Learning Experiences to Ignite and Inspire Learning Together in the Library and Beyond. Sheraton Wisconsin 4Jeff Carpenter

3:00pm CDT

Developing your PLC Roundtable Hilton Garden Room BAmber Houslet Leadership Lessons I Wish I'd Learned in the Library BCC Collaborate CMaegan Heindel

8:45am CDT

Collaborative Classrooms: Strategies for Student Success Sheraton Wisconsin 6Melissa Hampton How to Mine Library Data and Influence People BCC Collaborate CJosh Rageth Leveling up your Sora promotion - Engage students with digital reading Sheraton Wisconsin 7Lena Rose Navigating BIPOC Librarianship Sheraton Wisconsin 1Joy Zander • Dolores Brown • Ivana Renteria Supporting Early Literacy from the Library & TeachingBooks Sheraton Wisconsin 2Kym Davick Updates from the DPI: Everything You Need to Know! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow

1:00pm CDT

BadgerLink Resources in the Classroom 2025 Sheraton Wisconsin 4Jen Champoux Creating a District Digital Safety Night Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jami Goodman • Jen Gossen • Ashley Knapp • Nicci Verbeten • Jen Wathke Improving MARC data, increasing discoverability Hilton Garden Room BJustin Hoelscher Neuroscience and Technology Sheraton Wisconsin 1Beth Clarke TeachingBooks and Sora: Better Together Sheraton Wisconsin 7Lena Rose • Kym Davick TechnoTeachers Hilton Garden Room ASonja Pupovac Templates and Activities, Oh My! Sheraton Wisconsin 3Amber Houslet

3:00pm CDT

Lightbox Learning: Lighting the Path to Engagement: Transforming Learning Experiences Hilton Garden Room BChuck Dearman Partnering for Success: Collaborating with your Title I Reading Specialist to Create Engaging Family Events Sheraton Wisconsin 3Michele Green • Amanda Schlough The ABCs of Being an Elementary Librarian BCC Collaborate CTiffany Coopman • Jodie Kujawa

8:15am CDT

Canva 101 Sheraton Wisconsin 4Danielle Brannan Digging Into Your Collection BCC Collaborate AVal Edwards • Teresa Voss

9:30am CDT

Fixer Upper - Season 6, Episode 1 BCC BoardroomJamie Jestadt

10:45am CDT

Beyond the Bookshelf: Exploring Author Encounters Sheraton Wisconsin 2Joe Diefenthaler • Jackie Markowski • Jen Wathke Story Stuffy Kits: Introducing 4K to new friends Hilton Garden Room AErin Wedemeier Telling Your Library's Story Sheraton Wisconsin 1Sarah Beth Nelson