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Sunday March 31 - Tuesday April 2 Kalahari Resorts, Wisconsin Dells, WI
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11:00am

Registration Open Registration Booth

11:15am

Making in the Content Areas GuavaKevin Jarrett Digital Storytelling: Unlocking Student Voice Through Audio/Video Creation AraliaBen Brazeau Everyone Can Create MangroveApple Inc. Code.org CS Fundamentals Workshop TamarindLIMITEDAmanda Werner

11:30am

Reading Magic: Unlocking Possibilities For All Readers TambotiKym Davick • Mary Ellen Graf Books on Bikes AloeswoodCarolyn Barels • Cathy Daly • Michelle Folk • Sarah Horwath • Kim Westby Say YES, Get Your Passport Ready, and Take Your Teaching Global! MarulaJacqueline Liesch TeachingBooks.net Almost New Book Sale Registration Booth

12:45pm

Analyzing and Increasing Diversity in a School Library Collection MarulaMalena Koplin • Sarrah Oliver How to Make Your Library a Hub for Coding AraliaMark Westhoff NGSS Ready – You Can Do This TambotiKarin Strasser What's New from Apple? MangroveApple Inc. Your voice matters! Your student’s voice matters!: Advocating your message AloeswoodMandy Meloy

1:00pm

Popcorn Bar & Beverages Suite 5 Maker Fair Suite 5

2:00pm

Maker Fair Demo: Google Expeditions Suite 5Jen Zurawski Maker Fair Demo: Making 'learning to code' meaningful, fun and EASY with Micro:bit Suite 5Kevin Jarrett

2:45pm

Access Learning: designing for all learners MangroveApple Inc. It's Your Destiny (to use Collections)! TambotiKaren Howell Become a Research Rock Star: Using Guided Inquiry Design to Promote Higher Level Learning GuavaKathy Boguszewski • Donna Young ISTE Educator Standards Certification for Wisconsin AraliaBeth Clarke

4:00pm

Create a Digital Book with Pages on iPad MangroveApple Inc. Educational Scavenger hunts! Amazing Race or Mission Impossible --Creating Activity Learning AraliaBen Brazeau Staying Organized with Google Tools TambotiJoanie Rueth Harnessing Esports in your Schools GuavaMike Dahle Rock Your Read Aloud! AloeswoodJamie Jestadt

7:00am

First-Timer Breakfast Suite D Monday Breakfast: Battle of the Books and Golden Archer Presentations Suite A, B, C, F, G, H Registration Registration Booth

7:30am

TeachingBooks.net Almost New Book Sale Registration Booth

8:15am

Follett Book Fairs - Bringing Books Back to the Book Fair TambotiStephanie Davern CCBC Exhibit CypressCCBC Diversity in Children's Books - A BreakoutEDU Exploration Suite 4Jenny Barreau • Caitlin Schaffer What the Tech is going on in your school! Suite EAnn Bartel Create Your Own School ‘GoodReads’ Community AraliaAmy Unti Runnells • Malena Koplin E-Books: Many Voices, Many Choices AloeswoodJeffrey Carpenter Engaging the Youtube Generation WisteriaBrandon Berrey Help Your Low-Income Students and Families Get Affordable Internet Access at Home! MarulaBill Herman • Monica Treptow Moving Forward with ISTE Standards TamarindAmy Ambelang • Ashley Kurth • Cara Schueller Raising the Bar MangroveApple Inc. Rev Up Your Writing! PortiaJamie Jestadt Thinking Outside the Docs: Using Google Slides & Drawings to Create Comics, CYOAs, Magazines & Much More GuavaJon Spike Design Dash: a 'Sprint' through the Design Thinking Process Suite 5Kevin Jarrett

9:30am

Keynote Address: STEM is for ALL-Bridging the Gap Tackling Digital Equity Suite A, B, C, F, G, HPatricia Brown

10:30am

Expo Hall Grand Opening Expo Hall

11:15am

Monday Lunch: Common School Fund Presentation, WEMTA Awards Suite A, B, C, F, G, H

12:45pm

Past WEMTA Presidents' Meeting Ebony Fostering Innovation Ecosystems in School Libraries AloeswoodSheri Omernik How to engage 21st century students with digital content TambotiOverDrive Creating Break-Out Boxes for Content Areas Suite 4Sandy LeMahieu • Shelly Taylor Everyone Can Code MangroveApple Inc. Captivating Student Creativity with Video Creation WisteriaChristina Nording CCBC: Great New Books for K-5 Libraries & Classrooms CypressCCBC Digital Learning Updates to Support Your District Initiatives AraliaChad Kliefoth • Janice Mertes Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from a Teen Book TamarindLinda Jerome • Ruhama Kordatzky-Bahr Integrating Technology, Literacy, and Social Studies in the Elementary School PortiaDeidre Olson • Judy Schantek Know Your Information Literacy Super Powers! Suite DJennifer Keating • Mabel Mannion Reading Rampage Toolkit MarulaTara Jordan • Sandra Speare You Say Passive, I Say Powerful: Anytime LMC Programs for Youth GuavaMarge Loch-Wouters Unleash Student Creativity with iPads Suite 5Patricia Brown

1:45pm

Follett Sweets Dessert Break Expo Hall Visit Expo Hall Expo Hall

2:15pm

Authors at the Heart of Reading & Writing Lessons MarulaKym Davick • Mary Ellen Graf Breakout of the Ordinary with Breakout EDU Suite 4FILLINGMindy Grant CCBC Exhibit CypressCCBC Delivering Personalized Professional Learning as a Leader, Mentor, and Coach Suite 5Joseph Kanke • Monica Treptow Let's Get Creative with Clips! MangroveBethany Nugent • Carrie Wuensch-Harden Swimming in a Sea of Standards TamarindJacqueline Liesch Unheard Voices—Why & How to Use Primary Sources to Teach History PortiaSociety of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Addressing Smartphone Addiction Among Your Students AloeswoodMichael Mercier Childhood Trauma and Bibliotherapy for K-12 Students GuavaDr. Julie Bates-Maves • Katie Kramschuster Coding In Reading, Writing, and Social Studies...Oh, My! WisteriaChristina Nording Manawa Makers...Choosing to Explore! AraliaJennifer Krueger Why I Love Destiny Discover Collections TambotiMalena Koplin Wisconsin's Children's Choice Book Award: The Golden Archer Award Suite DKim Christiansen Engaging & Empowering Students during Workshop with Digital Tools Suite EJen Zurawski

3:15pm

Visit Expo Hall Expo Hall Author Signing with Jessica Gunderson, Sponsored by Follett School Solutions Expo HallJessica Gunderson

3:30pm

Formative Assessments & MORE with Seesaw! Suite EJen Zurawski Making in the Content Areas Suite 5Kevin Jarrett iPad Tools to Encourage Creativity in the Classroom PortiaTricia Louis Spark Conversations with your Stakeholders WisteriaChristine O'Regan Telling the Library Story: Messaging & Media Strategies Suite DDavid Jakes

3:45pm

Engaging Middle School Learners with Tech TambotiJosh McGregor Everyone Can Create w/ Video in all areas of the curriculum MangroveApple Inc. Make Your Voice Heard! How You Can Impact the Future of School Libraries AloeswoodMichael Blumenfeld • Erin Fabrizius • Janet Vraney CCBC: Great New Books for Middle & High School Libraries & Classrooms CypressCCBC Connect and Create Panel Discussion: Public and School Librarian Collaboration Projects GuavaTessa Michaelson Schmidt • Monica Treptow Cultivating a Love of Reading in the Digital Age TamarindDeidre Olson • Judy Schantek E-Quality: The Wisconsin Schools Digital Library Consortium User Group MarulaMembers of the Wisconsin Schools Digital Library Consortium Board • Sara Gold • Stef Morrill Interesting Ways to Use G Suite in the Classroom Suite 4Scott Fernholz Library Re-Design on a Dime! AraliaJackie Markowski • Amy Uelmen

4:45pm

Visit Expo Hall Expo Hall

5:30pm

Pet Trivia Night (Prize Drawing, Cash Bar, Pizza, and Snacks) Suite A & H

7:00am

Tuesday Breakfast & Business Meeting Suite A, B, C, F, G, H Registration Registration Booth

7:30am

TeachingBooks.net Almost New Book Sale Registration Booth

8:00am

YouTube: from Consumer to Creator Suite EJen Zurawski GameStormEDU: Discover How Students and Educators can Design Physical and Digital EduGames! AloeswoodJon Spike Using Digitized Newspapers in the Classroom – Promote Critical Thinking Skills Using Historic Newspapers TamarindJenny Kalvaitis • Randi Ramsden “Hey Google...Take Me on a Trip!” Suite DTricia Louis

8:15am

Alohomora, Unlocking Student Engagement with Breakout EDU Suite 4Casey Ineichen Everyone Can Create w/ Drawing and Photography in all areas of the curriculum MangroveApple Inc. Future Ready Instructional Coach TambotiChad Kliefoth • Agnieszka A Salter Summer Meet and Read! WisteriaSally Nie And the Winner Is….What’s Behind National Youth Award Committee Work AraliaMarge Loch-Wouters Diverse collections: offering choices for many voices PortiaCindy Halter • Kristi Moulton • Carrie Wuensch-Harden Google for Education Presents: Hot Off The Press--Updates and Insights from Google GuavaAnne Nash Leading the Learning - PD through the Library MarulaAmy Eppinger

9:30am

FactCite and the new ITL Standards TambotiFactCite: Lincoln Library Online Cyber Security and Data Privacy in Your School Suite 5Agnieszka A Salter Explore Project-based Learning & Google Tools with the Google Applied Digital Skills Curriculum AloeswoodJon Spike LGBTQIA+ Representation in Books and Schools PortiaJulie Beckett • Pamela Hoadley • Kelly McCarthy Make Your Own Engaging Breakout Activities for Groups Large and Small Suite 4Maegan Heindel Managing Students and Digital workflow w/ Classroom and School Work MangroveApple Inc. The Digital Classroom: Leveraging Google Classroom to Streamline Instruction GuavaJosh McGregor Create, Collaborate and Innovate with Calkins’ Reading and Writing Units of Study MarulaGina Marchionda-Schneider • Renee Nolan • Ed Schreiber Dewey Have To? TamarindJessica Hammersmith Everyone wants Empowered Learners! Suite EBeth Clarke Getting Your Bang for Your eBooks: Promoting eBooks AraliaBeth Hennes • Jennifer Peterson Into the Third Decade of World Book Web WisteriaWorld Book, Inc. Service Learning to build kindness and student action Suite DMandy Meloy

10:30am

Visit Expo Hall Expo Hall

11:15am

Tuesday Lunch: Golden Archer baskets & PET (Permanent Endowment Trust) Awards Suite A, B, C, F, G, H

11:45am

Author Keynote: Varian Johnson Sponsored by Scholastic Suite A, B, C, F, G, HVarian Johnson

1:00pm

Breakout of the Ordinary with Breakout EDU Suite 4Mindy Grant Creative PD for Results PortiaJackie Markowski • Amy Uelmen Learning with iPad: It's Personal! MangroveFelecity Treptow • Bethany Nugent Many voices, many RESOURCES: BadgerLink in your library! TamarindJen Champoux • Ben Miller • Elizabeth Neuman 10 Things Every Teacher Should be Able to Do in Google Docs GuavaEric Benedict • Scott Fernholz From Where it Came...FAKE NEWS!! MarulaBecky Bretza • Dea Fowler You've Got the Space, You've Got the Stuff: Making in the Elementary Library Program AloeswoodKate LaChance Author Signing with Varian Johnson Sponsored by Scholastic CypressVarian Johnson Google Tour Creator: Creating Virtual Field Trips Suite EJen Zurawski

2:15pm

Poster Session: Books on Bikes Suite 5Carolyn Barels • Cathy Daly • Michelle Folk • Sarah Horwath • Kim Westby Poster Session: PBS LearningMedia – The Gateway to America’s Most Trusted Classroom Suite 5Kristin Leglar Dream, Design, Develop....Elementary STEM Can Happen AloeswoodSheila Fox Everyone Can Create w/ Music in all areas of the curriculum MangroveApple Inc. Digital Demo Slam: Our Favorite Tech Tools WisteriaEric Benedict • Scott Fernholz Google for Education Presents: Digital Citizenship & Digital Skills for Students GuavaAnne Nash I Did It!!: The Tip-Meister Dishes on Effective Processes to Get to the Finish PortiaMarge Loch-Wouters Thinking Outside the Docs: Using Google Slides & Drawings to Create Comics, CYOAs, Magazines & Much More MarulaJon Spike Breakout of the Ordinary with Breakout EDU Suite 5Mindy Grant Code Collaboratively- with Tynker's Crystal Clash! Suite 5Daniel Rezac Poster Session: Better Together: A School District and Public Library Partnership Suite 5Michele Gagner • Malena Koplin • Kerry Pinkner Poster Session: Creating young historians Suite 5Page Leahy Poster Session: Cyber Security and Data Privacy in Your School Suite 5Agnieszka A Salter Poster Session: Getting Your Bang for Your eBooks: Promoting eBooks Suite 5Beth Hennes • Jennifer Keating • Jennifer Peterson Poster Session: Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case - A Wisconsin Historical Inquiry Adventure GameKristin Leglar • Mike Scoville Poster Session: Letter Ladies: Literacy fun with Letters Suite 5Mandy Meloy • Nicole Quandt Poster Session: Let’s Go Somewhere: Using Google’s Tour Creator for Virtual Reality Experiences in the Classroom Setting Suite 5Tera Preder • Emily Wertanen Poster Session: Library Planning with Future Ready Tools: Focusing on Improving Student Learning through Library Programming Suite 5Monica Treptow Poster Session: Make Your Voice Heard! How You Can Impact the Future of School Libraries Suite 5Michael Blumenfeld • Erin Fabrizius • Janet Vraney Poster Session: What is AASL and why do I need it? Suite 5Christine O'Regan Poster Session: What the Tech is going on in your school! Suite 5Ann Bartel Poster Session: Wisconsin's Children's Choice Book Award: The Golden Archer Award Suite 5Kim Christiansen Poster Sessions Suite 5 School-Wide Family Book Clubs Suite EJen Zurawski

3:30pm

Prize Drawing Suite 5