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Find Your Spark #WEMTA 2023

11:30am CST

CANCELLED -Book Bounty: A Reader's Advisory and Library Outreach Program A5 Peer Feedback, Wine Tasting, and More Effective Formative Assessment A3 Setting Your LMC Paraprofessionals Up for Success A4 Yes, and...Techs and School Librarians: a match made in school district heaven A1

12:45pm CST

Become a Summer Math Explorer with the Wisconsin Math Council A2 CANCELLED Empowered Learning - Innovation in today’s classroom and library A4 Check It Out - Increasing Secondary Student Engagement and Circulation B2 Coding, Community & Careers - Exciting, inspiring, and engaging young women with technology! B3 Don’t Just Keep Your Head Above Water...Win the Race! B4 Instructional Partnerships and Guided Inquiry: How to Plan and Prepare for Long-Term Collaborations A1 Library Planning: New Tools for Beginners and Strategies for Keeping the Cycle Going A6 Mentoring Educators through the Copyright Maze A5 Not Your Gramma's High School Makerspace B1

2:15pm CST

Exploring Connections for Wisconsin Libraries A1 Gamers and Non-Gamers Unite! : Experience The Educational Adventure of Award-Winning PBS Wisconsin Video Games A5 Get Ready Stay Ready: The Community Action Toolkit A2 Living the Legacy of Pura Belpré: Latinx Literature in the Elementary Classroom B1 NEARPOD on Steroids A4 PD from A to Z-Using Choice Boards for Professional Development A3 Spark your Career @ The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) A6 The Library is Going to the Dogs! B2 We're Bringing Happy Back B3

8:45am CST

"My Kid Has A Phone - Now What?" - Creating a Digital Safety Family Night in Your District B1 Activate, Explore, Apply - Elementary Teachers’ Journey to Completion A3 Be In the Know With the DPI Updates B4 Books, Books, Books! B2 Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Human Trafficking A5 Level Up: A Guided Workshop for Enhancing Your School's WSDLC/Sora Experience A2 YouTube and Your Readers: Sparking Reading Engagement in Your Students A1

1:15pm CST

Building a Culture of Literacy and Learning B1 Diversifying Road Map for K-12 Libraries with Strategies You Can Use Right Away B2 Empower Youth Voices Through Media Production Suite 1 Making Sora Yours: Navigating and Setting User Preferences in the Sora Reading App A6 So You Got Your New Coaching Title; Now What? A4 Still Challenged! How We Are Surviving Record Numbers of Book Challenges A5 Teaching and Learning with Chrome A2 What's in your classroom? Computational Thinking and Computer Science B4

4:00pm CST

Battle of the Books: Sparking Student Interest in Literacy A3 CANCELLED Badgerlink for Your Library Staff Suite 1 Canva in the Classroom B3 Empowering Students and Personalizing Learning: A Blended Approach A4 Esports: Make gaming a powerful tool in schools A6 Get Organized with Google A1 High School Connections - It's hard; here's what I'm trying A2 Ignite that Spark - PK-Adult Library Programs A5 Lateral Reading and Media Literacy: Helping Students Research Well B4

8:15am CST

Book Subscription Boxes: Bringing the Library to Your Readers A6 ChatGPT and Other Timely Topics Roundtable A2 Connecting Beyond the Classroom A5 How to leverage technology to address learning gaps with ebooks Suite 1 Inquiry Based Learning A4

9:30am CST

Create a Dynamite Library Website - FREE! B2 Finding Your Spark: Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experiences in the Library A4 Great New Books for Grade K-5 Libraries B4 Promoting Reading - a round table discussion Suite 1 School-wide Family Book Clubs A2 The Common School Fund, Legislation and Me! B3 WeVideo in the Library: Using video editing to engage students and teachers A6

10:45am CST

Curating Library Resources: Finding Your Spark & Igniting a fire within Your Students A4 Developing a Diverse Collection A1 Engaging Students With Localized & Inclusive Non Fiction: An Introduction to PBS Wisconsin Education’s Newly Updated Wisconsin Biographies A5 Great New Books for Grade 6-12 Libraries B4 Leveraging Library Media Specialist Expertise in Strengthening Diverse Representation in Packaged ELA Materials B3 Round Table Discussion on how to manage multiple libraries B1