Find Your Spark #WEMTA 2023 has ended

Create Your Own Event

Find Your Spark #WEMTA 2023

Ellie Rumney

Rhinelander
Teacher
Rhinelander School District

rhinelander.k12.wi.us/faculty/jwmslibrary/index.cfm

Contact Me

Ellie Rumney taught 6th grade for 12 years before becoming a Library Media Specialist for the School District of Rhinelander in 2014. As a teacher, she was passionate about integrating technology and 21st Century Skills into her classroom. Her journey to become an LMS gave her access to an amazing learning network of professionals that she relies on in the current educational climate. As a Library Media Specialist, she continues to share her enthusiasm for 21st Century learning and information literacy with teachers and students in the classrooms and libraries.

11:15am CST

Fact-Checking for Students: Resist Misinformation and Find Reliable Sources Online B1

11:30am CST

Setting Your LMC Paraprofessionals Up for Success A4

12:45pm CST

Check It Out - Increasing Secondary Student Engagement and Circulation B2 Mentoring Educators through the Copyright Maze A5 Not Your Gramma's High School Makerspace B1

1:45pm CST

Snack Break Grand Ballroom

2:15pm CST

Get Ready Stay Ready: The Community Action Toolkit A2 PD from A to Z-Using Choice Boards for Professional Development A3

7:30am CST

Breakfast Buffet and Announcements Grand Ballroom

8:45am CST

Improving MARC data, Increasing Material Discoverability Suite 1 YouTube and Your Readers: Sparking Reading Engagement in Your Students A1

10:00am CST

Expo Hall Grand Opening Salon B

12:00pm CST

Lunch and Keynote - Has there ever been a more crucial time to be a Librarian? Grand Ballroom

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 Still Challenged! How We Are Surviving Record Numbers of Book Challenges A5

2:15pm CST

Visit Expo Hall - Drawings at 3:15 Salon B

4:00pm CST

Canva in the Classroom B3 Esports: Make gaming a powerful tool in schools A6 Revamping the Elementary Library Space to Support Student Success B2

8:00am CST

Selecting Inclusive Texts through a Critical Lens A1

9:30am CST

Promoting Reading - a round table discussion Suite 1 Teaching About Cultures vs Teaching Culturally: First Nations Studies B1

10:45am CST

Curating Library Resources: Finding Your Spark & Igniting a fire within Your Students A4 Round Table Discussion on how to manage multiple libraries B1 Indigenizing the Resource Collections in our School Libraries B2

11:45am CST

Lunch and Keynote Grand Ballroom

1:30pm CST

Prize Drawing Grand Ballroom