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Find Your Spark #WEMTA 2023

10:30am CST

Registration Expo Hall Commons

11:15am CST

Building Community with #ClassroomBookADay B4 Educators as Experts: Centering the Voices That Matter Most in Classroom Conversation, with PBS Wisconsin's akaTeacher B2 Fact-Checking for Students: Resist Misinformation and Find Reliable Sources Online B1 What Should I Buy? B3

11:30am CST

Increase Teacher Engagement with Beanstack A2 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

1:45pm CST

Snack Break Grand Ballroom

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 What's New in KidLit: Inclusive Picture Books You Should Know B4

7:00am CST

Registration Expo Hall Commons

7:30am CST

Breakfast Buffet and Announcements Grand Ballroom

8:00am CST

First-Timers Breakfast B2

8:45am CST

Book Challenge Stories B3 Embracing Culturally Responsive Practices through the Study of State and Local Issues A4 Improving MARC data, Increasing Material Discoverability Suite 1 We’re All Media Mentors! Navigating Media Integration for Our Youngest Learners A6 "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

10:00am CST

Expo Hall Grand Opening Salon B

11:30am CST

WEMTA and ISTE Awards and Grants Grand Ballroom

12:00pm CST

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

1:15pm CST

Effectively Leveraging Standards-Aligned Instructional Resources in Your Digital Ecosystem A3 The Right Database Makes All the Difference: Ancient Egypt and FactCite B3 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 Making Space for Makerspace: A 3-pronged Approach to Scheduling A1

2:15pm CST

Visit Expo Hall - Drawings at 3:15 Salon B

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 Revamping the Elementary Library Space to Support Student Success B2

5:30pm CST

Trivia Night Grand Ballroom

7:00am CST

Breakfast Buffet and Business Meeting Grand Ballroom Registration Expo Hall Commons

8:00am CST

Authors and Illustrators, and Book Trailers OH MY! B3 Embracing Inclusive Cataloging to Represent Students' Intersectionality B1 Selecting Inclusive Texts through a Critical Lens A1

8:15am CST

Creating, Analyzing, and Using Lists on TeachingBooks A3 Digging Deeper into Black Bears and Blackberries Publishing: Connecting Native Authors and Illustrators with Readers B2 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

Capstone PebbleGo Updates and More for WEMTA 2023 A3 Introducing a Streaming Movie Library for K-12 Education A5 Let's Play: Using Playful Learning and Game Design in Any Subject or Makerspace A1 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 Teaching About Cultures vs Teaching Culturally: First Nations Studies B1 Author Fair Salon B

10:45am CST

Author Fair Continues Salon B Differentiating Instruction with Teaching Books A6 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 Indigenizing the Resource Collections in our School Libraries B2

11:45am CST

Lunch and Keynote Grand Ballroom

1:30pm CST

Prize Drawing Grand Ballroom