#WEMTA19 Call for Proposals - Deadline Extended to November 16th

It's not too late! The WEMTA Conference session proposal deadline has been extended to Friday, November 16! We want to hear from you! Not interested in doing a 60 minute session? Submit an ideas for a poster session. Find the complete directions for submitting your breakout session or poster proposal here. 

2019 WEMTA Conference Save the Date

Are you working on the TEACH grant application and/or budgeting for next year? Don't forget that the WEMTA conference is an eligible professional development opportunity for TEACH grants. We would love to see you and your staff at WEMTA! Please share with other educators in your district.  https://tinyurl.com/19WEMTAsavethedate

Team Trivia at WEMTA18!

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Join us for our trivia night social at WEMTA18 on Monday evening, March 26, 6-8:30! Pay $10.00 at the door; tickets may be limited so plan to arrive early if you haven't reserved your spot with Registration. Come with a team of 4-6 people or join a team at the event. 

There will be pizza, prizes, beer, hard cider, soda, and a cash bar! The event is professionally hosted  and features a few WEMTA-specific questions--watch for hints from the WEMTA18 social media feeds.

Pre-order the AASL National School Libraries Standards book

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is pleased to offer WEMTA conference attendees the opportunity to pre-order the National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries at the AASL member price of $99. If you are interested, please complete this order form by February 1, 2018. Your order request will not be placed until payment has been received by the WEMTA office.

The AASL state affiliate (Christine O'Regan aasl@wemta.org) is coordinating orders. You can pick up your order at the WEMTA conference registration desk March 25-27, 2018.

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#WEMTA17 Evaluation

For those of you who attended, please take a moment and fill out the conference evaluation to help us plan next year's event.

We hope you can join us March 25-27, 2018.

Keep up with #WEMTA17

Our conference begins in just a few days. Sched is a great tool that you can use to create your conference schedule. It will also provide you with information on speakers and exhibitors. You can also locate the conference center map through Sched. If you are using Sched on a mobile device, you also get the option to save it to your home screen.

Two great ways to keep up with the conference are by following the discussion on Twitter using #wemta17 or by following our Facebook page.

Volunteers are still needed to help with our conference. Check out these opportunities.

We hope to see you there!

ISTE at #WEMTA17

Come learn about the ISTE Standards at two different opportunities at #WEMTA17. The first is Sunday at 4 PM at the poster sessions found in Ballroom 4.

Join Carolyn Sykora, senior director of the ISTE standards for Getting Started with the ISTE standards on Tuesday morning at 10 AM in Ballroom 5. Janice Mertes from the Wisconsin DPI and library technology specialist Tina Heizman will join Carolyn for this presentation.

The 2016 ISTE Standards for Students are out. What next? Join us to explore this question from the vantage point of a classroom to a state meeting room. Learn more about how to get started integrating the standards into instruction across the curriculum. Hear from state leaders how Wisconsin plans to use the standards. Share your ideas and questions for how you can get started.