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ITEMcon18

1:00pm CDT

WI-FI: Network: Connect to hotel network (no username/password required) Conference-wide

2:00pm CDT

Evaluation & CEUs Evaluation & CEU

3:00pm CDT

Registration Open Upper Lobby Vendor Move-In/Check-in Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

5:30pm CDT

ITEM Fellowship Social & Dinner Itasca/Vermilion

6:30pm CDT

Carlos Creek Winery Social Carlos Creek Winery

7:00am CDT

Registration Open Lower Lobby

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

8:00am CDT

Keynote: Charlie Miller, Flipgrid Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

9:00am CDT

Author Signing Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center) Vendor Time Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center) Coffee Available in the Exhibit Hall Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center) Exhibit Hall Opens Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center) ITEM Bookstore Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

9:30am CDT

#MNLibrariesTransform: Be a Part of Library Legislative Day Lake OsakisLisa Gearman • Ann Walker Smalley • Sam Walseth Booktalks for the Secondary Student 6-12 Lake MinnewaskaMelissa Weinand • Rachelle Weinand Copy Right or You Might Violate Copyright Lake CarlosTammi Wilkins EBSCO Discovery Service as a Classroom Learning Resource Lake Le Homme DieuChristopher Holly Elementary Authors Panel 1 Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)Art Coulson • Cori Doerrfeld • Mary Losure • Patrick Mader • Stephen Shaskan • Trisha Speed Shaskan • Lisa M Bolt Simons • Brandon Vreeman • Kari Van Wakeren Helping Students Read Informational Texts Lake VermilionLinda Mork Media & Technology Literacy for Digital Natives Lake NokomisLisa Newhouse Project Based Learning with Google for Education's Applied Digital Skills Lake Miltona CAnne Nash • Mike Patterson Under the Radar: The "Other" Youth Book Awards Worth Watching Lake Miltona BHeidi Hammond • Gail Nordstrom • Heather Palmer Weekly Newscast with WeVideo Lake Miltona ANancy Meyer

10:25am CDT

DIY Publishing Lake Miltona AMatt Lee • Linda Mork Elementary Authors Panel 2 Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)Eileen Beha • Polly Carlson-Voiles • Michael Hall • Kevin Lovegreen • Sheila O'Connor • Nikki Rajala • Kurtis Scaletta • Tammy Wilson • Joan Wolf ELM Resources in MackinVIA Lake Le Homme DieuAnnie Allen Finding Common Ground: Creating Community & Connections Around Information Literacy Lake NokomisTrent Brager • Amy Mars • Kim Pittman Live Data in the Library Lake VermilionStephanie Krajicek Make Tech Matter Lake OsakisMartha Rush Storytelling as a Leadership Tool to Empower Immigrant Students Lake CarlosJessie Lee-Bauder What's New from Google for Education! Lake Miltona CAnne Nash • Mike Patterson YALSA Teen Services Competencies in a Nutshell Lake MinnewaskaLeah Larson • Jen Nelson

11:15am CDT

Author Signing Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center) Vendor Time Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

12:00pm CDT

Access for All: Partnering with the Public Library Lake VermilionDoug Johnson • Andrew McCluskey Becoming Internet Awesome Citizens with Google for Education Lake Miltona CAnne Nash • Mike Patterson CANCELLED: How Emotionally Free Can A Black Girl Be With God? Lake Miltona A CANCELLED: Oh, Oh, Robots Lake CarlosDawn Nelson Diversity & Equity in School Library Collections Lake OsakisLiesl Werner Thomas Ebooks Minnesota for Schools Lake Le Homme Dieu Empower and Amplify #StudentVoice with Flipgrid Lake NokomisJoey Taralson Five Future Ready Fixes For Your Media Program Lake Miltona BAmy Carney Secondary Authors Panel Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)Anne Greenwood Brown • Shannon Gibney • Carrie Mesrobian • Margi Preus • Marcie Rendon • Jacqueline West Student Voice & Choice in Middle School Libraries Lake MinnewaskaDawn French • Stephanie Krajicek

12:45pm CDT

Lunch, Awards, Author Panel, Networking Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

2:30pm CDT

American Indian Literature Resources for Educators Lake MinnewaskaDr. Jane Harstad • Leah Larson Be a resource hero for your high school students! Lake Le Homme DieuCarla Pfahl • Sara Swenson Building a Student Social Media Team at Your School Lake CarlosTaylor Siebert Discover Minnesota Gold! Lake Miltona APatrick Mader Empowering Teens Who are Passionate About Writing to Get A Book Published Before They Turn 18 Lake Miltona BJustin M. Anderson • Rachel Anderson How May We Help You? Lake VermilionMarie Hydukovich Little Coders: Infectious (the good kind) Activities for Preschoolers Lake NokomisBrianna Bleeker • Stacy Lienemann Walk a Mile in My Moccasins: Developing Empathy Purposefully Lake Miltona CDoug Johnson You, Your Library, and your Legislator Lake OsakisRep. Mary Kunesh-Podein

3:15pm CDT

Author Signing Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center) Vendor Time Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

4:00pm CDT

Advocate's Action Plan: Building Support Lake Miltona CMulticounty Multitype Library Systems Attack of the Killer Computer!: Is Your Library ? Lake NokomisBrianna Bleeker • Stacy Lienemann Connect Learning to the Real World with EVERFI’s Online Resources Lake Le Homme DieuLincoln Hughes Geology: Things I Found in Minnesota Lake Miltona ALyndon D - Agate Johnson ITEM Standards Update Lake MinnewaskaAndi Bodeau Putting the Fun Back in PD Lake OsakisMaria Burnham Raising Makers - Engaging Learning in a Library Lake Miltona BJen Legatt Tech Integration and My First Year in the Library/Media Center Lake CarlosJennifer Hennes

5:00pm CDT

ITEM Membership Meeting Lake Minnewaska

6:00pm CDT

Social, dinner and entertainment Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

7:00am CDT

Registration Open Lower Lobby

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Exhibit/Convention Center (Tennis Center)

9:00am CDT

Unconference Osakis/MinnewaskaAngie Kalthoff • Jen Legatt