WEMTA is an independent professional association serving school ...

WEMTA is an independent professional association servingschool library media and instructional technology professionals.WEMTA is committed to providing leadership and professionalgrowth opportunities to promote quality learning andinformation access to meet the needs of our educationalcommunity.

e-mail: innovativeeducator@gmail.comBlog: http://blog.innovativeeducator.usTwitter: nharmEmployment:• National Intel Senior Trainer, Intel Education 2009-Present• ISTE Webinar Presenter, ISTE 2009-Present• Ed Tech Consultant/Keynote Speaker/Grant Writer,Innovative Educator Consulting Corp. 2009- Present• Adjunct Instructor of Online Educational Technology:UW-L, Viterbo, Marian, & Aurora University 2009-Present

Email: teresa.voss@verona.k12.wi.usEmployment:• Verona Area High School Librarian August 2000-2004• Librarian – Zurich International School (Switzerland):August 2004 - 2006• Verona Area High School Librarian 2006 – present• District Library Media Specialist August 2007 –present

Email: val_edwards@mononagrove.orgEmployment:• Monona Grove High School 1997-PresentProfessional Activity:• Delegate, Affiliate Assembly, Wisconsin Educational Media & TechnologyAssn. (WEMTA)• Director-Elect Region III, American Assn. of School Librarians AffiliateAssembly (AASL)• Member, Campaign Action Committee, Campaign for WI Libraries (WLA)• Immediate Past Chair, Intellectual Freedom Roundtable, Wisconsin LibraryAssn. (WLA)• Member, Monona Grove New Teacher Project Steering Committee (MGNTP)• Trustee, Monona Public Library Board• Member, City of Monona Broadband & Telecommunications Commission

Email: georgeb@ricelake.k12.wi.usEmployment:• Middle & High School Library Media Specialist, RiceLake Area School District

Email: szellmann@mtsd.k12.wi.usEmployment:• Library Media Director at Homestead High School in theMequon-Thiensville School District• Cardinal Stritch University instructional technologygraduate programProfessional Activities:• Wisconsin Library Services (WILS) Board of Directors• Weyenberg Library Board of Trustees.

Email: jverduin@wausau.k12.wi.usEmployment:• Director of Technology and Media Services WausauSchool District

http://www.ijohnpederson.com/John Pederson failed his quest of being a high school social studies teacher a year before even enteringthe classroom. When given the task of designing and teaching his first lesson in Social StudiesMethods as an undergraduate, he introduced 30 pre-service teachers to something called the WorldWide Web. Rather than teaching about the Bill of Rights, he introduced folks to the Internet in 1995.Here was a place where aspiring teachers could go to find endless resources about the Bill of Rights foruse in the classroom. John received a D- and a red-penned comment, "Off topic. You taught us aboutcomputers, not the Bill of Rights." And so it began.In 1996, straight out of college, John began his career as a Technology Coordinator for the Moose LakeCommunity School district in Moose Lake, MN. After learning the ropes in a small, rural K12 schoolof 800 he later became the Director of Information Technology for the School District of Superior inSuperior, WI. His passion for learning and K12 education drew him towards educational technologyprofessional development in 2006 where he worked many teachers in the CESA #3 region and latermoved to Madison to work across the entire state with WiscNet. His current position as "EducationalTechnology Liaison" involves connecting people to networks technically, but more importantlyworking to build the "people networks" around the technology. The Internet enables new ways inwhich people can participate in community. Leveraging that potential for schools and libraries iscritical in order for them to remain relevant.

Email: dnordine@cesa9.k12.wi.usWebsite: www.wisconsinvirtualschool.orgEmployment:• Director Wisconsin Virtual School & Instructional Technology CESA 9Professional Activities:• International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)• iNACOL Midwestern Committee• iNACOL Advocacy and Issues Committee• Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association (WEMTA)• Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA)• Wisconsin Elementary Science Teachers (WEST)• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Vicki Santacroce: Secretary & AASL LiaisonAshwaubenon School DistrictHeidi Catlin: Member at Large Rhinelander SchoolDistrictAllison Kaplan: Director Higher Education & WisconsinLibrary Association Liaison, UW MadisonDirector Library Media:Nancy Biese, Neenah School DistrictAmy Baumgart, Milwaukee Public Schools

• Jo Ann Carr -Past President• Stephen Sanders -2011 Conference Chair• Donna Smith -ISTE Liaison• Mike Weber -PET Chair• Committee: Jo Ann Carr, Teresa Voss, Yolan Mistle, VickiSantacroce, Mary Lou Zuege• Jeff Carpenter & Deb Walters -Battle of the Books• Golden Archer Committee Chair - Looking for ???• Media Fair Committee Chair – Looking for ???• Marta Bechtol -ECB Representative• Nancy Anderson -DPI Representative

• May 15, first full board meeting and goals will be setthen…followed by a leadership training retreat in July• Website transition to CMS4 Schools• Participate & Advocate – April 29 & 30• Conference planning manual committee• First year with new managers