Dr. Katie Nieves Licwinko

Presentations & Consulting

The list below contains examples of presentations, workshops, training sessions, and consulting work Katie has done in the past. She typically trains on topics including:
  • Special Education and Technology
  • Co-Teaching Strategies 
  • Using Technology to Create Supportive Learning Environments
  • Designing Engaging and Effective Online Learning Courses
  • Inclusive Educational Technology for Diverse Learning Needs
  • Creating Microlearning Experiences for Professional Development
  • Designing Self-Paced Professional Development Experiences
  • Supportive Learning Frameworks

If you have a specific session you'd like Katie to facilitate, please contact her for additional information. 
Virtual Sessions
Creating and Implementing Self-Paced Units with Google Workspace
for New Jersey City University EdTech
​(December 2021)
Chromebooks to Promote Inclusive Hybrid & Virtual Learning
​for NJDOE Virtual Professional Learning Series (September 2020)
ChatGPT: AI and the Future of Education (Panel Discussion)
for New Jersey City University EdTech
​(May 2023)

Presentations & Consulting Work

2023-2025

International Society for Technology in Education 2025, San Antonio, TX (June 2025)
  • Behind the Mic: Unlocking the Power of District Podcasts
  • Co-Teach Tech: Bringing Technology into the Co-Taught, Inclusion Classroom

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Montclair, NJ (March 2025)
  • Designing for All: Strategies for Designing Accessible, Inclusive Digital Materials
  • Behind the Mic: Unlocking the Power of District-Level Podcasts
  • Artificial Intelligence and Differentiation 

TECHSPO 2025​, Atlantic City, NJ (January 2025)
  • Leading the Way: Women in Educational Technology Leadership, co-presented with Tracy Leigh and Elaine Broe

Centenary University Undergraduate Classes, Hackettstown, NJ (November 2024)
  • Artificial Intelligence and Academic Work Best Practices

CIO Dive and Frontier, Virtual (October 2024)

International Society for Technology in Education 2024, Virtual (June 2024)
  • Designing Engaging, Self-Paced eLearning Courses for Continued Professional Development (Exploratory Creation Lab) 
  • Artificial Intelligence and UDL: Leveraging AI Tools to Support Student Learning Needs (Interactive Session)

NJAMLE Hungry for Learning, Virtual (April 2024)
  • Supportive EdTech: Leveraging Technology to Support the Needs of All Learners

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Montclair, NJ (March 2024)
  • Artificial Intelligence and UDL: Leveraging AI to Support Student Learning Needs
  • Microlearning, Microcredentials, and eLearning: Reimagining Self-Paced Professional Development
  • PBL, UDL, and Self-Paced Learning: Designing Units that Support All Learner Needs

Northeast Digital Learning Association, Virtual (December 2023)
  • Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Create a Classroom to Support All Learners

International Society for Technology in Education Expert Webinar, Virtual (July 2023)
  • AI for Inclusion: Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Student Learning Needs

International Society for Technology in Education 2023, Philadelphia, PA (June 2023)
  • Co-Teach Tech: Bringing Technology into the Co-Taught, Inclusion Classroom
  • Google for Special Education: Leveraging Google Tools to Support All Learners 
  • Bringing Together Edpuzzle and Special Education (Edpuzzle Booth)
  • Designing Self-Paced Professional Development Courses for Educators using Google Classroom (Google Teaching Theater)
  • Assembling Inclusion: Lessons Learned from 50 Interviews on Disability and Inclusion (ISTE Ignite)

NJASA Spring Leadership Conference, Atlantic City, NJ (May 2023)
  • The Best PD Can Be Personal, co-presented with Donna Reichman and Tracy Leigh

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Montclair, NJ (March 2023)
  • Google for Special Education: Using Google Workspace to Support All Learners
  • Creating Self-Paced Professional Development Courses using Microlearning
  • Why a Terminal Degree is Important (Panel Discussion)

EdWeb, Virtual (February 2023)
  • A School District's Journey to Reinvent Professional Learning Post-Pandemic (presented with Donna Reichman and Tracy Leigh, moderated by Lisa Schmucki)

TECHSPO 2023, Atlantic City, NJ (January 2023)
  • Reaching Your Professional Development Destination (The Best PD Does Not Always Happen on District PD Days), co-presented with Donna Reichman, Robin Knutelsky, and Tracy Leigh

Googlepalooza, Virtual (August 2022)
  • Supportive EdTech: Using Google Workspace to Support All Students' Needs

Northeast Digital Learning Association, Virtual (August 2022)
  • Supportive EdTech: Using Google Workspace to Support All Students' Needs

International Society for Technology in Education 2022, New Orleans, LA (June 2022)
  • Building Self-Paced Professional Development Microcourses using Google Workspace
Had to cancel the session due to travel barriers

EnCorps Spring Institute, Virtual (March 2022)
  • Creating Inclusive Environments Using Technology

New Jersey City University, Virtual (December 2021) 
  • Creating and Implementing Self-Paced Units with Google Workspace

EdChange Global, Virtual (July 2021)
  • Strategies for Using Google Workspace to Create a Supportive Classroom for ALL Learners

International Society for Technology in Education 2021, Virtual (June 2021)
  • Microcourses: Designing Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Professional Development
  • Special Education & Google: Using Google Workspace to Support All Learners
  • Google Playground: Designing Individualized Learning Experiences with Google Workspace 
  • The Opportunity for Inclusive Learning in a Pandemic [Panel] 

Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, Virtual (June 2021) 
  • Designing Instruction to Include All Learners
  • Returning to School: Considerations for Technology Integration 

New Jersey City University, Virtual (March 2021)
  • Creating Supportive Online Learning Environments using Google Workspace 

Instructional Technology Council, Virtual (March 2021)
  • Designing eLearning Environments to Support All Learners

Council for Exceptional Children LIVE 2021, Virtual (March 2021)
  • Reimagining Co-Teaching Models in Online Learning Environments

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Virtual (March 2021)
  • ​Special Education & Google: Using Google Workspace to Support ALL Learners

PETE&C 2021, Virtual (February 2021)
  • Supporting Students with Disabilities Online

ISTE Expert Webinar Series, Virtual (January 2021)
  • Support and Engage ALL Learners in a Virtual or Hybrid Learning Environment

​Opera America, Virtual (January 2021)
  • Designing Effective Online Learning Spaces

2021-2022

New Jersey Teachers Convention, Virtual (November 2020)
  • Building a Blended Learning Classroom

New Jersey Council for Exceptional Children, Virtual (September 2020)
  • Creating Blended Learning to Support All Learners

New Jersey Department of Education, Virtual (September 2020) 

Opera America, Virtual (August 2020)
  • Best Practices for Digital Learning

New Jersey City University, Virtual (May 2020)
  • Creating Digital Learning Environments to Support All Learners

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Montclair NJ (January 2020) 
  • Blended Learning Strategies for the ELA Classroom
  • Chromebooks to Promote Inclusive Learning Environments 

Pecha Kucha Night, Warwick NY (November 2019)
  • Artificial Intelligence: Fear of the Unknown 

New Jersey Teachers Convention, Atlantic City NJ (November 2019)
  • Google A-Z: The Top Extensions and Add-Ons

New Jersey Council of Teachers of English Fall Conference, Tabernacle NJ (September 2019)
  • Building an Inclusive Classroom with Technology

New Jersey Association of Middle Level Education Summer Skills Sharpening, Evesham Township NJ (July 2019)
  • ​Empowering Struggling Students with Technology

EdChange Global, Virtual (June 2019)
  • Google Tools to Empower Struggling Students

International Society for Technology in Education 2019, Philadelphia PA (June 2019)
  • Empowering Struggling Students with Google Tools (BYOD)​
  • From Companies to Classrooms: Bring the Passion with 20 Time 
  • Personalization is Possible: The Complete Guide to Personalized Learning 
  • Young Educators Ignite Session: Give the Full 20%: Bring Passion to Class
  • Design Thinking and Inclusive Learning Around the World: An International Discussion (Panel Discussion)
  • ISTE Bytes: Personalization is Possible 

New Jersey Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, Ridgewood NJ (March 2019)
  • Bringing Blended Learning into the ELA Classroom 

SASED Spring Conference, Lisle IL (March 2019)
  • ​Strategies for Integrating Technology into the Special Education Classroom 

ECET2Metro, Wayne NJ (February 2019)
  • D.I.P. into Supporting All Learners: Differentiation, Individualization, and Personalization in the Classroom 

2019-2020

New Jersey Teachers Convention, Atlantic City NJ (November 2018)
  • Google Tools to Help Struggling Learners​
  • Giving into the HyperDocs Hype

Association for Middle Level Education 2018, Orlando FL (October 2018)
  • Bring Passion to Class with 20 Time and Genius Hour
  • Differentiation Made Easy with Technology

New Jersey Council of Teachers of English Fall Conference, Tabernacle NJ (September 2018) 
  • Using Technology to Lessen the ELA Teacher Workload

Hunterdon County EdTech Fest, Flemington NJ (August 2018)
  • Empowering Struggling Students in the Classroom

EdChange Global, Virtual (July 2018)
  • Bringing Technology into Humanities: Easy Tools to Integrate Tomorrow

Garden State Summit, Lakewood NJ (June 2018) 
  • Using Google for Differentiation in the Classroom 

Tomorrow's Classrooms Today, Lawrenceville NJ (May 2018)
  • Ditching Worksheets, Introducing Hyperdocs
  • Differentiation and Modification using Google for Education

New Jersey Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, Montclair NJ (March 2018)
  • Finding the Harmony between ELA and Technology: Tech Tools to Integrate into your Classroom

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Montclair NJ (January 2018)
  • Giving into the Hyperdocs Hype (Hands-On Workshop)
  • Using Technology to Build a Student-Centered Classroom

New Jersey Teacher's Convention, Atlantic City NJ (November 2017)
  • ​I Didn't Know I Could Do That with Google Classroom
  • Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction

Association for Middle Level Education 2017, Philadelphia PA (November 2017)
  • Flipped Learning for Special Education Students

Tech & Learning Live, Princeton NJ (October 2017)
  • Using Tech to Differentiate Instruction

​AppsEvents Summit, Stamford CT (September 2017)
  • Differentiation and Modifications with Google for Education
  • Make the Most out of Google Classroom 

Google for Education's First Days of Classroom, Virtual (August 2017)

TeachMeet NJ, Toms River NJ (August 2017)
  • Using HyperDocs to Build Differentiated Instruction

Hunterdon County EdTechFest, Flemington NJ (August 2017)
  • Genius Hour, 20 Time, and Passion Projects: Bringing Creation into the Classroom

EdChange Global, Virtual (July 2017)
  • Using Technology to Create a Differentiated Classroom

International Society for Technology in Education 2017, San Antonio TX (June 2017)
  • SpEdTech: Differentiation & Modification with GAFE
  • Google Education Theater Presentation: Differentiation with Google Classroom 

Garden State Summit, Lakewood NJ (June 2017)
  • Using Google for Differentiation 

Tomorrow's Classrooms Today, Lawrenceville NJ (May 2017)
  • Differentiating using Google Classroom

New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, Montclair NJ (January 2017)
  • Differentiation and Modifications using G Suite for Education 

New Jersey Teacher's Convention, Atlantic City NJ (November 2016)
  • Differentiation with Google Apps 

Newsela Webinar, Virtual (August 2016)
  • Experience Pro: A Conversation about Literacy from Newsela Experts 

EdCamp Global, Virtual (July 2016)
  • Creating 21st Century Learners using GAFE

Garden State Summit, Lakewood NJ (May 2016)
  • ​40 Google Features for the Special Education Classroom

2016- 2018