Meet Kathi Kersznowski, an Educational Technology Specialist in New Jersey. She enjoys her responsibilities in a public school system as an educational technology leader for her entire district and beyond. She says that the very best part of her job is the people that she serves – the teachers!
Kathi is the proud owner of an educational technology consulting business called Integration Innovation, LLC. She is a keynote speaker and a global presenter on various educational technology, AI (artificial intelligence), STEM/STEAM, global education, and leadership topics. She enjoys traveling nationally and internationally to edtech conferences to learn and present.
Kathi has presented many times at national conferences such as ISTE, FETC, and TCEA. She has proudly presented on the Arena Main Stage at BETT in London and also in Microsoft’s Learn Live Theatre. She has done keynote speeches on things about which she is most passionate – including AI, Global Learning, and Purposeful Technology Integration.
In her past career lives, Kathi has worked as an elementary teacher, a special education teacher, and a computer teacher, and she even holds a master’s degree in School Administration . . . which she hasn’t actually used—yet! Kathi is a voracious lifelong learner. In addition to being a Google Certified Educator and Trainer, MIEExpert, and Apple Certified Teacher and Coach, Kathi has enjoyed being an ambassador or consultant for some of the world’s leading and most beloved edtech companies. She has authored two books – “Sail the 7 Cs with Microsoft Education”, and most recently “The Educator’s Guidebook for Teaching AI Literacy and Ethics”. Fun fact: Kathi is the creator of the original #LearningInTheLoo movement globally!
- Winner of Tech & Learning’s Innovative Leader Award for Best Example of Professional Development 2024
- Featured on this Podcast PD episode to talk about her book “The Educator’s Guidebook for Teaching AI Literacy and Ethics”
- Women in AI & ED Member Spotlight
- Chairperson of the edtech division of the New Jersey Education and Technology Association (NJETA)
- Named as one of only 30 K-12 Edtech Influencers to Follow for 2023 by Edtech Magazine
- Named on The Periodic Table of US Educators to Follow
- Named in the 100 NJ Educators to Follow on Twitter
- Featured on the Women in Education Leadership podcast
- Interviewed about Microsoft’s Learning Tools for the #Edtechchat podcast
- Interviewed about her book and all things Microsoft for TNT EdTech Podcast
- Featured on Ditch That Textbook podcast to speak about her idea to use Flipgrid for a fun digital scavenger hunt called a Fliphunt
- Quoted in “106 Experts Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Education”
- Published in ASCD Inservice, Disrupt ED Magazine, and the Edcamp Newsletter
- Founder of Edcamp Happy Camper, New Jersey’s 2nd largest edcamp
- Awarded Flipgrid’s Student Voice Champion of the Year
When she remembers to focus on that “life” part of “work/life balance,” Kathi most enjoys traveling with her husband, Matt and their son, Ryan. She also just loves a cozy bonfire, being out in nature, drinking really strong coffee and lots of it, doing a little saltwater fishing and crabbing, baking up a storm, going out for a flight, planning new vacation adventures, reading nonfiction mysteries, porch-sitting at her camper in Rumbley, slurping down some raw oysters, kayaking, taking too many photos, and enjoying ridiculously long midday naps.
