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A Beginner’s Guide to Using AI for Lesson Planning

December 13, 2024

The Sunday night scaries have crept in. You’re thinking about your stack of ungraded papers, unfinished lesson plan for tomorrow, and your to-do list is reminding you to buy snacks…

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New Camps for Kids Scheduled This Summer

May 15, 2018

KCI offered two very successful integrated engineering camps for kids last summer, and with the opening of the KCI Makerspace, we are poised to serve an even broader audience of…

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KCI Launches Vibrant New Makerspace

May 15, 2018

In December of 2017, KCI launched an exciting new resource for our local community, the KCI Makerspace. This space provides our community with the resources to design and “make,” using…

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MERIT: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Strengthen Teachers’ Technology Skills

May 15, 2018

Applications are in for the MERIT 2018 cohort, and the instructional team, along with MERIT graduates, are blind scoring the forms to ensure that a top-notch, energetic cohort of 45-50…

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KCI Develops New FAME Program for 4th & 5th Grade Teachers

May 15, 2018

KCI has conducted the hands-on, technology infused FAME (Faculty Academy for Mathematics Excellence) program since 2010. In that time, 6th through 10th grade teachers from across the Bay Area, with…

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Local Teachers Try Their Hands at Coding & More

September 13, 2017

While many schools and districts are still trying to figure out how computer science (CS) activities and courses fit within the educational landscape, teachers are seeing the future and showing…

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2017 FAME Program Inspires Math Teachers to Rethink Their Classrooms

September 13, 2017

Student math proficiency, especially in algebra and geometry, is still proving to be difficult for many schools and districts, and success in algebra is a strong indicator of whether or…

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