The Teacher’s Guide to Building a Custom AI Assistant
Teachers carry more in one day than most people realize. That’s why the idea of adding yet another tool into the mix can feel like someone handing you a kettlebell when you’re already juggling flaming torches. So let’s take a breath. Because this is not one more thing. Creating a custom AI assistant (also known…
KCI offers our SPACE Program Tuition Free for the First Time in Summer, 2022
Dr. Mae Johnson, America’s first Black Female Astronaut said, “Never be limited by other people’s imaginations.” We expect our students to define their success by what THEY have accomplished. We want them to take ownership of their thoughts, ideas, and contributions to their classes and society. We want them to think outside-of-the-box to come up…
Level Up on Listening Activities in the ESL Classroom
When we picture an English classroom, we imagine students typing away on their computers or flipping the pages of a book. We don’t always think of students quietly listening as being hard at work developing their English skills. While listening is one of the four key domains for English learners, many educators take for granted…
KCI is Looking for our next MERIT Assistant Director
Since 2000, KCI has hosted innovative technology integration workshops and programs for educators all around the globe. Blossoming instructional leaders have participated and led these programs, keeping the content fresh and engaging from year to year. KCI’s MERIT Program, previously known as Earn While You Learn, provides many educators’ their first steps into the KCI…
Check out KCI’s New Website!
We are so excited to share with our entire community our long-awaited website redesign. After studying our site and learning from some amazing non-profit organizations around us, we felt inspired to reimagine our own web presence. Not only did we focus on our mission and purpose as an organization, but we spent hours interviewing stakeholders,…
WeVideo Student Creators Recognized During our KCI Student Media Celebration
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, KCI celebrated the creative student voices from East Side Union High School District on-campus at Foothill College with local community members and strategic partners. In addition to the student creators, the audience included KCI Advisory Board members, dual-enrollment faculty, school district leaders, and WeVideo media team members. Will Cavada, Multimedia…
KCI Guest Drops on the TLC Ninja Podcast
The MERIT Program was recently featured in the Los Altos Town Crier, a local newspaper serving the Los Altos community.