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Igniting the Future: Key Takeaways from KCI’s AI Working Session

The Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) recently hosted educators and thought leaders from across the Bay Area for our second working session of the Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Project. Focused on “AI for the 25-26 School Year: How to Prepare Your Students and Educators,” the day proved to be a dynamic exploration of the evolving…

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Gay Krause receives PTA Award

Gay Krause is Honored with California PTA Golden Oak Service Award

Gay Krause received the Golden Oak Service Award, May 2022 from the Los Altos – Mountain View Council of PTA’s. The Golden Oak Service award is given to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the welfare of children and youth in a school or community. The Los Altos – Mountain View…

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KCI Cast with Katie McNamara

KCI Community Showcase Featuring Katie McNamara

In Episode 10, Cate chats with OBI and MERIT alumnus, Katie McNamara, about her work as a Teacher Librarian and how her commitment to making learning more pleasant for students and teachers. As she explains, “gone are the days where libraries are just books.” Katie’s passion for educational technology and instructional design sets her apart…

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MVHS Campus

Monta Vista High School Works to Solve Community Problems Through Design Thinking

During the 2020-2021 school year, a group of Monta Vista High School educators and staff came together as students were returning to the classroom with the idea of creating an interdisciplinary research course as a proactive response to the multitude of issues facing our young people today. As a team, we envisioned a course where…

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Cristin and Ed KCICast Episode 8

The Cristina and Ed STEAM Show

  In Episode 8, we get to hang out with Cristina Bustamante and Ed Campos of the KCI STEAM Leadership Program. These two rascals designed the STEAM Leadership Program in the summer of 2021 in response to the growing need for integrated practices, leadership and voice in equity and identity, and FUN in K-12 classrooms….

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KCI Cast with Kristin Oropeza

KCI Community Showcase Featuring Kristin Oropeza

In this episode, Cate interviews Kristin Oropeza as she shares about her MERIT 21 experience. Kristin shares her unique skills as a Special Education teacher, Technology TOSA, professional learning leader, content creator, and social media marketer. Her calm energy and persistent curiosity inspire her peers and affiliate members, and you will love to get to…

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KCI Community Showcase Featuring Miriam Singer

KCI Community Showcase Featuring Miriam Singer

In this episode, Cate interviews Miriam Singer, a #MERIT21 cohort member and Assistant Head of School at Barnhart School in Arcadia, CA. Miriam shares her rich educational background and passion for teacher education and student innovation as we chat about her MERIT21 Project, making difference makers at her school. As an administrator, she also shares…

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Makerspace in Action, KCI

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…

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Class of MERIT21

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…

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KCI New Website

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,…

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WeVideo Student Creators Recognized During our KCI Student Media Celebration

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…

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