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Robot-Assisted Home Inspection

Soon after retiring from the classroom in June 2022 with the Santa Clara Unified School District, I embarked on a self-guided learning journey to keep myself intellectually stimulated.  The Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) is my go-to venue for interesting professional development (PD) programs.  During one of such PD programs in the Summer of 2025,…

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Robot-Assisted Home Inspection
The Birth of a Movement

The Birth of a Movement

My Broadcast teacher sent out a flier for the C-SPAN Student Cam contest and I decided to create a 6-minute documentary entry about the positive and negative effects of social media on teens and tweens entitled “Power to Save a Life.”

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Magnifier on KCI Building (symbolizing retrospective)

2020-2021: A Retrospective Take on KCI’s Instructional Impact

Our annual fundraising season is upon us, and we are excited to share a retrospective look at the 2020-2021 school year.

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KCI Health and Wellness

Making Mental Health a Priority

KCI joined the Center for Educational Innovation in Paso Robles, CA to spend a few days connecting with school leaders as they carved out time for their own mental health and wellness.

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KCI Core Principles in Action: Creativity

KCI works endlessly to stay connected to the most cutting edge efforts and research in the area of ideation. Together with our partners and community members, we embody the power of creativity for all learners.

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Re:Skill — A Workforce Partnership

Intended to help workers who have been displaced due to the upheavals of the COVID-19 pandemic, Re:Skill provides essential workplace technology skills to adults through a free non-credit course

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Creating Certainty in a Time of Uncertainty

COVID-19 provided a new challenge that has and will change the way we look at education moving forward. When change seems to be happening at a pace too rapid to catch up, many of us are fearful of what tomorrow, next week, or next fall will bring. To feel more grounded, consider these three lessons.

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Spring 2019 Message from the Executive Director

KCI continues to provide exceptional professional learning programs for educators in Silicon Valley, as well as other communities in California and Hawaii. A highly motivated, well-trained teacher will positively impact upwards of 3,000 students throughout his or her career. We are planning for another busy summer and fall, and anticipate conducting all of our major…

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