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Data Privacy 101

What Every Teacher Needs to Know About AI Tools & Data When I first heard about data privacy, it felt like an abstract concern. Like something for IT departments to handle. But as I’ve learned, it’s also up to teachers to protect our students in the digital age, especially with the rise of generative AI…

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Distance Learning eWorkbook Part 2 – SEL

Part 2 of KCI’s Distance Learning Adventure Bootcamp eWorkbook is designed to gameplan some of those struggles that will be seen When students begin to filter back into our schools for hybrid and in-person learning.

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Creating Certainty in a Time of Uncertainty

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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Holidays 2020

Thank you, educators! (Holiday 2020 Message)

Dear Educators,  We thank you. The year 2020 has been a challenging year for all K-12 and higher education educators.  Educators everywhere and at all levels are reaching the challenge to work with students and their families:  you were needed this year more than ever. We at the Krause Center for Innovation hope you will…

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How do you start planning for the classroom in 2021?

KCI has created a Distance Learning Adventure Bootcamp eWorkbook Series to help educators, schools, and districts adapt to the future of learning. In Part 1, we explore the question: How can we prepare for the flexible future of K-12 education?

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Distance learning in East San Jose requires everyone to step up

Chris Funk’s recent column in The San Jose Spotlight highlights the challenges faced by schools like East Side Union High as they prepare to start classes this Fall. It offers insights into how they met those challenges with help from KCI.

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Makerspace employee and Foothill College student, Jon Armer, works on prototype of PPE headband

KCI Makerspace Prints Face Shield Headbands for Local Healthcare Providers

Krause Center for Innovation, part of the Foothill DeAnza Community College District in Los Altos Hills, California, is taking on the fight against personal protective equipment PPE shortages. Since the March 14 closure of KCI’s physical offices, located at Foothill College, makerspace staff have been busy developing partnerships, procuring materials, and prototyping products. The makerspace’s…

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