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Building an AI Classroom Policy With Your Students, Not For Them

It’s the beginning of school. Your students file in with Chromebooks under their arms, buzzing about ChatGPT, AI art, and the apps they swear will “help” with homework. One student raises a hand before you’ve even taken attendance: “So… are we allowed to use AI in this class?” You know the answer matters. Not just…

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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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KCI Makerspace Reopening

KCI’s Makerspace Opens Its Doors!

As businesses and organizations open back up in the wake of the pandemic, the KCI is thrilled to announce the reopening of one of its greatest in-person assets: the Makerspace.

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New Camps for Kids Scheduled This Summer

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 kids, ages 11–16, at KCI Summer Camp at Foothill College. Choosing from an offering of four camps, students will flex their creativity as they engineer…

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New Summer Integrated Engineering Program for Kids is a Hit

The KCI partnered with De Anza College Community Education this summer to offer a robust suite of integrated engineering courses and camps for 6th through 9th-grade students. The overall program, Integrated Engineering, was first offered through the De Anza Community Education’s Extended Summer Year program that took place June 19 through July 14. The Extended…

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KCI Offers Integrated Engineering Camps for Kids This Summer

The KCI is partnering with De Anza College Community Education this summer to offer new engineering day camps for 6th through 9th grade students. The program, Mechatronics: Electronics, Mechanical Engineering and Coding, will be offered twice during July. This highly innovative engineering camp is capitalizing on the interest of both students and parents, and provides…

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