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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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Increasing Teen Nutrition and Produce Consumption Through Cultural Recipe Interventions

Increasing Teen Nutrition and Produce Consumption Through Cultural Recipe Interventions

Why? Frequency of produce consumption is one of the most accurate methods of assessing nutrition quality, an indicator for other health measures that are linked to long-term well-being and thus quality of life. While most studies recommend 5+ servings, over 70% of adolescents do not meet such standards and thus increase their likelihoods of developing…

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Combating Social Media’s Effects on Body Dysmorphia

Combating Social Media’s Effects on Body Dysmorphia

Many social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook continue to promote negative content for those susceptible to eating disorders and social body dysmorphia (BDD). Body dysmorphia is a mental health disorder where one may be constantly obsessed with a perceived flaw and will go through great lengths to fix it. Social media is one of…

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Affordable Housing Awareness

Affordable Housing Awareness

The median home price in Cupertino is $800,000, which is $300,000 more expensive than the median home price in CA and makes Cupertino the 12th most expensive place to live in the United States. Rising home prices are an issue that has been spreading across the state and country, and the implementation of both more…

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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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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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Building Bridges in K-14 Education

Building Bridges in K-14 Education

Part 7 of KCI’s Student Media Collaboration Blog Series highlighting the amazing partnership between KCI, East Side Union High School District, and Foothill College and produced on the WeVideo platform. 

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Multimedia Opportunities at Mt. Pleasant High School

Multimedia Opportunities at Mt. Pleasant High School

Part 6 of KCI’s Student Media Collaboration Blog Series highlighting the amazing partnership between KCI, East Side Union High School District, and Foothill College and produced on the WeVideo platform. 

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The Alabaster Awakening: Brian’s Story

The Alabaster Awakening: Brian’s Story

Part 5 of KCI’s Student Media Collaboration Blog Series highlighting the amazing partnership between KCI, East Side Union High School District, and Foothill College and produced on the WeVideo platform. 

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The Yellow America: Bianca’s Story

The Yellow America: Bianca’s Story

Part 4 of KCI’s Student Media Collaboration Blog Series highlighting the amazing partnership between KCI, East Side Union High School District, and Foothill College and produced on the WeVideo platform. 

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Student Media Collaboration - This is Our Journey, Our Story

This is Our Journey, Our Story

Part 1 of KCI’s Student Media Collaboration Blog Series highlighting the amazing partnership between KCI, East Side Union High School District, and Foothill College and produced on the WeVideo platform. 

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