KCI Programs

Upcoming Technology Classes
Follow this link for information about our upcoming classes, or browse our upcoming classes and events by clicking on the GoogleCalendar link below. You can also learn more about our classes by viewing our set of PowerPoint slides about each and/or our blog.
Join the excitement! Take a LINC-FASTtech class in the KCI's state-of-the-art facility. Our specially designed classrooms allow you to choose to learn on either a Mac or PC lap top. Our classes focus on technology skills for educators, yet all are welcome. Most FASTtech classes are short (1 or 2 Saturday sessions) worth 1/2 or 1 unit, and others are longer and worth more units. Be sure to check the information page the day before the class for any last-minute messages.

Map to Foothill College and the Krause Center

KCI MERIT Program
Making Education Relevant & Interactive Through Technology.
The KCI's MERIT empowers teachers to effectively integrate technology into their curriculum, and teach to the strengths, talents, and passions of diverse student populations.
For more information, visit the questions and answers page.

Camp BizSmart Comes to the KCI
Do you wonder how the iPod was invented? Are you curious how Google Maps or a Flip Video works? Do you dream of creating the next big idea that could become a company like Apple, Netflix, Google or Facebook?
Students, grades 7 ‐ 9 will work alongside successful Silicon Valley CEO’s from Revolution Foods, Better World Books, Wateroos and Koollage.com to solve actual business problems while developing entrepreneurial skills at Camp BizSmart, held at the state of the art technology facility, Krause Center for Innovation. Be inspired by hip entrepreneurs sharing their true stories and tips for success. www.campbizsmart.org

2007 Rambus-KCI Innovation Award Winners
First Place: The Documentary
Gordon Jack and the teachers at the Freestyle Academy.
Students discover and chronicle the untold stories of their families and communities.
Honorable Mention: Digital Cross-Curricular Exchange
Julie Reid, Murdock-Portal Elementary School
Second and third grade students in Cupertino and England collaborated to answer the question "How can global communications lead to respect, tolerance, and appreciation of cultural differences?".

Search our K-12 Project Lesson Plan Database
Find great curriculum projects for students.

Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership features KCI Merit Program
The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership has featured the KCI's Earn While You Learn Program as a professional development model worth thinking about. Click here to read the article.

KCI Educational Technology Certificate Program
Earn a certificate in educational teachnology. This is a one year (3 quarters) program. Click Here

Open Access Multimedia Lab
All Foothill students have access to our Open Access Multimedia labs during the quarter for which they are registered. Regular lab hours are 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Summer quarter lab hours are 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The lab is closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

KCI Merit Program Sweeps the California Multimedia Festival
Our KCI Merit Program Teachers and Fellows garnered an astonishing number of awards from the 40th Annual California Media and Multimedia Festival (see the complete CMF listing). Over 6000 K-12 students and hundreds of teachers participated in last year's Festival! The Festival celebrates successful use of multimedia in project-based learning. Come see this year's Northern California CMF Winners at Foothill College on June 3. You will witness extremely high level work from even our youngest students.

Congratulations to our Tech Savvy Superintendents, honored by the Krause Center for their leadership and support of effective learning with technology in the classroom.

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