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Turn PDFs into Collaborative Learning Spaces
January 20, 2023
4 min read
Picture this: You’re emailed a document that needs your input, but you don’t have a printer. What do you do? You could head to your local library, or go and buy a printer... or, you could simply use Kami! What’s Kami? While Kami is best known for its powerful PDF annotation tools, it's grown into…
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The Future of Kami | Product Updates
Kami Connect Speaker Sessions | Hengjie Wang 2022 has been another year of constantly adapting to a “new normal”, and it’s been inspiring watching you all still strive for the best possible learning experience through it all. We’ve heard firsthand about how you’re feeling in our Wellbeing Report, and it’s clear that teachers need support…
February 26, 2022
11 min read

Boosting Accessibility and Inclusion with Kami
Kami Connect Speaker Sessions | Michelle Manning Something I love about Kami is the fact that simply by using its most basic tools, you’re making your lessons that much more accessible and inclusive for all students in your lessons.This is so important for providing all students with the opportunity to participate and have a voice…
February 26, 2022
11 min read

Project-Based Learning: How to Get Started and Make It Work
I know that Project-based Learning (PBL) might not be new to all, but for some, it’s a relatively new concept that can seem pretty foreign. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be – that’s why my two main goals for this piece include explaining how I got started with PBL and how it’s currently going! It’s that getting…
February 26, 2022
6 min read

Inclusion in the Classroom
Kami Connect Keynote | Jere Chang In this special mini-episode of Teacher Teacher, we talk to Jere Chang, an Atlanta-based teacher with over 25 years of experience. Follow her viral, inspiring teacher videos on TikTok! [Marcus]Today I am thrilled, I feel included already because I feel like we have one of the Queens of inclusiveness in the…
February 26, 2022
11 min read

The Teaching Crisis: A pandemic we need to talk about
This article was created in response to the Kami Teacher Wellbeing 2022 Report. Find the full analysis and survey results here. “These kids are doomed”, isn’t something you want to hear when enquiring about the current state of education, but it is the opinion of high school mathematics teacher Oliver R. Tingling. Tingling isn’t alone;…
February 10, 2022
10 min read

The benefits of project-based learning: Developing student curiosity
This blog was inspired by an episode of the Teacher Teacher podcast with Steve Martinez. If you'd prefer to listen along, head here! Today's modern world is packed with 21st-century problems, so students need 21st-century skills in order to confidently tackle whatever their futures hold. Often this means looking outside what textbooks and traditional teaching…
February 1, 2022
7 min read

The Importance of Teaching Black History
Blog opening written by Marcus Stein – former middle/high school teacher and current Teacher Success Champion at Kami. I didn’t discover the significance and importance of Black History Month until I became a teacher.This is largely because most of my Black History Month experiences involved me playing the role of Langston Hughes in the community Black…
January 26, 2022
4 min read

Moving from Student Engagement to Student Empowerment
Take your classroom to the next level by ensuring it’s set up to encourage all students to feel empowered, every day. When reflecting on the idea of school or the classroom, they’re often thought of as places where students “have” to learn. So it’s no surprise that we strive to encourage positive engagement; changing the…
January 11, 2022
5 min read

Collaborative Teaching for a New Learning Experience
Challenge your students and create a more inclusive classroom with collaborative teaching. Blog written by Alexandra Hunter – formally trained art teacher currently working with students aged 12-13 in a homeroom setting. Collaborative teaching can be challenging for teachers – it goes against how a lot of us were trained. I went from a very…
January 11, 2022
5 min read

6 Top Tips for Teacher Time Management
As you know (all too well), teaching is a busy profession. So your time management is key to preparing for your classes and students. Nailing this all-important skill will also ensure your burning passion for teaching stays red hot through everything the profession throws your way. Here are our six top tips to help you…
January 10, 2022
6 min read

5 Questions to Ask Parents at the Start of a New School Year
As technology in the classroom brings parents closer to their child’s education, it also opens up the communication lines between parents and teachers! And while, at times, this can seem overwhelming, it gives you the chance to get a deeper insight into their child’s needs before the year has even begun. You’re no doubt super…
January 10, 2022
5 min read
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