In the Kenton County School District, we're committed to equipping every student with the skills, knowledge, and values they need to thrive in a digital world. All instructional technology use is guided by our KCSD Instructional Technology Norms, which ensure that students develop the technical skills necessary to use technology properly and responsibly in preparation for life beyond high school.
Our Focus
Transition-Ready Learning: We are preparing students to be transition ready by integrating technology across all grade levels, ensuring they develop the competencies needed for success in higher education and careers.
Building Effective Technology Skills: Students are learning to use technology as a tool for learning, creativity, and problem-solving by practicing skills such as accessing information, collaborating digitally, and applying technology to real-world challenges.
Digital Citizenship & Ethical Use: We are teaching our students to respect others' privacy online, recognize cyberbullying, make responsible digital choices, and understand the ethical implications of technology use.
Staying Current with Innovation: We continuously evaluate new tools and platforms, ensuring our teachers integrate the most effective and relevant resources into our classrooms.
Standards-Based Instruction: Our technology integration is grounded in the Kentucky Academic Standards for Technology, ensuring consistent, high-quality instruction that aligns with state expectations and prepares students for success.
Digital Citizenship
We recognize that students need to learn how to navigate the internet in a wise and safe manner. Ensuring students understand the importance and impact of good digital citizenship is a collaborative effort between students, parents, and educators. While these topics should be on-going in conjunction with instruction of the KAS Standards, students should receive instruction on the main elements of digital citizenship early in the school year.
Grades Kindergarten through 12 will utilize Common Sense Media as an instructional resource for digital citizenship. Key Elements include:
Healthy Habits
Privacy & Safety
Digital Footprint & Identity
Relationships and Communication
Cyberbullying & Online Harms
Information & Media Literacy
Artificial Intelligence
The district recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are rapidly evolving tools that can enhance teaching, learning, productivity, and creativity. Consistent with the District’s Instructional Vision, Mission, and Goals, KCSD supports the intentional, ethical, and responsible use of AI to strengthen and enhance high-quality instruction, deepen student learning, and support employees while maintaining a clear commitment to student thinking, academic integrity, and data privacy. The district is committed to equitable access to technology and learning opportunities.
Keeping the Human in the Loop
Being the human in the loop means that while AI tools can handle a significant portion of work, humans remain essential for oversight, judgment, and quality control.
In the KCSD, we embrace the 70-30 approach that AI tools can efficiently handle up to 70% of a task including generating initial drafts, organizing information, or creating templates, but educators must complete the critical final 30%. This final step involves verifying accuracy, editing for clarity and tone, and personalizing content to match your specific classroom needs, student population, and instructional goals. When you perform this review and refinement, you're acting as a sophisticated editor—applying your professional expertise and deep understanding of your students to transform AI-generated content into polished, purposeful educational material that truly serves your classroom.
To support responsible AI use in classrooms, teachers will use the KCSD Student AI Use stoplight to establish clear guidelines for acceptable student use of AI in assignments. Teachers will classify each assignment as Red (no AI use), Yellow (AI to assist), or Green (Full AI use).
For Yellow and Green assignments, teachers will communicate the following expectations to students at the assignment's start:
Approved AI resources – specific tools and platforms students may use
Citation guidelines – how students must document their AI use
Assignment rubrics – clear criteria outlining expectations for the complete assignment
The Kenton County School District will implement the use of the Magic School resource for staff and students. Magic School provides tools for both teachers and students that align with local and state safety requirements. The structures put in place for data privacy and student safety in Magic School are outlined and explained in their AI Safety Loop For Students document.
In addition to MagicSchool, the KCSD supports the use of Gemini and Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM). Both AI tools are Google Products that are provided to staff and K-12 students through their Google Workspace account.
Additional Resources
For comprehensive information about instructional technology in Kenton County School District, please visit ourKCSD Parent/Guardian Instructional Technology Handbook. This resource is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect current practices and initiatives.
For information about state initiatives and expectations for instructional technology, visit the resources below from the Kentucky Department of Education:
