kami blog
Exploring the Future of Education
Kami Companion: proven classroom accessibility tools that empower districts to deploy at scale
April 24, 2026
5 min read
How one assistive technology toolbar gives every student independent access to grade-level content. A district can do everything right, from investing in high-quality curriculum to hiring dedicated specialists, but the reality is that students can still be left stranded in the classroom. A student opens a dense online science article. The vocabulary is impenetrable. Across…
Welcoming Book Creator to the Kami family
September 17, 2025
5 min read
A new chapter for Kami and Book Creator Today, I’m excited to share that Book Creator has joined the Kami family. This is a milestone for both of our teams,
Kami PDF Editor: Annotation, Collaboration & Free PDF Tools
January 20, 2023
4 min read
Picture this: you've been emailed a document that needs your input and you don't have a printer, or frankly, the patience for one. What do you do? That’s the problem
Filter Blog Posts
Myth Buster: Is Kami only for PDF annotation?
Welcome to the first edition of our ‘Myth Buster’ series - where we challenge common misconceptions in education technology. Today’s myth: Is Kami just a PDF annotation tool? We get it. Kami did start out that way. But the platform has evolved dramatically to meet the complex and ever-changing demands of today’s classrooms. With teachers…
March 28, 2025
2 min read
Forward Focus: The Future is Now
Our vision for the future The Kami office is buzzing now that we can finally share our exciting updates! As your trusted partner in education, we're always looking for ways to enhance your teaching experience and improve student outcomes. On May 2, our CEO, Hengjie Wang, shared our vision for the future and revealed three…
May 2, 2024
3 min read
Creating Interactive and Engaging PDF Files with Kami
Have you ever tried to customize a PDF file? Did you find yourself frustrated and overwhelmed? If so, you are not alone. Over the years, PDF files have become known as files that are not editable. Synonymous with frustration, many people, educators especially, struggled with files that were in the PDF document format. The functionality…
February 13, 2023
7 min read
Kami PDF Editor: Annotation, Collaboration & Free PDF Tools
Picture this: you've been emailed a document that needs your input and you don't have a printer, or frankly, the patience for one. What do you do? That’s the problem Kami was built to solve. It started as a PDF annotation tool. Today, it’s a collaborative workspace used by teachers, students, and teams to review,…
January 20, 2023
4 min read
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
Split and merge PDFs easily | Free Kami teacher tool
Teachers, you’re busy enough. Forget spending hours at the printer or photocopier, only to redo the whole thing after spotting a typo or missing page. Kami’s free Split and Merge tool is designed to help you quickly customize and combine PDFs, no printer required. Whether you need to trim pages, reorder a textbook, or combine…
November 1, 2021
3 min read
Whiteboard with Kami
Rethink what your everyday whiteboard can do and find out how your classroom can benefit from virtual whiteboarding with Kami. In your classroom, the whiteboard is always at the center – as something so simple, it can be very easy to forget just how effective it can be with the right tools. We’re talking Kami for Whiteboarding!…
September 28, 2021
4 min read
Kami in the Classroom
Millions of teachers worldwide are heading back into the classroom with Kami – are you? When remote learning became the norm, Kami swooped into the lives of teachers around the globe, answering the call for a reliable and engaging platform to keep students learning over lockdown. But with the return to traditional classrooms comes the…
August 18, 2021
4 min read
Free Classroom Resources for NZ Lockdown | Kami Premium Digital Classroom
As a proud Kiwi company, we’re willing and ready to do whatever it takes to make sure all our students stay on track no matter what’s thrown our way. That’s why Kami Premium licenses are, and will always be, free for New Zealand schools. “With all primary to tertiary students learning from home, we want to make…
August 17, 2021
2 min read
Kami: A STEM-tastic Tool!
Kami Connect Speaker Sessions | Lilly Jensby I’m a firm believer in encouraging students to develop a sustained interest in STEM fields from an early age. So we’re going to take a look into how Kami can enhance the learning experience for students, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math! Our goal…
July 24, 2021
5 min read
Access, Engage, and Express with Kami!
What a year it has been! School buildings shut down amid a global pandemic, which forced educators to quickly pivot to flexible learning environments, curriculum, materials, and assessments. Online learning became a reality for schools across the globe. The inequities of providing meaningful access to the internet, to technology, to curriculum shone a necessary light…
June 2, 2021
4 min read
Kami and our commitment to privacy
On May 25, 2018, the European Union began enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in an effort to strengthen the security and protection of the personal data of EU residents. In 2020, the EU invalidated the EU-US PrivacyShield as a means of providing the ‘Appropriate Safeguards’ that are prescribed by the GDPR. Kami is…
May 25, 2021
5 min read
Discover game-changing templates in the Kami library!
Explore more