STLP state championship
Elementary, middle and high school students from all over the Commonwealth converged on the Lexington Convention Center April 12 with projects that dazzled the mind as part of the STLP State Championship.
Three Bullitt schools earn STLP Gold Status
Three Bullitt County schools – Overdale and Roby elementary schools and Bernheim Middle School – have earned Gold Status for their Student Technology Leadership Program for the first time after meeting specific criteria and providing evidence of their service and achievement to a panel of judges. STLP schools that reach Gold Status may submit additional projects to STLP district competitions. [...]
Technology championships showcase student leadership
More than 10,000 people attended the STLP championships in Lexington, where the best of Kentucky students’ instructional, technical and community service projects were on display.
Students to compete in technology state championship
More than 8,000 students, educators and parents will converge on Lexington for the ninth annual Student Technology Leadership Program State Championship on Friday, April 22.
Students use folklore to connect cultures
Librarian Jessica Holmes is helping her students collect stories from students around the world as part of a Student Technology Leadership Program project.
Pictures show that Kentucky kids can do anything
Fayette County middle school teacher and his students are trying to collect 1,000 pictures to remind children that people believe in them.
Competition spotlights ways to pay for college
The Kentucky College & Career Connection coalition invites middle and high school students to create 30-second public service announcements promoting the idea that there is more than one way to pay for college. The competition is part of the Kentucky Department of Education’s Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) and its Digital Products Online Judging competition. Challenge winners will have their [...]
Nominations open for KySTE awards
The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) is accepting nominations for its Outstanding Teacher, Outstanding Leader, Outstanding Technology Support Staff and Making IT Happen awards. A description of each award, with links to nomination information: Outstanding Teacher: The Outstanding Teacher award recognizes and honors one teacher who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. [...]
Technology competition fuels learning in classroom and beyond
The 2015 STLP Championship brought more than 8,000 students, teachers, parents and volunteers to Lexington for the annual display of how Kentucky students are using technology to improve their schools, communities and themselves.
Students get their tech on at STLP State Championship
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov More than 5,000 students filled the Lexington Convention Center April 22 for the Student Technology Leadership Program’s annual state championship. The day was packed with competitions involving coding challenges, robotics design and programming, entrepreneurial tech startup business plans, networking challenges, aviation technology, digital game and app design challenges It's always fun for me to watch students working [...]
