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 [...]
STLP students share internet safety skills
Don’t share too much information, only play online games with people you know and let an adult know if someone is making strange comments to you online. These are some of the tips Garrard County High School Student Technology Leadership Program students shared with Beth Trimble’s 4th-grade class at Lancaster Elementary School (Garrard County).
STLP 2013
The Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) held its 9th annual state championship in March at Rupp Arena.
More than just fun and games
Designing games makes students apply what they learn, experts say.