Kentucky Department of Education

Projects developed by the STLP members will be stronger when projects are:
A. Related to a need in the building and/or community
B. Carried out by the students with adult guidance
C. Become part of the school culture with reinforcement from administration, community and school staff
D. Centered around the six STLP Goals
E. Partnered across grades, schools and communities

Projects can be short and long term. Some projects may continue year after year.

The projects support the school and community in the use of technology in four ways.

Instructional: project -based learning that impacts the classroom or teacher practices
Community Service: projects that extend outside the school (real time or virtually)
Technical: projects that are technical in nature
Entrepreneurial: projects that allow the student to think in new ways about an idea or problem

Instructional Projects
Offer technology classes for students, teachers, the community
Create presentations
Produce school newsletters, posters, banners, and brochures
Create school web pages for the school and teachers' classrooms
Produce items for staff and community using software
Preview and evaluate new software programs
Form buddy partners with lower grades, peers, and staff
Run a 'Student of the Week' program
Develop school videos (like the history of the school, orientation)
Take digital images
Write, produce, and edit news shows
Produce and sell digital yearbooks
Create databases, Excel spreadsheets, shockwave flash and 3-D animations
Provide E-mail training
Produce CDs
Develop an electronic alumni directory

Community Service Projects
Create internships
Assist non-profit agencies in technology needs
Host open houses with tech demonstrations
Make cards, large print personal phone books for senior citizens
Create graphics for greeting cards, sweatshirts, notepads, etc.
Train parents how to use hardware, software and the Internet
Present to the local Rotary Club
Publish newsletters
Create the history of the community
Demonstrate technology for the Board of Education
Mentor senior citizens in technology use
Teach community ed classes
Design business cards, brochures, web page for local businesses

Technical Projects
Offer technical support in computer labs, classrooms
Clean mouse balls
Set up and maintain hardware
Check and clean computers due to viruses
Make patch cables
Hire students to work with the Technology Department
Maintain the network
Run a school or district help desk
Program a computer to do a task
Troubleshoot hardware and software
Train students to use AlphaSmart keyboards, Palm Pilots, scanners
Maintain an equipment database
Work with school STC, DTC/CIO
Create mailing labels
Seek industry standard technology certifications
Salvage parts from inoperable computers
Hook up TV converters
Set up email accounts
Offer free to the public computer repair and check-up nights

Entrepreneurial Projects
Develop a new idea into a business, product or service
Problem solve to create a new idea, business, product or service
Sell new idea into a business, product or service to others