Kentucky Department of Education

 

What is STLP
STLP™ The Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP™) is a project-based learning program that empowers students in all grade levels to use technology to learn and achieve. It was established in 1994 by the STLP State Advisory Council, which is composed of teachers, students and community leaders.Student-designed projects fall into four categories—instructional, ... More

 

STLP™ Mission and Goals
The Mission of the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP™) is to  advance individual capabilities; to motivate all students; and to create leadership opportunities through the use of technology.

 

Getting Started with STLP™
How to Begin STLP

 

District STLP Involvement
Many school districts have discovered that holding their own local Student Technology Showcase is a great way to raise the quality of the student work in their district. Districts may want to consider holding their own showcase or attend another district's showcase first. Some students participate in the showcase by displaying ... More

 

STLP Spring Competition
The third STLP Spring Championship will be at the Lexington Convention Center in Lexington, Ky, May 6-7, 2008.There is no fee to attend. Schools must cover expenses for meals and optional over night stay. Parents, grandparents and other school staff are welcome to help chaperone. All STLP Schools are encouraged to attend and ... More

 

STLP Awards and Recognition
Maintaining STLPOne strategy for maintaining a strong program is to offer several levels of recognition for your students. School Level RecognitionMany districts recognize STLP student accomplishments at local school board meetings. PTA or PTO meetings are another forum where students can show off their skills and accomplishments while involving parents and ... More

 

STLP Resources
Electronic ResourcesThe following materials are below: 1. The  Handbook for schools. 2. The STLP Research Report can offer some insight into the difference STLP makes in a school.3. The official logo of STLP. The official logo is used on materials a school produces in the name of STLP. The logo can be ... More

 

STLP Opportunities
State Recognized STLP Schools undertake projects, provide services or produce digital products that help the school and community understand or use technology. These projects created by Student Technology Leaders (STLs) impact both the classroom and community. Our goal is state recognition of every Kentucky school! To have your school registered as ... More

 

STLP Project Ideas
Projects developed by the STLP members will be stronger when projects are:A. Related to a need in the building and/or communityB. Carried out by the students with adult guidanceC. Become part of the school culture with reinforcement from administration, community and school staffD. Centered around the six STLP GoalsE. Partnered across ... More

 

STLP Cyber-Reporters
Many events take place in schools and their communities. Students that take digital images or shoot video can report about these events. These events can be posted to the web or provide information for print. Some schools produce student news via a newsletter, the web or a news TV show.At the ... More

 

Becoming a Cyber-Reporter
Students can become a state cyber-reporter by drawing on all former writing training. Students who love to write are ones that usually become a cyber-reporter for STLP at their school and then apply for state cyber-reporter role.There are opportunities for cyber-reporters.1. Apply for State Cyber-Reporter Service Go online in the fall ... More

 

Kentucky's Cyber-Reporters
STLP encourages students to take an active role in their school and community. With the use of a digital or video cameras and the computer, students keep the school and community up to date on events. The student's coverage of the events may result in a story for a web page, ... More

 

2006 STLP Awards
Students from across Kentucky were represented at the STLP State Competition May 11-12, 2006. Students competed and demonstrated technology skills in many categories. Students were honored for projects, products and competition areas at the awards ceremony, May 12 in the Lexington Convention Center Bluegrass Ballroom.Special thanks goes to Chase Lewis and ... More

 

Showcase Project Winners 2006
The following schools were selected at the STLP State Championship May 10-11, 2006.These 30 were selected from over 200 demonstrating school projects. The 200 school projects were the best scores from the fall 2005 showcases at local universities and centers across Kentucky.Congrats to the following showcases:Attending NECC in San Diego July ... More

 

University Showcase Competitions
Fall Showcase Dates and Locations are listed below. Nov. 2 NKUNov. 7 Murray StateNov. 8 UKNov. 15 Morehead StateNov. 28 The Center, SomersetNov. 30 EXPO, PikevilleDec. 6 ULDec. 7 WKUCoordinators should use the Handbook to see more details. The handbook can be downloaded from the STLP Resource Page.

 

Entrepreneurial Thinking
Many STLP schools have ideas; products or services that can become tomorrow's new business and help build Kentucky new knowledge economy.The STLP entrepreneurial project centers on providing a service or product that uses technology in some way. The product, service or new idea should impact a person, community or classroom. Many ... More

 

Video Production
Many STLP students are involved in producing videos for classroom use, school news programs, cable programs, and community service projects.Video production by students helps meet core content and National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) as well as assist teachers in meeting the Kentucky Teacher Technology Standard X.What makes a good ... More

 

Lapel Pin
Many STLP schools use lapel pins to enhance their program. The pins may be given to students during award programs. The first STLP lapel pin was developed by Jacob Elementary School in Jefferson County, Peter Bohne, is the STLP coordinator.There are three types of pins.1.The red and black pin is shown ... More

 

ThinkQuest Tips
This page will help a teacher and students complete a ThinkQuest entry by assisting them in planning for and carrying out a ThinkQuest project. ThinkQuest offers students a chance to build meaningful web sites. These are student-produced sites, which assist in teaching core content topics. These sites provide a way to ... More

 

Computers 4 Kids
"Computers 4 Kids NETWORK" matches donated business computers with low-income students. In today's job market students must have computer skills in order to compete. The goal of this project is to ensure that students who ordinarily could not have afforded computers are able to gain computer skills by having daily access ... More

 

Copyright Issues
STLP students set the standard and model for the rest of the building.When STLP students are producing products: video, digital art, digital music, writing or any multimedia, all copyright rules need to be followed.Better to create an original work, but when using others' work in those products, site the source and ... More

 

ThinkQuest Testimony
From the Coach's Perspective: What Works WellAn Interview with Neme Alperstein, ThinkQuest Junior Coach.As ThinkQuest Junior 2001 was launched, the Electronic Scholar wondered about the role of the coach in this competition. Neme Alperstein, a teacher in P.S. 56, Queens, NY for 13 years,and Coach of two winning TQ Jr. teams, ... More

 

ThinkQuest Kentucky
The ThinkQuest  (TQ) program provides an exciting student centered approach to learning. Grouped in teams, students synthesize core content, design original digital art work and images to create powerful in-depth, interactive web sites.Competitions dates are announced on the TQ web site, and are open to students and teachers from anywhere in ... More