Kentucky Department of Education

DISTRICTS AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Over 300 schools, 3,500 students and 1,000 adults attended and supported the State Championship of 2009.
Hundreds of judges determined the best performances in Kentucky.

"It isn't just about winning - it's about learning, helping people, seeing projects and having a good time."

The State Championship allows students from across the state to come together and demonstrate for other students, school and community persons what they know and can do with technology.

All STLP students are welcome attend the State Championship to learn and achieve. There are no registration fees. All schools attending must register online. Plan to attend the whole day. If your budget allows or your school has raised the funds, plan on staying overnight on Tuesday, May 11. This allows your school to return to school on Wednesday.
Some schools plan another trip in the area. (KET, Toyota, UK, Horse Park, etc.)

Attend and have fun at Rupp Arena:
http://www.rupparena.com/default.htm

THREE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
JUST ATTEND 
Any STLP School may attend to learn from demonstrating and competing students
BE INVITED 
Qualifying showcase projects
Selected engineers, presenters, cyber-reporters, services (web site, news casts, podcast)
Finalist in product categories
COMPETE IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE CATEGORY

Students have many choices when they attend:
Visit the many playground tables and activities created for the event
Talk with other students, teachers, community persons and visitors that support technology
Attend student presentations in small rooms
Compete in any of the many live competitions
Visit playground activities provided by supporting partners
Explore the many outstanding showcase projects in the large hall
View best services in school web site, newscasts or podcast/radio
See the winning products on display and talk to the students that created the product
Attend the awards celebration

DEADLINE TO PARTICIPATE
All that just attend or participate must register online by March 15

PLAYGROUND @ STATE
KETS Partners and community agencies will sponsor activities for STLP students

HOTELS @ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Blocks of rooms at these hotels at a special price for STLP until the block is gone:
Hyatt Regency at the Lexington Convention Center
Lexington Downtown Hotel
Holiday Inn North at Exit 115 I64/I75
Embassy Suites Newtown Pike (pending)

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: AT A GLANCE
State Championship Planning Committee does not get into the space until 6:01 AM and needs until 11:00 AM for set up.
If you stay at a hotel on Monday night, do not expect to be let in earlier than 11:00 AM. Schools should not expect doors to open early. This tentative schedule may help schools plan the day.

Registration
Doors Open 11:00 AM EST allowing schools time to drive to Lexington. Events do not start until 12 noon.

East-Center-West Halls in LCC
12:00-2:00  Showcase Judging level 2
03:00-5:00  Showcase Judging Level 3
12:00-8:00  Cyber Gazette Cyber-Reporters (Two sections of reporters)
12:00-5:00   Finalists Competition
Animation, digital art, digital citizenship, music, video, technical writing, storytelling (text only)
 12:00-5:00 Service Competition (School web sites; school news; school podcasts)  
Heritage Ballroom in LCC
12:00-6:00 Ballroom 1  Special events/speakers
11:00-12:00 Ballroom 2  Showcase judges required training
12:00-5:00 Ballroom 3  Gaming practice and final competition
Elkhorn Rooms in LCC-Invited Presenters
11:00-12:00 Room A  Presenter judges required training
12:00-5:00 Room A  Elementary Presenters Competition
12:00-5:00 Room B  Elementary Presenters Competition
12:00-5:00 Room C   Middle Presenters Competition
12:00-5:00 Room D  High Presenters Competition
Dressing Rooms inside Rupp Arena
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 1 Programming
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 3 Service Help Desk
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 4/5 Web Design 
Press Interview Room inside Rupp Arena
10:00-12:00  Bench Challenge Testing (clickers)  (Finals on the floor in Rupp)
12:00-5:00 Minds On Pick Up Prompt and Final Presentations
Production Office inside Rupp Arena
Awards and Recognition Headquarters
LCC Halls
12:00-6:00 Café in hallway area
Rupp Arena Floor
12:00-5:00 Playground of Learning
Live Competitions:
Competition will be between these times
12:00-5:00  Bench Challenge (Testing in Press Room)
12:00-5:00  Cinemania Drop Off
12:00-5:00  Cool Web 2.0 Use Display
12:00-5:00  Flight Simulation Testing and Finals
12:00-5:00  Minds On Check In
12:00-5:00  Networking Testing and Finals
12:00-5:00  Scripting Drop Off
12:00-5:00  Tech Quick Recall
12:00-5:00  Video Conferencing Use
12:00-5:00  Robotics Use
12:00-5:00  RCX State Finals (by regional winners invitation only)
  5:00-6:00  Redress Rupp

All students and adults will be asked to move from the Rupp Floor while the LCC staff redresses the floor. There are bleachers above the floor available for seating.

On Stage In Rupp
~5:00-6:00 Live Music & Film Festival
~6:00-7:30 Awards Program 

INVITED CATEGORIES
Some STLP categories going to state, must establish the quality of work and skill prior to the state championship. 

The following categories require an invitation:
Best Showcases from Regional Showcases or District Showcase
Cyber Gazette Reporters
Engineers
Presenters
Production Company
Product Finalists: Animation, digital art, digital citizenship, music, video, technical writing, storytelling (text only)
School Services: School web sites, school newscasts, school podcasts/radio

BEST SHOWCASES FROM REGIONAL SHOWCASES
APPLY ONLINE DURING FALL SHOWCASE UNDER PROJECTS
Showcases that met the rubric score at Fall Showcase will be invited and judged. 
The best showcases in the state will be invited to go to the ISTE Conference in Denver 2010.

NECC 2009: Washington, DC
Western Elementary, Scott County
Two Rivers Middle School, Covington
Elizabethtown High School

NECC 2008: San Antonio, TX
Pulaski County Elementary
Crittenden County Middle School
South Floyd High School

NECC 2007: Atlanta, GA
Kathryn Winn Elementary School, Carroll County
Metcalfe County Schools
Elizabethtown High School

NECC 2006: San Diego, CA
Mt. Sterling Elementary School, Montgomery County
Carr Creek Elementary School, Knott County
Apollo High School, Daviess County

STLP PRODUCTION COMPANY
APPLY ONLINE UNDER STATE COMPETITION
Paul Sturgill, STLP Coordinator, Letcher County Central High School, began the STLP
Production Company at the 2008 Awards.
Students from across Kentucky collaborated with the students in filming and producing the awards program.
Do you have a school news show?
Do you have students who help produce videos for local cable?
Selected students will be invited to be the team that videos and produces the STLP Awards 2010 in
Rupp Arena May 11. These students will be recognized at the awards program.

LIVE PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS
The live performance competitions allow students to demonstrate the ISTE NETS Student Standards, Kentucky Department of Education Technology Program of Studies and the 21st Century Skills.

ALL COMPETITIONS:
Schools must determine which students have the best skills in which to represent their school in the categories
Schools apply online for that competition category when they apply to attend state
Students may apply for more than one category, but conflicts may arise in the final schedule
Students may not ask to have any schedule change; competitions must run as stated
There are only 2 students per school allowed to apply to compete in each performance category
Apply by March 15 to attend.
Directions will be given onsite for each competition category.
Best performances by three age groups will be recognized at the annual awards

PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
What can the students do as 1-2 students or a team?

Bench Challenge- Must register as a team, after taking a written test -the tag team of two students troubleshoot computer issues. (A+ Certification  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A%2B_Certification)

Cinemania- a team creates a video within 48 hours using a given prompt with stated elements. (Download sample information from past years at Rubrics.)

Designed Video Game- 1-2 students invent a video game (software or programming);sets up own computer and runs the game on that computer for the judges. (Download required information at Rubrics)

Help Desk - a team describes the help desk service to the panel of judges. (Running a help desk in your school is a requirement.)

Minds On- 1-2 students create and design a solution to a given topic. After being given a prompt and time to work, will present to judges. (Examples: Students have designed a game.)

Mobile Application Development- 1-2 students use free applications to develop mobile apps. Student must bring the apps to the event and demonstrate the use.
(i.e. http://developer.apple.com/iphone/ )

RCX (Robo Challenge Xreme)- a regional team competes for RCX state title. Join RCX  at the beginning of the school year from the RCX web site.
Regional winning teams will be instructed on how to register for the state event.
http://www.campbell.k12.ky.us/techresources/mercer/robotics/index.html 

ThinkQuest in Ky- a team creates a web site based upon the ThinkQuest.org rubric  http://www.thinkquest.org . Students bring the ThinkQuest web site to the event for judges to view.

Video Conferencing Use- a team describes video conferencing use in learning to a panel of judges.

What can a student do as an individual?

Cool Web 2.0 Use - a student demonstrates a creative use of a cool tool of choice to judges. Student brings own laptop to demonstarte the cool web 2.0 tool.

Flight Simulation- a student plans a flight to and from an airport; uses flight sim software on site (Microsoft). Study with a local pilot. Resources below:
KY Department of Aviation of the Transportation Cabinet http://transportation.ky.gov/Aviation/
Civil Air Patrol http://www.kywgcap.org/
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association http://www.aopa.org

Gaming- a student practices and plays a given game for high points, game title announced onsite.

KY Airliner-Is a “virtual airline”, set up to challenge STLP students using the site VA Financials (vafinancials.com).
Students will be involved with the online financials of airlines, the costs involved, why you shouldn’t always carry a full fuel load, and efficiency using MS Flight Simulator and the VA Financials site. (See www.stlpairlines.net and the rubrics page for more instructions.) 

Networking- after taking a written test -a student troubleshoots network issues.

Programming - Video Game- a student brings own laptop and extension cord, software is loaded onsite, student learns a programming language onsite, no advanced programming is needed to participate http://www.cs.engr.uky.edu/~jurek/Contest/
 
Racing to the Future: Careers in Science and Technology from the Racing World- a student’s car will race on a slot car track; (The registered students (2 per school) will get the chance to build, decorate and race -a double elimination format, along with concourse for the best looking cars. Cars and number that can race may be limited due to time.)

Robotics Use-a student's robot demonstrates a task and the student discusses the task the robotic performed. (The student picks the task the robot does. For example, you might create a robot that kicks a soccer ball into a goal. Then, when the student presents their robot, he/she will show us the robot doing the task and he/she will talk to the judges. See Rubrics page for the rubric.) 

Scripting (Windows) - a prompt is given to a student 72 hours before the state event; the student creates a solution, turns the solution in upon arriving at state. 

Tech Quick Recall- a student quickly replies to general technology questions using a clicker device. (Example: terminology, history of computing, digital citizenship, and "how to" questions.)