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 invited to the State Championship to learn and achieve. There are no registration fees. All schools attending must register online the number of students attending.
STUDENTS THAT ATTEND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
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
Listen to special music
View playground activities provided by supporting partners
Watch winning videos that will be shown at the event
View the many outstanding showcase projects in the large hall
Go to the Explorium nearby
Go to the Basketball Museum nearby
Sign up prior to the event for live performance competitions
View the finalists products on display
Attend the awards celebration
THREE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE AT STATE FOR ALL STLP SCHOOLS
1. JUST ATTEND
Any STLP School may attend to learn from demonstrating and competing students.
2. BE INVITED
Qualifying showcase projects
Selected Engineers, presenters, cyber-reporters
Finalist in product categories
3. COMPETE IN A CATEGORY
Live performance or service categories
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 Lexington
401 West High Street, Lexington, KY
(859) 253 -1234
The Radisson
Broadway and Vine, Lexington, KY
(859) 231-900
Holiday Inn North Holidome
1950 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY
(859) 233-0512
ATTEND ONLY @ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Schools wishing to attend only still need to register online. Information about the event will be emailed after the school registers.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: AT A GLANCE
State Championship Planning Committee does not get into the space until 6:01 AM and needs until 9:30 AM for set up.
Schools should not expect us to open the doors early. This tentative schedule may help schools plan the day.
Registration
Doors Open 9:30 AM
East-Center-West Halls in LCC
10:00-12:00 Showcase Judging level 2
02:00-4:00 Showcase Judging Level 3
10:00-8:00 Cyber Gazette Cyber-Reporters (Two sections of reporters)
10:00-4:00 Playground Part 1
10:00-3:00 Digital Art Competition at Carpeted Wall
Heritage Ballroom in LCC
9:00-10:00 Ballroom 2 Showcase Judges Required Training
10:00-1:00 Ballroom 1 Programming Competition
12:00-5:00 Ballroom 3 Gaming Practice and Final Competition
Elkhorn Rooms in LCC-Invited Presenters
11:00-4:00 Room A Elementary Presenters Competition
11:00-4:00 Room B Elementary Presenters Competition
11:00-4:00 Room C Middle Presenters Competition
11:00-4:00 Room D High Presenters Competition
Dressing Rooms inside Rupp Arena
Judges: video, music, writing, interactive content, and ThinkQuest;
Web design live performance
Press Interview Room inside Rupp Arena
10:00- 12:00 Bench and Networking Written/Electronic Testing
Production Office inside Rupp Arena
Awards and Recognition Headquarters
LCC Halls
10:00-5:00 Café in and out of the halls
Rupp Arena Floor
10:00-3:00 Playground Part 2
10:00-3:00 Finalists Competition in digital music, video, writing, interactive content
Live Competitions: Competition will be between these times
10:00-3:00 Bench Challenge Competition
10:00-3:00 Flight Simulation
10:00-3:00 Help Desk Service Competition
10:00-3:00 Minds On Competition
10:00-3:00 Networking Competition
10:00-3:00 Robotics 1 & 2 Competitions
10:00-3:00 Web Design (Rupp Dressing Room Area)
NOTE: Redress Rupp ~3:00-6:00
All students and adults will be asked to move from the Rupp Floor while the LCC staff redresses the floor. There will be bleachers above the floor available for seating.
On Stage In Rupp
During the redress of Rupp
~5:00 Band 1 & Film Festival
~6:30-8:00 Awards Program and Band 2
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 to be at state championship.
Cyber Gazette Reporter & Podcaster Service
Engineer Service
Presenter Service
Showcase Projects
Awards Production Company Service
BY INVITATION ONLY- CYBER GAZETTE REPORTERS SERVICE
Students will submit work to be scored prior to the State Championship
Students may apply by Dec. 15 as writers and podcast reporters
The best candidates will be assigned as a reporter on the Cyber Gazette 2009
The best reporters will be recognized at the annual awards program
Some past reporters may be invited to return as a Cyber Editors
BY INVITATION ONLY- ENGINEER SERVICE
Students applied and interviewed to be this years engineer for KTLS and State
Students that worked at KTLC in March are invited back to work at the state championship
Engineers schedules are flexible enough so as to be able to compete in live performances
All engineers will practice ethical, safe and legal behavior using technology
Engineers are not judged at state
Engineers for 2008-2009 will be recognized at the annual awards program
BY INVITATION ONLY- PRESENTER SERVICE
Presenter students apply (Elementary, Middle and High) online by December 15
Presenters are judged at state
The time and room assignments will be sent prior to the state event
The best presenter of each room will be recognized at the annual awards
BY INVITATION ONLY- SHOWCASE PROJECTS (From fall showcase to State Championship)
Skill set: Students demonstrate an authentic project.
All students practice ethical, safe and legal behavior using technology.
Schools receiving scores of 104 or higher are invited to compete at the state championship
Take an electronic image of your project and students at fall showcase
Email the electronic image for state awards when requested
Go online by March 15 to confirm the showcase is attending the statewide event
Confirm attendance by registering the school online
Bring all materials and equipment and set up
During State level 2 judging, the same rubric from fall showcase level 1 will be used.
During State level 3 judging, a shortened version of the fall showcase rubric
AFTER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
The top three showcases may be invited to NECC in Washington, DC June28-July 2, 2009. (To be confirmed)
The Central Kentucky Inventors group will invite the best Entrepreneurial projects and ideas to their fall event 2008 and 2009.
BY INVITATION ONLY- AWARDS PRODUCTION COMPANY
Selected students will be invited to be the team that produces the STLP Awards 2009 in Rupp Arena.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
May 21, 2009 Lexington Convention Center and Rupp Arena
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 below
Schools apply online for that competition category
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
Some performance categories have more information on the next few pages, most are live performances based upon a prompt by the adult lead
Apply by March 15 to attend
Directions will be given onsite for each competition category
Best performances by age group will be recognized at the annual awards
Performance Categories
Bench Challenge Performance
Students will troubleshoot and find a solution to a technology problem
Students sign up as a team- the two listed by the school are the team
Students first take a technology test to determine the finalists
8 teams will demonstrate and compete
Dell and Microsoft Gaming Performance
Students will demonstrate gaming skills (Games will not have any violence)
eInstruction Technology Quick Recall Performance
Students will answer technology questions using electronic clickers
Enterasys Networking Performance
Students will troubleshoot and find a solution to a network problem
Students first take a technology test to determine the finalists
Finalists will compete
Flight Simulation Performance
Students plan a flight
Georgetown College Transforming Robots Performance
Students will display and discuss robotic project
RCX (Robo Challenge Xreme) State Competition
Top teams from RCX regional tournaments will compete
Use the Lego Robots to traverse the Kentucky Horse Race/Park mat
Goal to outscore their opponents
Three division (EL/MS/HS) champions will be crowned
Contact Brian Mercer, Campbell County TIS
Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) Web Design Performance
Students will bring their own laptop (limited access to web) and power cords
Students will be given a prompt to create a web site
Minds on- Idea and Innovation Performance
Students will be given a prompt to create and design a solution to a topic
UK Programming Performance
Students are given programming tasks on site
Designed to include students at different levels of experience with computers and programming
No advanced programming is involved
More questions? Need help? Contact Elaine Harrison at elaine.harrison@education.ky.gov