What's an STL?  STL stands for Student Technology Leader.  These are students in your school who provide leadership in the area of technology.  Hopefully, these students actively participate in the Student Technology Leadership Program at your school.  If not, they should be!

What types of projects are already underway for the year?  Here are just a few:

• Tates Creek Middle STLs emailed all their teaching staff with an offer to create business cards for them.  Many teachers took the students up on their offer.  The teachers provided the basic information they wanted on their business card, and the students took it from there!  Design layout, colors, font type and size - these were the decisions the students made while using Publisher software to create the cards.  The students provide this service free to their teachers as a way of thanking the teachers for all they do each day.

• Eastside STLs are digging into Flash software this year.  Eastside students are staying after school to learn how to best use this software and how it can be used on their school's website.  Keep an eye out for changes to their website.

• Henry Clay STLs and Breckinridge STLs are forming a new partnership.  During the school year, the high school students will come to Breckinridge on a periodic basis to teach the elementary students how to do some technical support for their school.  Installing additional memory will be one of their first tasks to learn.  This is a great example of multi-age collaboration.

• Yates STLs now include the T.U.T.'s (Tots Using Technology).  The T.U.T. students are from the lower primary level and are learning many basic technology skills.  This strong foundation will enable them to be leaders in their schools very soon!

• Beaumont and P. L. Dunbar STLP are working together this year!  Beaumont STLs have met after school weekly with the Dunbar STLP on Tuesdays.  They have learned about different computer parts and functions.  They have also worked on troubleshooting school technical problems.  Beaumont STL students have been able to observe the P. L. Dunbar students replace hard drives and solve other hardware issues.  Beaumont students loved helping string cable through the ceilings to add network access to more locations. 

  The Dunbar students showed Beaumont STLP how to crimp the cables to add the ends.   Adam uses the SmartBoard to teach about computer maintenance.  Beaumont and P.L. Dunbar students observe the wiring closet.

  For more information about this school partnership, contact Kathy Crouch, STLP Coordinator at Beaumont Middle or Jim Adams, STLP Coordinator at P. L. Dunbar High.

   

   

  For more information, contact Paula Whitmer, STLP Coordinator for Fayette County Public Schools, or visit the FCPS STLP website.

Submitted by Paula Whitmer

Submitted by Kathy Crouch, STLP Coordinator, Beaumont Middle