On March 19, 2005, hundreds of STLP students from all over Fayette County converged on Tates Creek High School's campus to celebrate with the public what they are doing with technology in their schools.  Students were welcomed by Scion on Nicholasville in two ways: first, a brand new 2005 Scion loaded with all the technological bells and whistles available was sitting on the sidewalk as the students came in, and second, by receiving a t-shirt with the Technology Fair theme of "It's About Kids Using Technology!" on it as well as the Scion logo.  Students checked out the car and put their t-shirts on to wear for the day.

A new exhibit called "IMMEX" was featured in the front hall.  The IMMEX project in Fayette County is from a National Science Foundation grant for teachers and students to develop online problem sets (scenarios) which require high critical thinking skills to solve.  The teachers develop the content and the students create the actual web pages.  These problem sets are then used by teachers nationwide to integrate concepts into real-life situations.

Every school had a booth at the Technology Fair and exhibited either a classroom project, STLP project, or Technology Student Association (TSA) project which integrates technology.  Some of the booth titles include:

• The Inner Workings of a Computer
• STLP Students Create a Morning News Show
• Make Your Own Cables!
• 3D Animation
• Wireless Security
• Character Education Simulation Game
• GPS Scavenger Hunt
• Technology Into Tomorrow
• Creative Greeting Cards
• Teaching with Technology
• In the News
• STLP Supports Troops and Tsunami Relief Efforts

School booths were judged by district technology resource teachers.  This process allowed the students and teachers to communicate with the public about the significance of their project.   Hundreds of students and parents attended an Awards Ceremony where each booth received an award for one outstanding aspect of their project.  A list of the schools and their awards are located here. 

Community and vendor partners joined the schools as well.  Thanks to Business Solutions Group, Central Kentucky Computing Society, Dell, Dell TechKnow, eInstruction, IBM, iSAFE, Kentucky Virtual High School, LexMark, Lexington Public Library and Scion on Nicholasville for joining us!

Submitted by Paula Whitmer