TIPS Volume 3, No. 5
January, 2003

     Grade Level Key 
     Suitable for elementary school= Elem, Suitable for middle school= Middle
     Suitable for high school= High, General interest= Teachers

Editor: Jeffrey L. Jones,
District Tech Resource Teacher
jjones@fayette.k12.ky.us
This website is intended for the instructional use of students and staff of Fayette County Public Schools.

TIPS STLP News

The Region 5 Showcase

Fayette County was wonderfully represented at the Region 5 STLP Conference held December 11, 2002 at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. Sixteen schools took students to the conference to participate in many different ways. Some groups were there as observers to learn, while others participated in the competitive categories. Numerous other Fayette Co. schools sent their STLP Coordinator to attend so they could receive first hand experience with the conference, get ideas to take back to their schools, and make plans for attending next year's conference.

Schools that took students to the conference were: Arlington, Garden Springs, Julius Marks, Mary Todd, Maxwell, Picadome, Beaumont, Bryan Station Middle School, Jessie Clark, Leestown, LTMS, Winburn, Eastside, Henry Clay, P. L. Dunbar, and Tates Creek.

The following schools participated in one or more of the competitive categories of the conference. Each is listed by category.

Conference Associates - Individual students from these schools completed specific tasks to support the conference. Students assisted by supporting the team that organized the conference, helping judges with needed materials, and delivered needed materials from one location to another. These students were competing to become a conference associate for the Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference (KTLC) in March, 2003 in Louisville, KY.

  • Arlington
  • Bryan Station Middle
  • Eastside
  • Garden Springs
  • Jessie Clark

Cyber-Reporters - Individual students from these schools served as reporters for the conference. They are called "cyber-reporters" because instead of publishing a newspaper, they created web pages with articles, digital pictures and more on site. Their work will soon be posted on KDE's STLP webpage. These students were competing to become a cyber-reporter for KTLC as well.

  • Arlington
  • Beaumont
  • Bryan Station Middle
  • Eastside
  • Garden Springs
  • Jessie Clark

Engineers - Individual students from these schools went through an intensive interview process to apply for the coveted Jr. Engineer position for KTLC.

  • Bryan Station Middle
  • Eastside
  • Jessie Clark
  • Paul L. Dunbar**** (***Ben Kelley from Paul L. Dunbar has already been selected to serve as a Senior Engineer for this year's KTLC. Ben attended the Fall Conference to independently interview Jr. Engineer candidates!)

Student Presenters - Individual or teams of students from the following schools were competing to become student presenters at KTLC. Student presenters are included in the list of sessions for conference participants to attend.

  • Bryan Station Middle - "Bryan Station Fort Project"
  • Bryan Station Middle - "BSTMS BearCat News"
  • Henry Clay High - ".net Technology"
  • Jessie Clark - "Using PowerPoint to Streamline Dismissal"

Showcase Projects - Groups of students from the following schools set up booths to share with the conference participants and judges what their STLP has been doing in four possible categories: community projects, instructional projects, technical projects and entrepreneurial projects. These groups were competing to also attend KTLC in Louisville.

  • Beaumont - "Service Through Logical Problem-Solving" READ Poster
  • Bryan Station Middle - "Bryan Station Fort Project"
  • Bryan Station Middle - "BSTMS BearCat News"
  • Eastside - "Want to be Technical? Take a computer class at Eastside!"
  • Garden Springs - "Teachers in Technology Trouble: STLP Bails Them Out!"
  • Henry Clay - "History of Computers in Education"
  • Julius Marks - "JME Community Connection"
  • Paul L. Dunbar - "Community Service at Beaumont Middle and Garden Springs Elementary Elements"
  • Tates Creek High - "Making the Most of your SmartBoard"
  • Tates Creek High - "Music in Technology"
  • Winburn - "Would you like to be a Millionaire in Your Classroom? Meet the Experts - Winburn's WebMaster and Daily Closed Circuit Announcements Developer"

Non-Competitive Category:

Discovery Zone - Students from the following schools set up booths to share what their school has been doing in STLP. This was a non-competitive activity, allowing casual interactions between students from all over Region 5. Thanks to the following schools for participating in the Discovery Zone!

  • Arlington
  • Bryan Station Middle
  • Eastside
  • Jessie Clark
  • Maxwell

Schools that competed for the various KTLC positions/showcases should hear within the next few weeks if they have been selected to go to Louisville in March!

Congratulations to all FCPS schools and students involved! You represented the Fayette County Public School system wonderfully!!! Thank you for all you do!