This will be a live post throughout the day of images from the event.

STLP, for me, is what it means to be a modern, 21st-century school. Students and teachers work together as students identify real problems and make decisions on how to solve them; they also learn to use technology in innovative ways that adults might not have considered, then present their findings to the larger school community. They participate in a range of other activities as well, from coding challenges to competitive events like Sumobots and technology-driven tasks that require moving objects or solving puzzles. It could be just about anything that allows students to demonstrate their ability to integrate technology into the real world, addressing problems that exist today or may exist in the future.

Project Challenges: schools identify a problem that could be a community or individual based and then use technology to solve the problem and share it with others. This can range the gamut from schools making a web page for lost and found all the way up to coding that helps farmers be more efficient with their property using iPads and GIS maps.

Mid-Day images

STLPx Students get to try different activities.

Early morning before all the chaos begins.

Update from Kentucky Teacher:

With more than 35 different challenges and competitions throughout the day, student champions were celebrated live on the stage in Rupp Arena. A highlight of the day was the naming of the four STLP Project State Champions. From 631 K-12 projects, judges narrowed down the champions to the following teams:

• K-5 Division Best STLP Project in Kentucky: “Bloom News Kidz,” Bloom Elementary School (Jefferson County)
• 6-8 Division Best STLP Project in Kentucky: “Flood Guard,” James D. Adams Middle School (Floyd County)
• 9-12 Division Best STLP Project in Kentucky: “PhisherMen,” Eminence High School
• Dave Sigler Award for Best Technical STLP Project: “Breaking Point Initiative,” Morgan County High School

The students who earned a state championship title have the opportunity to attend the International Society for Technology and Education Conference June 28-July 1 in Orlando, Fla.