Kentucky Department of Education

The seventh annual STLP State Championship will be at the Lexington Convention Center and Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky, Thursday, March 22, 2012.

Over 3,500 students and 1,000 adults attended and supported the State Championship of 2011. Over 300 schools came to show what they know. Hundreds of judges determined the best technology user students in Kentucky.
"It isn't just about winning - it's about learning, helping people with projects and having a good time."
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 schools are welcome to attend the State Championship to learn and achieve. There are no registration fees. All schools attending must register online- including the number of students attending.
Plan to attend the whole day. If your budget allows or your school has raised the funds, plan on staying overnight on Wednesday, March 21 and/or Thursday, March 22, 2012.
Some schools plan another trip in the area. (KET, Toyota, UK, Horse Park, etc.)

At State Championship schools may:
Talk with other students, teachers, community persons and visitors that support technology
Attend student presentations in small rooms
Compete in any of the many live performance competitions
Visit playground activities provided by supporting partners in Rupp
Explore the many outstanding showcase projects in the large hall
View best services
See the winning products on display and talk to the students that created the product
Attend the awards celebration
At State Championship judges may receive EILA Credit at the event.

THREE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE AT STATE FOR ALL STLP SCHOOLS
JUST ATTEND
Any STLP School may attend and observe at the event in order to learn from demonstrating and competing students.
BE INVITED
Qualifying prior to March 22: engineers, winter judging finalsists, showcase projects
COMPETE IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE CATEGORY
Sign up students to participate. Students must be preregistered to enter a category at state.
HOTELS @ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
These hotels have a special price for STLP:
Hyatt Regency at the Lexington Convention Center ($109.00)
Radisson attached to the Lexington Convention Center 
Clarion Hotel at Exit 115 I64/I75 ($89.00 & free Breakfast) 
Springhill Suites at 863 South Broadway

STATE CHAMPIONHIP SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Thursday, March 22, 2012 Lexington Convention Center (LCC) and Rupp Arena
http://www.rupparena.com
New this year, guards will be at the doors and will only allow judges and lead  in before 9:30.
Please do not come earlier than this and back up buses on the street. If you come early, plan on waiting by the shops. 
9:30- Doors Open -allowing schools time to drive to Lexington 
Prefunction Area 
9:30-10:00 JUDGES OF SPECIFIC GROUPS CHECK IN 
10:00 REGISTRATION & SCHOOLS CHECK IN
9:45-10:45 PRODUCT FINALISTS CHECKI IN:
Art, documentary, feature, graphic design, manipulated image, music, original content, photo, poster, PSA, video, storytelling, technical writing
Hyatt Ballrooms BCD
9:30-10:00 Hyatt Ballrooms ONLY LEVEL 2 JUDGES CHECK IN
Berea Room
12:00-4:00 Web Site Design
Thoroughbred Rooms
10:00 Product Judging
12:00-4:00 Cinemania
12:00-4:00 EKU Aviation
12:00-4:00 Game Design Challenge
12:00-4:00 Proven Learning Quick Tech Recall
East-Center-West Halls in LCC
11:00-01:00 Showcase Project Judging Level 2
01:00-03:00 BREAK/REST for all Showcase Project schools
03:00-05:00 Showcase Project Judging Level 3
12:00-4:00 Heritage Council Projects
12:00-4:00 Newscast Service
Heritage Ballroom in LCC
10:00-02:00 Ballroom 1 Geek Squad
11:00-05:00 Ballroom 2 Gazette Reporter Service
11:00-05:00 Ballroom 2 Cyber Shorts Service
11:00-05:00 Ballroom 2 Twitter Service
12:00-4:00 Ballroom 2 UL Podcasting Service
12:00-05:00 Ballroom 3 Dell & Microsoft Gaming
Elkhorn Rooms in LCC-Invited Presenters
10:00-11:00 Room A Presenter judges required training
11:00-4:00 Room A Elementary Presenters Competition
2:00-5:00 Room B Level 3 Judges
11:00-4:00 Room C Middle Presenters Competition
11:00-4:00 Room D High Presenters Competition
Dressing Rooms inside Rupp Arena
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 1 UK Computer Science -Programming
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 2 UK Minds On Innovation
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 3 Help Desk Service
10:00-11:00 Dressing Room 4 Judges Discussion GeoTechnologies/Geospatial Litearcy
12:00-5:00 Dressing Room 5 GeoTechnologies/Geospatial Literacy
Press Interview Room inside Rupp Arena
11:00- 12:00 Bench Challenge Testing (clickers) (Finals on the floor in Rupp)
Production Office inside Rupp Arena
Awards and Recognition Headquarters
Wall Of Winners
Students earning first and second place will be posted on this wall and called to the stage at Awards
LCC Halls
12:00-5:00 Cafe
Rupp Arena Floor
12:00-4:00 Playground of Learning
10:00-9:00 KSU & STLP Production Company Service
11:00-4:00 Live Reporting Service
Live Performance Competitions:
12:00-4:00 Bench Challenge (Testing in Press Room)
12:00-4:00 Enterasys Networking Testing and Finals
12:00-4:00 Georgetown College Robot Use
12:00-4:00 Racing to the Future
11:00-4:00 RCX State Finals (by regional winners invitation only)
12:00-2:00 Scripting with Windows
12:00-4:00 ThinkQuest.org
04:30-5:30 Redress of Rupp Arena Floor (all must move off the floor to the bleachers)
Awards Program
6:00-8:45 Music and Awards Program

LIVE COMPETITIONS
The live performance competitions allow students to demonstrate the ISTE NETS Student Standards, Kentucky Department of Education Technology Program of Studies and the 21^st Century Skills.
ALL COMPETITIONS:
Schools must determine which students have the best skills to represent their school in the given categories.
Schools apply online for a competition category when they apply to attend state.
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 or one team allowed to apply to compete in each performance category.
Directions will be given onsite for each competition category.
Best performances by three age groups will be recognized at the annual awards.
Individual ONLY
Dell & Microsoft Gaming: a student plays a given game for high points
Game Design Challenge: one school team plans, designs and creates a video game
EKU Aviation: a student plans a flight and uses flight simulation software
Enterasys Networking: a student takes a written test and best scorer troubleshoots network issues onsite
GeoTechnologies/Geospatial Literacy: a student uses GIS/GPS/Remore Sensing to find a solution Proven Learning Quick Tech Recall: a student quickly replies to general technology questions
Racing to the Future: a student
Scripting for Windows: a student finds a solution by creating a Windows script
Web Site Design: a student with own laptop onsite, designs a web page using a prompt
One Team of 1-2 or Required 2 Students
Bench Challenge: two students must apply; reply to questions, best scorers troubleshoot a computer onsite
Georgetown College Robot Use: a robot demonstrates a task and a team of 1-2 students discuss the task
UK Computer Science: two students learns a programming language onsite and completes a task
One Team Per School (1-4 Students)
Cinemania: one team creates a video, using a given prompt, within 48 hours of the state event
Help Desk Service: one team presents and markets the school/district help desk to judges at state
Heritage Council: one team completes one of two projects: Shop Local and A Day in the Life
Minds On: one team creates, designs and presents a solution to a given prompt
RCX (Robo Challenge Xreme): the regional team winners are invited to compete for the RCX state title
ThinkQuest.org: a team selects one of the three Challenges from ThinkQuest International 2012
UK Minds On Innovation: one team creates, designs an original product or process that solves a problem
UL Podcasting Service: one team uploads podcosts to UL server for judging