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KySTE Members Update

News from the front of Kentucky Education Technology.

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March 13, 2014 (special edition). This mostly-monthly newsletter contains announcements and information from the KySTE Board meetings. There was no meeting in March, but we have a lot to celebrate! Look below for conference notes, our KySTE Outreach grant winners, and other news from the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education.

Closing Ceremony, KySTE 2014

KySTE 2014 Conference

Thanks to our volunteer presenters, exhibitors, conference volunteers, and our enthusiastic attendees, it was a great conference!

  • Statistics. Even with weather and reduced budgets, it was still a good turnout. Here are some quick statistics.
    • Registered attendees totaled 1,363. The exhibit hall added 479 exhibitor personnel/staff. Total attendance was over 1,800.
    • We had 206 presenters offering 272 concurrent sessions during the three days of the conference.
    • 157 Exhibit Hall booths were sold, including 43 first-time exhibitors.
    • The Wednesday Workshops were attended by 687, with DTC/CIO's representing the largest pool. Technicians were second, followed by TRT/TIS's.
    • Over 300 members attended our Thursday Members Reception at the Sports and Social Club/4th Street Live. We had a blast! (See the photo gallery here.)
  • KySTE 2015: Welcome to the FutureClosing Ceremony highlights
    • KySTE presented its "Outstanding...." awards, as well as certificates to retiring and returning board members. (See last month's Members Update for our award winners this year.) We also gave out our KySTE Outreach awards (see below).
    • Did you miss Erin Waggoner's (our incoming President) introduction of KySTE 2015 at the closing ceremony? Here's the YouTube video: "KySTE 15 Welcome to the Future!" (Know anyone who owns a DeLorean? Erin wants one for the conference!)
    • We gave away over $4,000 in prizes!

KySTE Outreach News

Announced during the closing ceremony of KySTE 2014, the following grant applications were approved for 2014. Nearly $100,000 will be distributed!

  • Daviess County High School, Owensboro: "Constructing Visual Arguments" ($11,858.68)
  • St. Leo Catholic School, Versailles: "'App'tive and Engaging: Meeting the Core Academic Standards in the Primary Grades with iPads in the Classroom"($9,664.00)
  • Mercy Academy, Louisville: "Programming for the Future: Young Women Work to Create an App" ($26,229.00)
  • Rowan County Senior High School, Morehead: "My Heritage, My Future" ($18,067.68)
  • Bowen, Clay City and Stanton Elementaries, Stanton: "We Can Learn – Anything, Anytime, Anywhere" ($19,848.00)
  • Carroll County High School, Carrollton: "Two Rivers Web Builders" ($14,180.31)

Look for an announcement for next year's offering, coming in August.


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