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Student Technology Fairs Help Design a Statewide Opportunity Bighorn C2

Connie Masson, Manager of Educational Technology St. Vrain School District

Gwynn Moore, Instructional Technology Teacher Paris Elementary School, Aurora Public Schools

Shannon Wentworth, Instructional Technology Teacher Sixth Avenue Elementary School, Aurora Public Schools

Do you have a Student Technology Showcase Methodology in your school or district? Would you like to?

Join Aurora and St. Vrain school districts as we: • Reflect on our local technology fair experiences, • Help others in local efforts, o What are your roadblocks to a district fair o Brainstorm ways around them o How many districts do we need for a state venue? o Who wants to be involved? • Collaborate to build a state student technology event • Share your results and pick each other’s brains.

• Visit some Colorado tech fair websites o St. Vrain Valley School District o Aurora Public Schools

• Other state tech fairs o Georgia – Dekalb County o Texas – Irving Independent School District o Texas Computer Education Association o South Dakota State TIE Board

• Collaborate to plan a state technology fair. o CEA Delegate Assembly – April Denver Tech Center o CDE – Delilah Collins and Gene Hainer o Commissioner of Education – Dwight Jones o Governor’s Office - Bill Ritter o Business Technology Conferences o CEDIA Expo - Sept. 3, 2008 (Consumer Electronic Design and Installation Association)