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Congratulations to our good friend Randy Smith at Floyd County Schools His last day before retirement. 23 years of dedicated service supporting just over 13,000 internet connected devices for digital learning & school operations. 325 classrooms across 14 schools!

Still plenty of time to collect & submit student digital products for #STLP Creative Digital Arts (CDA) ahead of the 12/20/23 deadline. Digital Illustration, Digital Music, 3D Design... nearly 30 to choose from! Get rubrics, planner doc, & register >> stlp.education.ky.gov/cda

This Thanksgiving we are grateful to all of the #EdTech Professionals of East Kentucky. Across Region 8, 15 CIOs & 34 Technical Leaders work with a host of part-time school technology coordinators & digital learning coaches to support 31,000 students, in 2,500 classrooms.

#KySTE24 is ready to GO BEYOND with your presentation! Call for Presenters is NOW OPEN Sept 1st-Nov 1st. Be a featured presenter @Kystetech. #KYDLC #KYEdTech #KYLChat #KYTeach #KYLead #GoBeyond Earn 1 Free Full Registration! Proposals can be submitted at: bit.ly/kyste24present

Great discussion this morning with technical leaders of @ERATCKY 15 member school districts & KDE OET staff on some big technical & info security projects in progress. Outstanding tour of renovated @CLCKY Challenger Learning Center 💥 Awesome. #KYEdTech

Their unit designs artfully presented ✅Their core academic standards ✅Inter-curricular connection ✅Inquiry-based problem solving ✅ Computational Thinking/Technology Standards ✅Authentic community connection ✅Narrative/Storytelling ✅Public presentation experience #CTKinship

Extremely proud of the @PikevilleInd & @SchoolsFloyd 5-8 educators of the 2023 Drawing on Kinship CT Problem Based Learning Design Institute! #CTKinship #FCSInnovate #PanthersInnovate

Incredible Filmmaker, Animator, @PikevilleHigh Freshman, Coleman H. demoed interview protocol as he interviews local innovator for jr high teachers @ 23 Drawing on Kinship CT PBL Design Institute + his incredible animation. Empowered Learner!💥 #CTKinship #PanthersInnovate

Our tech department is the KNOW Dept. >>NOT<< the No Dept. 🙌🏼 We are here to meet needs, enable learning and education efficiency. Yes! #ISTELive

Excellent 3 Days of training & collaboration with our friends from across region 8, several region 6 friends like @jacksondtc talking A.I., our KETS Field staff, @zrdean talking security & identity mngt & the awesome vendor partners we have in KY EdTech. #ERATC23

Awesome to have @jacksondtc / Region 6 @kystetech Rep Rhonda Thompson with us at #ERATC23 leading discussion w/ EdTech Leaders about the educational uses of Artificial Intelligence tools. Great things to think about!

Outstanding @ERATCKY meeting this week; Region 8 Technology Directors celebrated 2 of our most wise and influential voices on their retirement. Congratulations to Mike Smith of Perry County Schools & Doug Barnett of Jenkins Independent. Thank you for your service to KY Students

Don't forget to follow ALL of the updates and posts from your colleagues at the KySTE Conference! If you are posting about the conference or looking for information use our OFFICIAL HASHTAG - #KySTE23. Don't forget to share your photos and best takeaways throughout the confer...!

#KySTE23 getting excited to connect and learn with everyone in 10 more days! #EDTech Leaders join me Thur 3/16 - 2:30 Rivue Tower in Lily for some 'Adventures Beyond the Document'. It really is more about the process.

All things KySTE Conference are HERE! We are counting down the weeks until we gather for #KySTE23 and we can't wait! Registration, Sessions, and information about our featured speakers can be found on our conference site at: kyste.org/Content2/confe…. @ericcurts @hollyclarkedu

APPLY NOW! East KY Seniors! 3 available $1000 Scholarships! ERATCKY is excited to announce the 4th Annual Harold Burchell ERATC STEM Scholarship! Full details on our website: eratc.org/scholarship

@ERATCKY is excited to announce our 23 Summer Technical Retreat & Training at the awesome Dale Hollow Lake Resort Park June 14-16 2023! Thanks to our awesome sponsors of the 2023 Harold Burchell ERATC Scholarship Fund! Vendor Partners reserve your space eratc.org/sponsors!

Happy New Year to all our Partners & EDTech Professionals across the East Region Association of Technology Coordinators! May 2023 be another awesome year of Connecting & Empowering Students across KY K-12 with your partnership! #edtech #KYEdTech eratc.org/sponsors

43,579 Devices in 2,523 Classrooms The NATION's 1st K-12 High-speed Fiber Optic Network to 100% of KY K12 Schools. 3,000+ high-speed WiFi Access Points The 47 of us could NOT do it without good partners & support of each other! Find out more at eratc.org/sponsors

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of our 2022 Technical Partners! The East Region Assoc. of Technology Coordinators thank our partners for helping our 47 Members (Region 8 School Districts' Technical Leaders) support: 31,300 K-12 Students in 15 Districts! 43,579 Devices..