Facilities

The RI STEM Center facility consists of four new technology enhanced classrooms and a resource center located on the second floor of the Henry Barnard School on the Rhode Island College campus.

Core Capabilities (for all rooms)

•   Dual Projection (or monitors)
•   Sound Reinforcement and Program Audio
•   Wireless Microphone(s)
•   DVD/VCR Playback
•   Lectern or desk with fold-out shelf
•   PC with Sympodium 350 interactive display
•   Laptop and peripheral Connections
•   Wireless Networking

Large Lecture Halls (STEM Phase II : Clarke Science 128, Fogarty Life Science 050)

• Enhanced audio
• Larger Screens
• Wireless Slate for mobile annotation of screen images

Specialized Equipment

• Video Conferencing (All Henry Barnard School STEM Phase I Classrooms and Resource Center;  STEM Phase II:  Horace Mann 185, Clarke Science 128 and Fogarty Life Science 050).
• Content Capture - lecture and notes to web or DVD  (All classrooms STEM Phase I and II)  
• Document Camera (on request, all locations)
• TabletPC / Laptop Cart (STEM Phase I HBS, all classrooms; STEM Phase II TBD)
• Camcorders, Digital Cameras, Software (STEM Center Classrooms and Resource Center)

Instrumentation and Manipulatives (STEM Phase I and II: Lab/Classrooms as appropriate)

• Sensor kits for mathematics, life sciences,  physical sciences
• Programmable Bricks (e.g., Picocricket)
• Microscope with video output
• Spectrophotometer