Big Things have Small Beginnings
Working around-the-clock, with fanfare and fireworks, STEMscopes™ is proud to launch its new website: STEMscopes.com! We’ve redesigned the website, given it a facelift, and made it more user-friendly...
View ArticleImporting Students
Today we want to familiarize you with two timesaving tips to help you manage your students in STEMscopes™. We’ll be covering importing student lists into the student management system and deleting all...
View ArticleA Possible Future for Higher Education
Today we had the chance to join Troy Williams, Vice President and General Manager of Macmillian New Ventures and adjunct professor at NYU for a talk on “From Print to Personalized Learning.” Though...
View ArticleEffective Use of the STEMscopes Toolbox
Last week we made the journey to the Houston Ship Channel to visit Port Houston Elementary. Port Houston Elementary is a Title I school in Houston ISD that rests on a backdrop of oil refineries and...
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Interview with Founder, Dr. Reid Whitaker
In 2010 you transitioned from school principal to educational entrepreneur. What motivated you to start STEMscopes and what need did you see in the education world for it?Having been a science teacher...
View ArticleSource File What?
You asked for it and the STEMscopes™ team has delivered; you can now download the “source file” of the pre-assessment, progress monitoring assessment, and standards-based assessment as PowerPoint...
View ArticleThe End of Textbooks
We are in the midst of a digital transition. Wireless internet starting becoming popular in the mid-1990s; today, we see wireless hot spots everywhere as we scan for an open one on our laptops and...
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Using the Speech Feature
Though the STEMscopes speech feature is often overlooked, once you find it, you’ll be using it on a daily basis. Hidden on every page, in the bottom right corner you’ll find the speech button next to...
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Interview with Courtney Williams
This week we hunted down Courtney Williams, Elementary Science Consultant in Birdsville ISD. Mrs. Williams impressed us with her STEMscopes training video that she made to help her teachers...
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STEMscopes Surpasses 1 Million Texas Users
Rice University’s STEMscopes program, an online science curriculum, has surpassed a million users among students in Texas, a milestone for the program in its second year. STEMscopes, a division of the...
View ArticleUsing Embedded Vocabulary
Driving down a forested-lined, concrete path we found the Branch School ahead. Boasting outdoors education, a productive student-run garden, ubiquitous hands-on learning, and an extremely welcoming...
View ArticleEducation Technology Pioneers Announced as Participants for SIIA Innovation...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 5, 2012) – The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today announces participants for its Innovation Incubator Program. The program...
View ArticleCAST Recap
CAST 2012 in Corpus Christi was a blast! Fresh air, sea breeze, and blue, blinking Perry’s everywhere – if you didn’t make it this year, you missed out. We got to meet a huge number of great...
View ArticleHelp with the ELPS
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Nancy, a veteran educator and ELPS (English language proficiency standards) curriculum writer from Seidlitz Education, to get the inside scoop on teaching...
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A Day in the Hot Labs
STEMscopes is a common word that students in my fourth grade class use daily. From online activities to engaging student centered investigations, the program meets the needs of all my students. Klein...
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Tackling Poverty
Recently, the Commissioner of Education convened with twenty-three high performing districts across Texas to discuss the future of education. 15 of the 23, or 65%, of the selected districts were users...
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Perry Joins Team XN
Our friends at Exploration Nation are about to embark on an ambitious trip and we are thrilled to be partnering with them! Tune in to their upcoming journey and bring the beauty of Central America...
View ArticleGoing Mobile with SciRave Apps
Rice University’s SciRave has had students dancing to the beat of science for a couple of years. Now mobile versions of the program have them dancing with their fingers.STEMscopes, a K-12 science...
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Free App Grab Bag
These days, there is a wide variety of apps on the market. More often than not, the quality programs are fee- based. As more and more schools implement mobile learning devices in the classroom,...
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Looking back on a Year of Science
2012 was a big year for science. Big leaps were made in all fields from biology to computer technology. Share with your students some our favorite highlights of 2012 and inspire discussion about...
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