Webinars
Welcome!
We at BrainCo realize that the events of the past few months have brought education as we know it to a crossroads. Although classes have either stopped or continued online for the time being, these next few months give us time to chart new paths for the coming years. Therefore, we have assembled a series of informational interviews and webinars that we hope you can use to further your learning and add to your professional development. We also hope that you can also learn a little bit about what we can offer to your educational environments.
How do I Bring Programming into School?
Has your school integrated programming into your curriculum and are not sure what else you can be doing? Listen to our chat with CS50 Director of Global Outreach, Greg Mittleider, to learn more about what programming activities are happening in schools across the nation and what your school can do.
Introduction to Block Based Programming
Open to educators, administrators and students. Heard of block based programming but haven’t put it to use yet? Join former High Tech High teacher and Make Block curriculum Judy Wang as she introduces the basics of programming through the popular coding platform mBlock.
Block Based Programming: Creating an Interactive Game
Open to educators, administrators and students. Want to show students what fun they can have with block based programming? Join former High Tech High Teacher Judy Wang as she introduces this concept through games that students can create and learn the fundamentals of programming at the same time!
Nervous System and Signals: Biotech and Biomedical Engineering
Open to educators, administrators and students. Let’s learn about how the nervous system works! Join education specialist Andrew Bannish as he takes you through one piece of our biotechnology and biomedical engineering curriculum series through learning about the way our nervous system functions.
Biotech and Biomedical Engineering: The Human Hand
How does the human hand work? This webinar will take you through one piece of our biotechnology and biomedical engineering curriculum series through discovering the amazing engineering of the human hand and how that can be modeled with a prosthetic.
BrainCo STEM Kit Introduction
Learn how your classroom can host technology from a Brain Machine Interface company! The BrainCo STEM kit transforms medical grade technology into an educational set with build, code and create adventures.
Inspiring Students in STEM
Hosted by Dr. Wasifa Jamal of the MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department, we will be inviting guests to share their inspiring stories in STEM! Stories of success and best practices will be shared. Webinar listeners are welcome to ask questions to our guests.