Seeing your Students at NASA: Engineering for Robotics Exploration

Seeing your Students at NASA: Engineering for Robotics Exploration
Wednesday 09/28/2016
5:00 pm ET
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades 3-12

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at
Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar. Join NASA Flight Controller & Engineer, Michael Ferullo, as he talks about his job at NASA's Johnson Space Center and takes questions from you.

NASA JSC provides research, engineering, development, integration, and testing of robotic hardware and software technologies for robotic systems applications in support of human spaceflight. Participants will also hear about ideas for getting kids started in building and programming robots of their own from household materials, electronic building blocks, and/or LEGO EV3 kits.

Brandon has 16 years of experience as a teacher and leader in STEM Education. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Middle Grades Science Education and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership & Administration with certifications for Principal and Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction. Brandon became an Education Specialist with NASA in 2009. He is now a faculty member of Texas State University and is the Educator Professional Development Collaborative Education Specialist at NASA Johnson Space Center. He is responsible for designing and conducting professional development workshops, modeling best practices for culturally responsive teaching, and developing digital badges for online courses. Brandon collaborates with state and local education agencies in the JSC region of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Colorado, South Dakota, & North Dakota.