“From Synapses to Strategies” Online Course Launched

Convenient Training Connects Sound Neuroscience to Practical Classroom Application
By: The BrainWare Company
 
CHICAGO - Jan. 20, 2015 - PRLog -- The BrainWare Company announced the launch of a new online professional development course for educators called “From Synapses to Strategies.”

The course dispels myths and provides a solid foundation of brain structure and function to inform classroom practice.  Participants will build on this foundation to explore brain-compatible instructional strategies, with clear definitions and vivid examples, leading to their applying what they have learned in developing strategies for their own classroom use.

“Years of neuroscience research have given us important insights into how our brains learn and what helps or impairs learning,” said Betsy Hill, President and Chief Operating Office of The BrainWare Company.  “As teachers, we can use this knowledge to our advantage to help our students (and ourselves) learn more, learn better and more deeply, and remember and use what we teach.  Realizing that what we do as teachers physically changes and scupts our students’ brains can transform how teachers experience the teaching and learning process.”

Educators who complete From Synapses to Strategies will, at the most fundamental level, gain an appreciation for learning as a biological process in which the brain is constantly changing.  The course will provide an understanding of the mental processes that get information through the attention filters of our brains, and what enables informaton to be encoded in long-term memory. Participants will apply the differences between declarative and procedural memory to the learning tasks in their subjects.  They will recognize and learn to affect the emotional aspects of learning.

“The online format is something we have seen increasing demand for,” said Roger Stark, CEO of the BrainWare Company.  “It make so much sense to take advantage of new online course technology, which enables us to deliver the professional development content we have become known for in connecting neuroscience research to educational practice.”

Acknowledging that teachers are extraordinarily busy, From Synapses to Strategies is delivered online, enabling teachers to fit the course to their schedules.  The course is designed to require about an hour of work per day over 9 days, but participants can adjust their completion of the work within the course as needed.  Educators can sign up for the dates that work best for them at www.mybrainware.com/buy-safari.

Scheduled Dates for From Synapses to Strategies

    February 20 to February 28, 2015
    March 27 to April 4, 2015
    April 10 to April 18, 2015
    May 15 to May 23, 2015
    June 12 to June 20, 1015
    July 10 to July 18, 2015
    July 24 to August 1, 2015
    August 8 to August 15, 2015

About The BrainWare Company
The BrainWare Company is a Chicago-based company that translates neuroscience research into practical tools that make a measurable difference in the teaching and learning process.  Its software programs combine neuroscience with motivating video-game technology, and include BrainWare SAFARI, the leading cognitive skills development software in the education market, and SkateKids and Ramps To Reading cognitively based reading programs developed by SKO Learning.  The BrainWare Company has developed professional development programs for educators, clinicians and corporate workforce development under the Brains On brand, and was the creator of the acclaimed Neuroscience in Education Webinar Series.  The BrainWare Company’s innovative approaches make the application of neuroscience practical and effective for consumers, educators, and clinicians and in the workplace.

About BrainWare® SAFARI
BrainWare SAFARI develops 41 cognitive skills in a comprehensive, integrated and engaging way.  The areas of skill development are grouped into six areas:  Attention, Memory, Visual Processing, Auditory Processing, Thinking, and Sensory Integration.  BrainWare SAFARI was named one of the Top 100 Products of 2011 by District Administration Magazine, and has earned an impressive array of awards including the Software and Information Industry CODiE Award as Best Education Game or Simulation; a Parents’ Choice Award, a Teachers’ Choice for the Family Award; the Academics’ Choice Mindspring Award; a Mom’s Choice Award; a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers and the Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal of Approval.

About Brains On® Professional Development
Brains On Professional Development programs use a neuroscience-based, brain-compatible approach to help teachers learn and use brain-compatible practices in their classrooms to foster deeper and more enduring student learning.

For further information, visit www.MyBrainWare.com or call 877-BRAIN-10 (877-272-4610).

Additional Resources:
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