Posts on “ JASON ”

With all the hoopla about virtual experiences, there is still nothing like a real life, in person, field trip.  On May 31st, students from BrainPOP Educator Elizabeth Gitzen’s 5th grade class were welcomed to the the offices of JASONlive in Ashburn VA. The event?   A live webcast with NASA Systems Engineer Tracy Drain.  During the webcast, students from all around the world sent in questions and participated through interactive polling.  However, the 20 students in Ms. Gitzen’s class watched from the JASONlive screening room, just down the hall from the production studio.  After the webcast, Tracy and Patty, the host, joined the class for a personal Q&A, and students took a behind the scenes tour of the studio.  It was Interesting to not only hear the life and story of a successful NASA systems engineer,  but to visit the studio and observe the effort and planning that goes into creating such a substantial production.  We saw outlines, scripts, green screens, and computers displaying pre-recorded video questions and interactive polls. The event is archived and available at the JASONlive website, after viewing you may want to learn more about Jupiter and the projects Tracy is involved with.  Take a look at our… Read the Rest»

Today, we’re down in Loudoun Virginia joining a group of students (and beloved BrainPOP Advisor Adina Popa) for a special “behind-the-scenes” experience at The JASON Project studio during today’s JASON live event webcast with NASA Systems Engineer Tracy Drain! After watching the 10:30am live events from a viewing room, we will have an opportunity to see how JASON’s Live Events are produced and distributed, check out the 3-camera green screen studio and the control room where the program is directed and switched. Most excitingly, we will meet our guest expert Tracy Drain and JASON Live’s program host, Patty Kim, in person and some of the JASON production team members that make it all happen! Tracy and Patty will host a special 20-minute Q&A session with the class.  Please follow along our livetweeting with the BrainPOP Though you can’t be with us at the studio, you can still join us for any of the four live events with Tracy at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, and 6:30pm Eastern. Each program will last approximately 45 minutes. You’ll have a chance to learn the physics that Tracy has had to master to succeed in her job, find out about the career path she followed to become a mechanical engineer, ask her questions,… Read the Rest»