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MyComputerBrain™ Learning Platform

 

MyComputerBrain™ is a Brisbane-made educational platform developed by the Digital Technologies Institute to simplify the teaching and learning of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science. This platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools and resources that enable teachers and students to explore and understand computer science concepts through engaging, hands-on, interactive learning experiences. With its built-in safe AI, students can observe an AI’s learning and thinking process in a secure environment.

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Benefits

MyComputerBrain™ simplifies computer science education by breaking complex concepts into manageable, interactive lessons. Our core philosophy is that complex content is best taught through engaging storytelling, videos, music and narration in which learning feels less like being taught and more like being experienced through purposeful missions. While this approach aligns with the learning styles of this generation of students, which is driven by social media consumption, it does not compromise the depth of learning and teaching.

We understand that students do not want to spend excessive time in long online courses, as this can make them bored and turn them off. Therefore, our courses are shorter and can typically be worked through in a matter of hours. Due to their engaging, high-paced nature, students achieve the same, or better, learning outcomes as in conventional long courses. This leaves plenty of classroom time for teachers to conduct projects with their students in which they can apply their learning to real-life scenarios.

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MyComputerBrain™ provides comprehensive resources, including lesson plans, tutorials, explainer videos, and professional development materials to support teachers. Scalable and user-friendly, MyComputerBrain™ is suitable for a range of educational levels and aligns with the Australian Curriculum v9. Its engaging content fosters a positive learning environment, motivating students and cultivating interest in STEM fields. The platform natively supports English, German, French, Spanish and Mandarin. All courses are available in English, and selected courses, as indicated, are also available in German, French, Spanish and Mandarin.

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Safer Technologies 4 Schools

Safer Technologies 4 Schools (ST4S) is a national standardised approach to evaluating digital products and services used by schools across Australia. It is supported by the state and territory governments and the Catholic and independent school sectors. ST4S has been developed to enhance the security, privacy, interoperability and online safety of software applications and services commonly used by Australian and New Zealand schools.

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MyComputerBrain™ has successfully completed the Safer Technologies 4 Schools (ST4S) assessment process and is qualified for the ST4S Product Badge Program. Visit MyComputerBrain  for more details.

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Course offerings

Our rapidly growing courses and activities cover a diverse range of topics designed for students in primary and secondary education, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Python programming and computer fundamentals. 

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  • Introduction to Python is a free, browser-based course that teaches students in Years 7–10 the fundamentals of Python coding through a mysterious, story-driven mission. In this course, your students don’t start with “Hello World.” They start by discovering a strange program on the school server — and waking up a dormant system that may or may not have their best interests at heart.
     

  • Academy of AI Cyber Defence is the sequel to the Python intro course, in which students join a secret government program to hunt a rogue AI, SKNNET, foiling its attempts to grow and eventually attack the AI core, providing context and motivation for each coding task.
     

  • Hack the Bank is a fun, team-based activity in which students become Junior Cyber Agents tasked with breaking into a virtual bank vault. Along the way, they learn key cybersecurity concepts like passwords, phishing, and safe online behaviours. 
     

  • Artificial Intelligence Introduction provides foundational knowledge of AI and neural networks, and their applications to real-world scenarios, such as home automation, cyberbullying, and image classification. It features a STEM lab where students can analyse data using AI.
     

  • Capture the Flag with AI and Robotics introduces AI concepts through virtual robotics. It teaches students how AI can be useful for self-driving cars. 
     

  • Generative AI explains the foundations, origins, and applications of generative artificial intelligence, explaining how AI generates images and text and why AIs hallucinate. 
     

  • Learn how the computer processor works! delves into the fundamentals of computer operations, including binary numbers, logic, and memory, allowing students to build and program a simple logic computer. 
     

  • Primary School Starter introduces younger students to binary numbers, variables, and computer graphics. 
     

  • Computer Graphics explores the world of computer graphics, animations, and ASCII-style artworks. 
     

  • The Algorithms course covers the basics of creating and understanding algorithms.
     

  • Computer Logic teaches the fundamentals of logical operators in a fun Australian storyline of three girls going to the beach.

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