Michael Braun's innovative approach to teaching has been highlighted by SimpleK12, TeacherCast, New York Times, Seattle Times, GeekWire, Code.org, Microsoft Education and Microsoft Research. Washington State's Governor Jay Inslee also recognized these courses in technology.

His focus is in the integration of technology, project based learning (PBL), and 21st Century Learning in the public school system. Braun supports curriculum in Common Core State Standards while mentoring teachers on innovative education. Braun has been invited to lead various STEM events and “K12 Teacher Training” workshops across the United States and abroad.

Braun Co-founded and managed middle school and high school “hackathons” called  App Day. The goal of this coding event is to give public school students a taste of computer science and basic programming over the course of a single day.