Mitchel Resnick
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Mitchel Resnick, professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, explores how new technologies can help people, especially children, learn new things in new ways. His Lifelong Kindergarten research group developed the “programmable bricks” that were the basis for the Lego Mindstorms and PicoCricket construction kits. The group also developed the Scratch programming language and online community, which makes it easier for kids to create interactive stories, animations, games – and to share them on the web.
Resnick co-founded the Computer Clubhouse project, an award-winning international network of after-school learning centers for youth from low-income communities. Resnick recently co-founded the Center for Future Civic Media at MIT, which develops new technologies to enhance civic engagement and strengthen social bonds in local communities.
Resnick earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Princeton, and a master’s and Ph.D. in computer science from MIT. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams.
