I direct the Lifelong Kindergarten
group at the Media
Laboratory at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
I develop new technologies to engage people (particularly children)
in creative learning experiences.
I serve as Head of the
Media Arts and Sciences
academic program and Director of the
Okawa Center.
My research projects include:
Programmable Bricks: Learning through Designing
With our Programmable
Bricks, children can build and program their own
robots, kinetic sculptures, and other interactive constructions - and learn
important science and engineering concepts in the process.
Our Programmable Bricks served as inspiration for the LEGO MindStorms and
PicoCricket construction kits.
Scratch: Fostering Technological Fluency
We are developing a new programming language, called
Scratch,
that enables kids to create interactive stories, games, and
animations - and share their creations on the web. In the process, kids learn to think creatively,
analyze systematically, and work collaboratively, while learning
important computational ideas.
Computer Clubhouse: Bridging the Digital Divide
I co-founded the Computer
Clubhouse project, an international network of 100 after-school centers
where youth from low-income communities learn to express
themselves creatively with new technologies.
For an overview of my research, read the following papers:
Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society (2007)
Computer as Paintbrush: Technology, Play, and the Creative Society (2006)
Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age (2002)
The Computer Clubhouse: Technological Fluency in the Inner City (1998)
For more information, see the full list of my publications and my resume.
Articles about my research have appeared in:
New York Times (Crickets,
Computer Clubhouse),
Edutopia,
Boston Globe,
Technology Review,
ABC News,
BBC News,
Chronicle of Higher Education,
The
Atlantic,
Wired,
Wired News,
Converge,
Spectrum,
The Straits Times (Singapore),
Info Exame (Portuguese),
Estado de Sao Paulo (Portuguese),
Tiempos Del Mundo Panama (Spanish),
National Public Radio
[audio],
the Osgood File
[audio,
text]
Recent Courses
Spring 2008: Future Civic Media: New Tools and Strategies to Foster Civic Engagement
Fall 2007: Technologies for Creative Learning
Spring 2006: Special Topics in Creative Learning Technologies
Fall 2005: Proseminar for new PhD students in Media Arts and Sciences
Spring 2005: Creative Learning through Programming
Fall 2004: Technologies for Creative Learning
Spring 2004: Design That Matters
Fall 2003: Technologies for Creative Learning
Spring 2003: Programming as an Everyday Activity for Everyone
Mitchel Resnick
MIT Media Laboratory
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA
617-253-9783
617-253-5275 (fax)
mres at media.mit.edu
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