I'm a doctoral student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab. My current research explores the intersection of music, play and improvisation. I have a background in neuroscience, music, and education. Check out some of my projects, below. Here's where you can email me: Check out my publications. Visit me at: Facebook | Youtube | Flickr

MaKey MaKey An Invention Kit for Everyone! Have you ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to Your World, and start inventing The Future. MelodyMorph Construct melodies and make improvised music on the iPad. Radical Design for Learning An MIT course I co-taught with Jay Silver in spring 2011. Tetrahedral Monkeys A new twist on a classic toy. Singing Fingers Fingerpaint with sound. Now available in the iPhone App store! Interactive Music Studio A two week long studio where high school students develop interactive music installations Scratch4Arduino Program the Arduino electronics platform using graphical blocks Lego Gift A gift for LEGO executives commemorating the 25 year collaboration with MIT Drawdio Drawdio lets you build a musical instrument out of anything! I collaborate with Jay Silver on this project. Programming with Color Program using the colors of everyday objects. Jots My Master's thesis project on reflective learning in the Scratch programming environment. Glowdoodle Free Software for painting with light, and sharing your painting on the web. Motion Clock, Stillness Clock An award-winning art piece, exploring the perception of time in motion and in stillness. In collaboration with Seth Hunter. Beetle Blocks A Scratch-like graphical programming language for generating 3D forms. Scratch for Second Life An easier way to program in Second Life: just snap together blocks to create behaviors. Lego Sequencer Snap together bricks to make a melody. MmmTsss Playful musical looping software Self Assembly Toy A kit of parts that spontaneously form larger shapes Shake and Play New building blocks for young children to explore motion, sound and light 3D L-System Explorer Play with algorithmically generated 3D forms in real time ToyBrain Simple graphical neural network simulator The old ericrosenbaum.com My original site, with a bouncy-ball menu interface, last updated in 2004