- Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center
- Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab
| Born: | 12 June 1956 Comment | | How old is Mitchel Resnick in 2024? / Age: | 67 years
| | Where was Mitchel Resnick born? | United States | | Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
Mitchel Resnick Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Mitchel Resnick worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Brown | | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who is Mitchel Resnick? / Facts
- Resnick currently serves as the head of the Media Arts and Sciences academic program, the academic program that grants master's degrees and Ph
- Ds at the MIT Media Lab
- Resnick's research group has developed a variety of educational tools that engage people in new types of design activities and learning experiences, including the "programmable bricks" that were the basis for the award-winning LEGO Mindstorms and StarLogo software
- He co-founded the Computer Clubhouse, an award-winning network of learning centers for youth from under-served communities
- Resnick is also a co-founder and a co-principal investigator of the Center for Civic Media at MIT
- Resnick's group has developed a new programming language, called Scratch, that makes it easier for kids to create their own animated stories, video games, and interactive art
- Resnick is also involved in the next generation of Programmable Bricks and in the $100 laptop project
- Resnick, a graduate of Haverford High School (Pa), earned a BA in physics at Princeton University (1978), and MS and PhD degrees in computer science at MIT (1988, 1992)
- He worked for five years as a science/technology journalist for Business Week magazine, and he has consulted widely on the uses of computers in education
- Resnick was awarded a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1993
- He is author of the book Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams, co-editor of Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World (1996), and co-author of Adventures in Modeling: Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo (2001)
- Dr. Resnick is a winner of the 2011 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education
- He has been listed as one of the 100 most creative people in Business 2011 by Fast Company
- He has also collaborated extensively with researchers such as Natalie Rusk, Brian Silverman, and Yasmin Kafai
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