WAC | What's Next | Mitchel Resnick

Thursday, May 6 7pm

Lifelong Kindergarten

Associate Professor, epistemology and learning group, MIT Media Lab

Mitchel Resnick ( www.media.mit.edu/~mres )examines ways that new technological tools and toys can help bring about deep changes in children"s ability to think and learn. Resnick led the development of the "programmable bricks" used in the LEGO Mindstorms robotics construction kit. He has worked on several projects (including StarLogo software and the Virtual Fishtank museum exhibit) to help people learn about complex systems and emergent phenomena. He is cofounder of the Computer Clubhouse, a network of after-school learning centers for young people from underserved communities. In 1993, he was awarded a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. Resnick is author of the book Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams (1994), published by MIT Press.