Biographical sketch of author
Mitchel Resnick
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: mres@media.mit.edu).
Dr. Resnick, associate professor at the MIT Media Laboratory and head of the lab's Okawa Center, develops new technological tools and toys in an effort to help people (particularly children) learn new things in new ways. Dr. Resnick led the development of the ideas and technologies underlying the LEGO Mindstorms™ robotics construction kit. He also led the development of several projects (including StarLogo software and the Virtual Fishtank museum exhibit) designed to help people learn about complex systems and emergent phenomena. He cofounded the Computer Clubhouse, an award-winning network of after-school learning centers for youth from under-served communities. Dr. Resnick earned a B.A. degree in physics at Princeton University (1978) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science at MIT (1988, 1992). He worked for five years as a science and technology journalist for Business Week magazine, and he has consulted widely on the uses of computers in education. Dr. Resnick was awarded a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1993. He is author of the book Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams, published by MIT Press in 1994.
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