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Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick

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Jan 16

My New Podcast: Lifelong Kindergarten

I decided to start a new podcast because I’m really worried about many things happening in the world these days, and I want to explore how…

My New Podcast: Lifelong Kindergarten

Mitchel Resnick

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Jul 31, 2025

Lifelong Lifelong Kindergarten

In our Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab, we develop technologies and activities to expand opportunities for young…

Lifelong Lifelong Kindergarten

Mitchel Resnick

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Jul 1, 2025

In the age of AI, we need a human-centered society more than ever

Earlier this year, I participated in the SIGCSE conference, the special interest group for computer science education. Cecilia Aragon, a…

In the age of AI, we need a human-centered society more than ever

Mitchel Resnick

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May 7, 2024

Cultivating Communities of Creativity and Caring

Presentation at the Play Explore Research (P.E.R.) conference in Reggio Emilia, Italy, November 2023

Cultivating Communities of Creativity and Caring

Mitchel Resnick

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Dec 26, 2023

[A version of this article appeared in the Boston Globe on Nov 5, 2023.]

Transforming screen time: Kids can use smartphones to enhance their creativity

[A version of this article appeared in the Boston Globe on Nov 5, 2023.]

Mitchel Resnick

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Apr 23, 2023

Generative AI and Creative Learning: Concerns, Opportunities, and Choices

[This paper will appear in An MIT Exploration of Generative AI, a collection from MIT Press. An earlier version of the paper was originally…

Mitchel Resnick

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May 2, 2022

10 Sparks that Lit the Flame of Scratch

This year is the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Scratch programming language and online community — and also the 20th anniversary…

10 Sparks that Lit the Flame of Scratch

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Mitchel Resnick

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Mar 15, 2022

Waves of Kindness

By Mitchel Resnick (inspired by Olesia Vlasii)

Waves of Kindness

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Mitchel Resnick

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May 16, 2021

Perspectives from the Pandemic: A Renewed Appreciation for Connection and Community

Fifty years ago, astronauts first walked on the moon. Those journeys changed what people knew about the moon — and, more importantly, how…

Perspectives from the Pandemic: A Renewed Appreciation for Connection and Community

Mitchel Resnick

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Oct 16, 2020

The Seeds That Seymour Sowed

(I wrote this essay as the Foreword to the new edition of Seymour Papert’s classic book Mindstorms.)

The Seeds That Seymour Sowed

Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick

Professor of Learning Research at MIT Media Lab, director of Lifelong Kindergarten research group, and founder of the Scratch project (http://scratch.mit.edu)

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