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Mitchel Resnick

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Mitchel Resnick is an American computer scientist, the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab and the founder of Scratch. His research group has developed educational tools that engage people in new kinds of design activities and learning experiences, including the Programmable Bricks that were the basis for Lego Mindstorms and the StarLogo software. He co-founded the Computer Clubhouse, a network of learning centers for youth from under-served communities, and is a co-founder of the Center for Civic Media at MIT.

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Birth Year
1956 1
Nationality
American 1
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Source Wikipedia: Scratch (programming language)
Source StarLogo (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Mitchel Resnick
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(born June 12, 1956)
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Wikipedia: Scratch (programming language)
Invented: Scratch (programming language), Lead sentence, designer
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conceived and designed through collaborative National Science Foundation grants awarded to Mitchel Resnick and Yasmin Kafai
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StarLogo (Wikipedia)
Invented: StarLogo, Lead sentence, designer
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developed by Mitchel Resnick, Eric Klopfer, and others
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