米切尔·雷斯尼克

米切尔·雷斯尼克（英语：Mitchel Resnick，1956年6月12日—）是乐高学习研究派普特教授、大川中心（Okawa Center）主任、以及在麻省理工学院媒体实验室的终身幼儿园集团主任 。

生平

雷斯尼克目前担任“媒体艺术和科学学程”的负责人，此学程提供麻省理工学院媒体实验室的硕士学位和博士学位。 雷斯尼克的研究小组已经开发了各种教育工具，让人能够透过新型态的设计活动以及学习经验来互动。包括“可编程砖头”，也就是获奖的乐高积木头脑风暴和StarLogo软件的基础。 他一共建立了计算机会所、一个获奖的在贫困社区中提供给青年的网络学习中心。 雷斯尼克也是麻省理工学院的公民媒体中心（Center for Civic Media）之共同创始人和共同主要研究员。

出版的书籍

终身幼儿园：培养创造力，通过项目、热情、同事和玩, MIT Press,2017

海龟、白蚁和交通拥堵， 麻省理工学院出版社，1994年

Mitchel Resnick (born June 12, 1956) is an American computer scientist. He is the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, and is the founder of Scratch. As of 2019, Resnick serves as head of the Media Arts and Sciences academic program, which grants master's degrees and Ph.D.s 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 Lego Mindstorms and StarLogo software. He cofounded the Computer Clubhouse, a network of learning centers for youth from under-served communities. Resnick is also a cofounder and a co-principal investigator of the Center for Civic Media at MIT. Resnick is also involved in the next generation of Programmable Bricks, and the One Laptop per Child project which designed the OLPC XO ($100 laptop).

Education

Resnick, a graduate of Haverford High School, earned a B.A. in physics at Princeton University (1978), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science at MIT (1988, 1992).

Career

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 has collaborated extensively with researchers such as Natalie Rusk, Brian Silverman, and Yasmin Kafai.

Awards

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. In 2025, he was awarded the SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.

Published books

Resnick, Mitchel (2017). Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passions, Peers, and Play. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 208. ISBN 9780262037297.

Resnick, Mitchel; Burns, Marina Umaschi (2015). The Official ScratchJr Book: Help Your Kids Learn To Code. San Francisco, California: No Starch Press. p. 160. ISBN 9781593276713.

Resnick, Mitchel (1994). Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 184. ISBN 9780262181624.

Colella, Vanessa Stevens; Klopfer, Eric; Resnick, Mitchel (2001-07-11). Adventures in Modeling: Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo. New York, New York: Teachers College Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780807740828.

Kafai, Yasmin B.; Resnick, Mitchel (1996-04-01). Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. p. 360. ISBN 9780805819847.