Lifelong Kindergarten with Mitch Resnick

Lifelong Kindergarten

Join MIT Professor Mitchel Resnick to explore new technologies, activities, and strategies for helping children develop as creative, curious, caring, and collaborative learners. In each episode, Mitch will interview educators and researchers to shine light on ideas and examples for cultivating a more creative, empathetic, and pluralistic society. Mitch is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab. Over the past 30 years, his Lifelong Kindergarten research group has developed a stream of innovative educational technologies and initiatives, including Scratch, OctoStudio, and the Computer Clubhouse Network. mitchresnick.substack.com

Episodes

  1. FEB 10

    Sal Khan: Will AI revolutionize education?

    Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, joins Mitch Resnick to discuss how new AI technologies will open new possibilities but also pose new challenges for learning and education. What skills and ideas will become more important? And who (or what) will drive the learning process? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitchresnick.substack.com

    34 min

  2. JAN 27

    Steve Seidel: Lessons from Reggio Emilia

    Steve Seidel joins Mitch Resnick to discuss how the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, founded in reaction to Italian fascism in 1945, can provide important lessons for educators everywhere today, as authoritarianism is again on the rise around the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitchresnick.substack.com

    42 min

  3. JAN 9

    Mimi Ito: A Connected Learning Perspective on AI and Neurodiversity

    Mimi Ito joins Mitch Resnick to discuss the interest-driven, equity-oriented approach of Connected Learning -- and how Connected Learning can provide a framework for thinking about the role of new AI technologies in children’s lives. Mimi also discusses how she is using Connected Learning principles to inform a new research initiative focusing on neurodiverse learners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitchresnick.substack.com

    41 min

  4. JAN 8

    Natalie Rusk: Building on Interests

    Mitch Resnick talks with his long-time collaborator Natalie Rusk about ways to support young people in building on their interests, expanding opportunities for more motivating, memorable, and meaningful learning experiences. Natalie draws on examples from her work as co-creator of the Computer Clubhouse network, Scratch, and OctoStudio. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitchresnick.substack.com

    25 min
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Join MIT Professor Mitchel Resnick to explore new technologies, activities, and strategies for helping children develop as creative, curious, caring, and collaborative learners. In each episode, Mitch will interview educators and researchers to shine light on ideas and examples for cultivating a more creative, empathetic, and pluralistic society. Mitch is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab. Over the past 30 years, his Lifelong Kindergarten research group has developed a stream of innovative educational technologies and initiatives, including Scratch, OctoStudio, and the Computer Clubhouse Network. mitchresnick.substack.com

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