Mitchel Resnick

As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the…

— Mitchel Resnick

“Most schools in most countries place a higher priority on teaching students to follow instructions and rules (becoming A students) than on…

— Mitchel Resnick

“Along the way, I began to develop an understanding about not only the process for making a miniature golf course, but the…

— Mitchel Resnick

“opposite: I believe the rest of school (indeed, the rest of life) should become more like kindergarten.”

— Mitchel Resnick

“Openness can enhance creativity in many different ways—not just for organizations like the LEGO Group, but also for individuals. And the benefits…

— Mitchel Resnick

When you learn through coding, [you're] coding to learn. You're learning it in a meaningful context, and that's the best way of…

— Mitchel Resnick

I never took a computer science course in college, because then it was a thing you just learned on your own.

— Mitchel Resnick

I became interested in educational technologies because I believe that they have the potential to transform how we practice and think about…

— Mitchel Resnick

Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional writers. Similarly, I think that everyone should…

— Mitchel Resnick

I started my career as a journalist, writing about science and technology for 'Business Week' magazine. Then I decided to make a…

— Mitchel Resnick

I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment,…

— Mitchel Resnick

With 'Scratch,' you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax…

— Mitchel Resnick

Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people - it's only for a special group with technical…

— Mitchel Resnick

In my office, I have the creative things that kids have made for me over the years. The nice thing about the…

— Mitchel Resnick

I'm pretty skeptical about a lot of the toys on the market, especially for young kids. Most of them just add these…

— Mitchel Resnick

With 'Scratch,' our goal is to allow people to mix together all kinds of media, not just sounds, in creative ways. We…

— Mitchel Resnick

When you learn to code, it opens up for you to learn many other things.

— Mitchel Resnick

When you learn to read and write, it opens up opportunities for you to learn so many other things. When you learn…

— Mitchel Resnick

For me, the most important and distinguishing property of new media is interactivity. But how many people can actually create interactive games,…

— Mitchel Resnick

“How can we help young people develop as creative thinkers so that they’re prepared for life in this ever-changing world?”

— Mitchel Resnick

What I like to say is that we're trying to develop a new generation of technologies that are worthy of the next…

— Mitchel Resnick

When you become fluent with language, it means you can write an entry in your journal or tell a joke to someone…

— Mitchel Resnick

Express your ideas with the world

— Mitchel Resnick

With 'Scratch,' we want to let kids to be the creators. We want them to create interesting, dynamic things on the computer.

— Mitchel Resnick

Working as a correspondent for 'Business Week,' I felt that I was simply informing people, not empowering them. I saw a parallel…

— Mitchel Resnick