Nationality American | Name Natalie Rusk | |
Born February 2, 1965 (age 59) ( 1965-02-02 ) Fields Learning sciences,
Constructionist learning Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alma mater Tufts University,
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Brown University Known for Scratch,
Computer Clubhouse Residence Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Youth programs as powerful settings for social and emotional learning | Natalie Rusk
Natalie Rusk is a research scientist in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. She co-founded Computer Clubhouse, a network of after-school programs serving children and young adults, in 1993. Rusk is also a co-creator of Scratch, a free programming language and online community designed for children to make and share animations, games, interactive stories, and other media. She has done extensive work with Mitchel Resnick in the area of children's technology education.
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