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'''Natalie Rusk''' is a research scientist in the Lifelong Kindergarten (LLK) group<ref>http://llk.media.mit.edu</ref> at the [[MIT Media Lab]].<ref>{{cite web|first= Nitasha|last= Tiku|year=2014| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-girls-into-coding.html?hpw&rref=opinion|title= How to Get Girls Into Coding|publisher=[[New York Times]]|website=nytimes.com}}</ref> She co-founded [[Computer Clubhouse]],<ref>1998, [[Mitchel Resnick|Resnick, M.]], Rusk, N., Cooke, S. "The Computer Clubhouse: Technological Fluency in the Inner City", published in: ''High Technology and Low-Income Communities''
'''Natalie Rusk''' is a research scientist in the Lifelong Kindergarten (LLK) group<ref>http://llk.media.mit.edu</ref> at the [[MIT Media Lab]].<ref name=twitter>{{twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Nitasha|last= Tiku|year=2014| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-girls-into-coding.html?hpw&rref=opinion|title= How to Get Girls Into Coding|publisher=[[New York Times]]|website=nytimes.com}}</ref>

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edited by D. Schon, B. Sanyal, and W. Mitchell, [[MIT Press]]. [http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/clubhouse-chapter.pdf Online version] [http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/Clubhouse/Clubhouse.htm], retrieved on June 5, 2015.</ref> a network of after-school programs serving children and young adults, in 1993. Rusk is also a co-creator of [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]],<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Mitchel |last1=Resnick |first2=John |last2=Maloney |first3=Andrés |last3=Hernández |first4=Natalie |last4=Rusk |first5=Evelyn |last5=Eastmond |first6=Karen |last6=Brennan |first7=Amon |last7=Millner |first8=Eric |last8=Rosenbaum |first9=Jay |last9=Silver |first10=Brian |last10=Silverman |first11=Yasmin |last11=Kafai |title=Scratch: Programming for All |url=https://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/Scratch-CACM-final.pdf|journal=Communications of the ACM |volume=52 |issue=11 |pages=60–67 |year=2009 |doi=10.1145/1592761.1592779}}</ref> a [[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.<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref>
==Eduction==
Rusk was educated at [[Brown University]] where she graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a focus on the [[Chinese language]] in 1988. She moved to the [[Harvard Graduate School of Education]] where she was awarded a [[Master of Education]] (EdM) degree specializing in [[educational technology]] in 1989. She completed her [[PhD]] in [[child development]] at [[Tufts University]] in 2011.

==Career and research==
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Rusk co-founded the [[Computer Clubhouse]],<ref>{{cite journal|year=1998|author=Resnick, M., Rusk, N., Cooke, S. |title=The Computer Clubhouse: Technological Fluency in the Inner City|journal=High Technology and Low-Income Communities|publisher= [[MIT Press]]|url=http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/clubhouse-chapter.pdf}}</ref> a network of after-school programs serving children and young adults, in 1993. Rusk is also a co-creator of [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]],<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Mitchel |last1=Resnick |first2=John |last2=Maloney |first3=Andrés |last3=Hernández |first4=Natalie |last4=Rusk |first5=Evelyn |last5=Eastmond |first6=Karen |last6=Brennan |first7=Amon |last7=Millner |first8=Eric |last8=Rosenbaum |first9=Jay |last9=Silver |first10=Brian |last10=Silverman |first11=Yasmin |last11=Kafai |title=Scratch: Programming for All |url=https://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/Scratch-CACM-final.pdf|journal=Communications of the ACM |volume=52 |issue=11 |pages=60–67 |year=2009 |doi=10.1145/1592761.1592779}}</ref> a [[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.<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:08, 1 April 2020

Natalie Rusk
Born (1965-02-02) February 2, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University (BA)
Harvard University (EdM)
Tufts University (PhD)
Known forScratch
Computer Clubhouse
Scientific career
FieldsLearning
Motivation
Emotions
Educational Programs and Technologies
Youth Development[1]
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Websiteweb.media.mit.edu/~nrusk

Natalie Rusk is a research scientist in the Lifelong Kindergarten (LLK) group[2] at the MIT Media Lab.[3][4]

Eduction

Rusk was educated at Brown University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on the Chinese language in 1988. She moved to the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she was awarded a Master of Education (EdM) degree specializing in educational technology in 1989. She completed her PhD in child development at Tufts University in 2011.

Career and research

Rusk co-founded the Computer Clubhouse,[5] a network of after-school programs serving children and young adults, in 1993. Rusk is also a co-creator of Scratch,[6] a 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Natalie Rusk publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ http://llk.media.mit.edu
  3. ^ Natalie Rusk on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Tiku, Nitasha (2014). "How to Get Girls Into Coding". nytimes.com. New York Times.
  5. ^ Resnick, M., Rusk, N., Cooke, S. (1998). "The Computer Clubhouse: Technological Fluency in the Inner City" (PDF). High Technology and Low-Income Communities. MIT Press.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Resnick, Mitchel; Maloney, John; Hernández, Andrés; Rusk, Natalie; Eastmond, Evelyn; Brennan, Karen; Millner, Amon; Rosenbaum, Eric; Silver, Jay; Silverman, Brian; Kafai, Yasmin (2009). "Scratch: Programming for All" (PDF). Communications of the ACM. 52 (11): 60–67. doi:10.1145/1592761.1592779.
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