“Mitchel Resnick—creator of Scratch and OctoStudio—shares how teachers can maximize students’ use of tech for creative purposes.”
By Daniel Leonard November 22, 2024
“In the 2006 article “Computer as Paintbrush: Technology, Play, and the Creative Society,” Mitchel Resnick, professor of learning research at MIT, argued that “computers will not live up to their potential until we start to think of them less like televisions and more like paintbrushes”—as tools with which to create, not merely to consume.
Nearly 20 years later, Resnick’s words still ring true. While we have the power to use devices to create imaginative works of art and scholarship, kids (and adults) spend much of their screen time passively scrolling through TikTok and Instagram feeds instead. The trend can be seen in the classroom too: Instead of having students harness the full creative potential of modern technology, many teachers primarily use it for things like Google Slides presentations, digital quizzes, and the occasional YouTube video.”
https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-tech-creatively-playful-learning