Author bios
Rick Borovoy
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: borovoy@media.mit.edu). Mr. Borovoy graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in computer science. He then worked for five years at Apple Computer, where he did research on technology for learning in social contexts. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in the Epistemology and Learning Group at the MIT Media Lab, where he continues to explore the relationship between technology, communication, and learning.
Michelle McDonald
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: mcdonald@media.mit.edu). Ms. McDonald is pursuing a master's degree in media arts and sciences at the Media Lab. She graduated with a B.S. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.
Fred Martin
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: fredm@media.mit.edu). Dr. Martin earned a B.S. degree in computer science in 1986, an M.S. in mechanical engineering in 1988, and a Ph.D. in media arts and sciences in 1994, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral dissertation explored learning in an intensive, design-rich robot-building class he codeveloped for MIT undergraduates. Dr. Martin's research interests include: the role of experiential knowledge in learning formal scientific and engineering methods; design-rich environments for learning; and robots as a medium for exploring engineering practice. He is presently a research scientist with the Epistemology and Learning Group at the MIT Media Laboratory.
Mitchel Resnick
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: mres@media.mit.edu). Dr. Resnick, an associate professor at the MIT Media Laboratory, studies the role of new technological tools in learning and education. He has helped develop a variety of "computational construction kits'' (including LEGO/Logo and StarLogo), and he cofounded the Computer Clubhouse, an afterschool learning center for youth from under-served communities. He earned a B.A. in physics at Princeton University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science at MIT. He won a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1993, and he is author of the book Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams, published by MIT Press. Dr. Resnick is on the Board of Overseers and is chair of the education committee at The Computer Museum.
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