Guest Commentary: Mimi Ito on Facebook's Educational Potential

Mimi Ito is a cultural anthropologist studying new media use, particularly among young people in the United States and Japan. She focuses on the changing relationship to media and communications among youth and is a co-author of Hanging Out, Messing Around, and
Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (MIT Press, 2009).
Ito recently spoke about her work to the Hechinger Report's Jennifer Oldham at a Hechinger Institute seminar, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, on digital media and learning in Santa Monica, Calif.
Click here to read a Q&A with Ito and find out why one of her biggest concerns is that While most kids have access to cell phones or computers, they don’t necessarily interact with adults who can mentor them on the best ways to take advantage of these technologies.