Mimi Ito on "On Point", WBUR.org

I'm currently listening to Tom Ashbrooke's "On Point" radio program on WBUR.org as he discusses the results of the Digital Kids study with Mimi Ito. He's also chatting with youth, too, which is great.

Mimi said something quite articulate about her study, calling it a picture of what kids are doing. And that's exactly what it is. But it doesn't talk about who is engaged online, what they're learning and, perhaps most importantly, what is lost. In our interviews with educators in the Developing Minds and Digital Media project, there is an underlying concern that kids are missing out on a lot. Nature, for one. The world around them, for another. One can argue that kids have never much been interested in what's going on around them, but that just doesn't wash; the impulse for learning has only been awakened via digital access?

And another: serendipity. And another: reflection.

Just call me an old fart. Go ahead. I won't hear you, because my hearing aid fell into my Metamucil.