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Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins write: "In November 2019, The Pew Research Center released its findings related to the devices Americans use to access news. As in previous years, Pew found that news consumers overwhelmingly turn to their mobile devices, rather than to a laptop or desktop, to catch up on the news of the day. And yet, when we visit schools around the country to help teachers and librarians develop media literacy lessons, we find the exact opposite to be true. In school, the vast majority of news literacy instruction still takes place with the devices that our kids are least likely to use when they leave our buildings." (Emphasis added.)
Via Mary Reilley Clark
Wow, think about that last line in the quote from Jennifer and Darren's article! I usually think librarians are the most likely to be teaching the most current technology, yet I would bet most of us teach media literacy using desktop examples.
I can't wait to share this with my 8th graders during their research unit. Yes, when they're researching in class, they're on their Chromebooks, but I want to survey them to see how many do research on their phones outside of school. When we ask students to analyze sources for trustworthiness or bias, we must understand what they're looking at.