Does the #news ever make you feel outraged or afraid? Thats by design. Do you ever read a headline and dislike or feel superior to the ppl being described? That's by design. Do you ever find yourself sharing a story just b/c it's upset you so greatly? THAT IS BY DESIGN. The...

presence of emotional triggers embedded in the information we consume is one of the reasons ⁦ @dhudgins⁩ and I believe #NewsLiteracy MUST include #SocialEmotionalLearning. And yet, teaching kids to recognize and manage those triggers is rarely a component of news and info...

literacy skills and protocols (like "lateral reading or the CRAAP test) we see being taught in schools. These strategies are still critically important, but our ability to apply them is significantly impeded when our brains are being driven by the emotion that news so often...

triggers. In our May article for @sljournal, Darren and I unpack how the click driven information landscape has created the need for us to include #SEL as part of our media literacy efforts. Then we give you some resources for tackling this important work. https://bit.ly/fvf_slj5