From the Classroom to the Algorithm: The Domestication of the Mobile Phone and Artificial Intelligence as Key Elements for Media Literacy in High School

The article looks at how high school students use AI tools and mobile devices in high school. Students watch and read whatever they want, and they often use ChatGPT to finish their work quickly. This practice makes us wonder about the quality of learning and the growth of critical thinking. The paper examines at four AI tools—Perplexity, Phind, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Bard—to see how they can be used in education. It states that high school students need to learn about media and information literacy (MIL) so they can judge what they see and use technology safely. The TRIC era changes the focus from technology itself to how people use it. Teachers need training to use AI in their lessons and turn facts into things to talk about in class. The goal is not to make AI illegal, but to show students how to use it well for real learning.