MIL Reviewer PDF: Information Literacy and Social Media

Communication - the act or process of using words, 2. Check Your Emotions sounds, signs, or behaviours to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, When everyone you know is on social media, it can be feelings, etc.,...

Communication - the act or process of using words, 2. Check Your Emotions sounds, signs, or behaviours to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, When everyone you know is on social media, it can be feelings, etc., easy to get caught up in online drama. Whether Media Literacy - Is the ability to access, analyze, someone posted a horrible picture of someone else or evaluate and create media. people are simply arguing about politics, you need to "Information literacy empowers people in all walks of stay as uninvolved in the drama as possible and really life to seek, evaluate, use and create information check your emotions before saying or doing anything. effectively to achieve their personal, social, 3. T.H.I.N.K. occupational and educational goals. Information Literacy – is the skill that allows a person Before posting anything online, go through the THINK to recognize when information is needed and how will acronym and ensure that what you want to post will be able to access, locate, evaluate, and use it benefit you and those who see it. T stands for true – Is effectively. this post/picture/comment truthful or is it possibly based on a rumor? H is for helpful – Will this help 1. Information Technology Fluency - I see someone or will it potentially bring harm or hurt to information technology fluency as forming the basic someone? I is information – Is this actual information core of information literacy, and encompassing such based on fact or is it gossip or unnecessary chatter? N skills as information organization, database searching is for needed – Is this something that people need to (e.g., keyword v. subject), web navigation, digital hear or it is irrelevant? K stands for kind – Is what you citizenship, and computer literacy. When students are want to post kind and nice, or is it harsh or rude? fluent in these skills, the chance of cognitive overload is reduced when being introduced to the other facets 4. Be Vary of Oversharing of information literacy. It can be fun to “check in” to various locations or share 2. Ways of Thinking -Librarians generally teach ways the details of your upcoming beach trip, but knowing of thinking about information in the context of how to use social media responsibly has a lot to do with evaluating information. However, within a course, not oversharing. these skills are also being addressed anytime a 5. Be Intentional About What & Where You Post teacher focuses on critical thinking, critical literacy, and/or disciplinary literacy. Social media can absolutely offer advantages to those who know how to use it wisely and responsibly. 3. Problem Solving -Solving problems with Choosing the right platform for certain posts and information puts ways of thinking into practice. This ensuring you are wise about what you post will help facet of information literacy fits neatly into inquiry- you make the most of social media. based, problem-based, or project-based learning, all of which are problem-focused. Technology Literacy 4. Communication -Communication may very well be Technology Literacy- Is the ability to acquire relevant the culmination of the other three facets of information information and use modern-day tools to get, manage, literacy. Whether synthesizing information to apply, evaluate, create and communicate information. communicate new ideas in a research paper, a classroom debate, a workplace presentation, or social Editors – the writers and journalist work hand in hand media, successful communication within a variety of c with editors to ensure that the manuscript or articles submitted by the former are high in standards and are How to Use Social Media Responsibly fit to print. 1. Be Friends with Your Parents Visual Artist – these artist express their ideas through their artworks. Yeah, we know this sounds awful. We know we got a bunch of eye rolls when you read this. But students Truthfulness – this media practitioners should convey need accountability, and that should start with your a message or information that is accurate, factual, and parents. truthful. Fairness & Objectivity – this information or message Magazine - is also a periodical publication disseminated by media practitioners should be released weekly, monthly, or quarterly. It objective and based on grounded evidence. contains articles on various topics depending on the subject or area the magazines cover. Responsibility & Integrity the media practitioners Journal – it contains informative articles and are expected to show professionalism regardless of provides accurate reports on specific topics, the situation they are in. such as medicine. Empathy and Sympathy – being in the media does Newsletter – is published either weekly or not give practitioners the right to use their job for monthly. It can be bulletin where a company personal gains. or organization informs its readers about the updates and happenings in their institutions Hardworking – they should give their best effort for or community. their work. Gazette – it pertains to the official publications of a government organization or Traditional media encompasses that of television, an institution, which is intended for public newspaper, radio and magazine ads. notices or listing of appointments. New media refers to content that is easily accessible Pamphlet – can be a small booklet, a leaflet, via many different forms of digital media. or a primer. It contains a detailed, yet easy to understand text with images. Information – has been defined as the specific data Brochure – it is a small book or magazine acquired for a specific purpose. that contain pictures and information about the products or services offered by a Prehistoric refers to the time before the existence of company. written or recorded history. Leaflet And Flyer – it refer to a printed sheet Electronic – refers to an object that has electronic of paper which contains information about a components such as sensors and microchips, which product for advertising purposes. A leaflet is functions once it is connected to an electronic outlet. a small flyer. ▪ Petroglyphs – can be cravings or engravings in Broadcast Media- It consists of programs produced rocks or caves. by television network and radio stations. ▪ Pictographs – it represents words or phrases Television – it can receive and project transient through images or symbols. images of fixed or moving objects with sound. Film – is similar to a television show as it offers a variety of themes and genres. New Media /Internet - It allows users to browse Print Media - It refers to paper publications such as different websites and communicate with other people books, newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, through the web. and other materials that are physically printed on E-Book – refers to a digital or electronic paper. version of a printed book, which can be Book – it is a reading material that can either accessed with the use of a computer or a be fictional or non-fictional. gadget. Dictionary – is a reference material used to Online Shopping – this is beneficial for find the words definition, etymology, budding entrepreneurs as they can be pronunciation, forms, and its syntactical and advertise their products easily and reach out idiomatic uses. more consumers, even to those who live Newspaper – printed on a daily or weekly overseas. basis, a newspaper contains a wide range of Media Convergence – it interconnects articles which appear on the different information with communication sections, such as news, business, lifestyle, technologies, computer networks and media sports and entertainment sections. content. INDIGENOUS SOURCES Indigenous – it connotes that the person belongs to an ethnic tribe who has preserved and still practice the culture and tradition of their ancestors. PRIMARY SOURCES - Are original materials such as artefacts, documents, recordings, and other sources of information that were produced during a particular period in history. SECONDARY SOURCES are documents made after an event has taken place. LIBRARY A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference material ( such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale) 1. Academic Library – serves colleges and universities. 2. Public Library – serves cities and towns of all types 3. School Library – serves students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 4. Special Library – are in specialized environments, such as hospitals, corporations, museums, the military, private business and the government. INTERNET A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.