Module 3 Information Literacy PDF

MODULE 3 Information Literacy Information Literacy means the set of skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary to know when information is needed to help solve a problem or make a decision. Why do you need information? Where do you search for information? How do you acquire and store...

MODULE 3 Information Literacy Information Literacy means the set of skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary to know when information is needed to help solve a problem or make a decision. Why do you need information? Where do you search for information? How do you acquire and store information? How will you determine the quality and accuracy of the information that you have?  How do you use the information that you have? How will you communicate information? Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources Primary sources 🞂 are the first – hand accounts or individual representations and creative works. 🞂 they are created by those who have directly witnessed what they are describing and bring us as close to the original event or thought as possible without being filtered, influenced or analyzed through interpretation. Secondary sources 🞂One or more steps removed from a primary source and may interpret or analyze a primary source. 🞂Usually written by someone other than the original researcher or author. Tertiary sources 🞂Are distillations and collections of primary and secondary sources. The information is complied and digested into factual representation, so that it does not obviously reflect points of view, critiques or persuasions. Domain name 🞂is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. 🞂 are used in various networking contexts and application-specific naming and addressing purposes. Examples of TLD.com.gov.org.edu.net Examples of country domain names.ph.us.br  separato r https://www.facebook.com/html/html_forms.asp scheme path www Domain– subdomain facebook Name– second level domain com – TLD (top level domain) HTTPS -Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure HTML –Hyper Text Markup Language Disaster Scenario 🞂Explain the scenario to the learners, and have them answer the matrix below: “According to the weather forecast, there is no typhoon. However, your locality is experiencing heavy rainfall, while some parts in your province /region are already flooded. There are reported incidents of landslide, evacuation, stranded vehicles and drowning. As a student, what are you going to do?” Information needs What information do you need? Sources of information Where will you get them? Access to the information How will you access them? Evaluate information How will you check the quality of information? Organize information How will you organize and store them? Communicate information How will you create and communicate them?