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CAPITOL UNIVERSITY Cagayan de Oro City SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PACKET SUBJECT: Media and Information Literacy ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Information Literacy...

CAPITOL UNIVERSITY Cagayan de Oro City SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PACKET SUBJECT: Media and Information Literacy ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Information Literacy LESSON CODE: W3L1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By the end of this lesson, the students should be able to: a. define information needs; b. locate sources of information; c. assess, organize, and communicate information; d. identify relevant ethical standards or principles in information and media use; e. demonstrate ethical use of information. STARTER QUESTIONS Assess yourself. 1. What is your primary source of information especially for schoolwork? 2. What are your considerations when looking for a particular information? Do you need a quick fact or a critical analysis? 3. Do you prefer unbiased information or an opinion? current information or a historical one? 4. Do you automatically use a Web search engine to locate for the information you need? What do you use and why? 5. Do you check just any kind of Web site? What are your personal criteria for selecting a Web site as your source of information? 6. If you use traditional sources of information such as print, broadcast, and electronic media, which among these do you often refer to and why? 7. What good and bad practices do you commit during information search and sharing? DISCUSSION Information literacy is an important skill in life. An individual who is literate in the location, access, evaluation, and use of information also displays a certain sense of critical literacy. When you are information literate, you are able to evaluate what information you need, what to discard, and how to use the information you selected. Information takes many forms. It is often interchanged with data which is essentially “raw information” and knowledge which is a characterized by effective use of information. What Determines Your Need for Information? Information seeking is relatively synonymous to the idea of research. When you locate information, you employ the necessary skills to engage in the research process. Your information needs to rely on what questions or problems you would like to solve or, simply, what you need the information for. The Effective and Efficient Information Seeker According to Callison and Tilley (2006), an effective and efficient information seeker is one who can do the following:  Understands how to utilize a variety of information sources and agencies, as well as human resources, in order to gain useful information. Understands the value of consulting with resource specialists and critical peers to reframe and refine questions and inquiries, if necessary Identifies information important to a need and assesses its reliability, bias, authority, and intent Organizes new information in meaningful ways to determine where gaps may exist and to formulate the central question or thesis that can be addressed. Information fluency which refers to “the ability to analyze information needs and to move confidently among media, information, and computer literacy skills, resulting in the effective application of a strategy or strategies that will best meet those needs. Typology of Information 1. Factual vs. Analytical Factual information is based on evidences and findings provided by reliable sources. These sources may include academic texts such as books, encyclopedias, periodicals, or technical reports by agencies and institutions. Analytical information, on the other hand, is an analysis or interpretation of facts by an individual, usually an expert on the subject. Examples of such would be feature articles, commentaries, or reviews. 2. Subjective vs. Objective When you consult an expert opinion, such as those found in the editorial section of a newspaper or in Web log entries of prolific writers, you are using a subjective kind of information. If the information is unbiased and does not lead you to judge the information in a certain way, then it is objective information. 3. Current vs. Historical The currency of information refers to how up-to-date or how recent the information is. It does not necessarily follow that the more current the information, the more reliable and useful it is. There are information that are historical or old but are very helpful in providing insights and comparison of events. 4. Scholarly (Academic/Professional/Technical) vs. Popular  Scholarly information comes from academic sources. It is a product of an author’s expertise and study on the subject matter. Popular information, on the other hand, appeals to general interest and is usually found in general circulation materials such as magazines, coffee table books, or online feature articles. 5. Primary vs. Secondary vs. Tertiary 6. Stable vs. Unstable Information may be stable or unstable. Stability becomes a consideration especially when the information you have obtained is published digitally over the Internet. It is often difficult to know how long a certain Web site or page will last. Information ethics as “the branch of ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct in society.” REFERENCES  Media and Information Literacy (Second Edition) By: Cheeno Marlo M. Sayuno Published by: DIWA Learning Systems Inc. Pages 31 - 40  Images from Google.com