Information Literacy (Lec)

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Who is the person that is most influential to you?

 Who: my father
What: role model, guidance, main influencer of my actions
Where: at home
When: since birth
Why: he believes that I will be able to be better than him in the future
How: he constantly pressures me to get better every time in almost any aspect of my life

Steps/Elements in Information Literacy

 Information Needs

  • know contact information of institutions related
  • state of the weather that day
Sources of Information
  • my personal experience
  • witnesses/accounts of others in my proximity
Access to Information
  • videos circulating online
  • my own perspective
Evaluate Information
  • taking pictures and videos of the said typhoon
  • looking around the area to confirm it
Organize Information
  • taking videos and pictures through my phone or camera
Communicate Information
  • sharing it to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter
  • asking my friends and followers on Messenger and Twitter to disseminate information to others as well

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