MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
LE SSON 3: INFORMATI ON L IT ERACY
Information Literacy is a set of abilities that
enables individual to recognize when
information is needed; and locate, evaluate,
and use effectively the needed information.
INFORMATION LITERATE REQUIRED SKILLS
1. To be able to find resources.
You are information literate if you know where
to find a credible and reliable information.
2. To be able to find information.
This encapsulates finding the right and suitable
information. In finding an information, an
information literate may consider multiple
resources and do the ranking from important
to least important.
3. Ethically and responsible use of
information
An information literate knows his/her
responsibilities in sharing and using
information. This includes to ask
permission, to give credits, to cite and
the likes.
4. To communicate one’s information.
This includes sharing someone else's
information without sacrificing the
original idea and thought of the main
information. Just like when do
paraphrasing in doing research.
