Week 2 - Media and Information Literate Individual

Week 02: Media and Information Literate

Individual
Weekly Study and Assessment Guide
DATE TOPIC ACTIVITIES OR TASKS

Lesson 10: Media and Information

Literate Individual
Read Lesson 10: Media
 Improved quality of life and Information Literate
January 5 -  Greater political participation Individual
9  Better economic opportunities Learning Task: Written
 Improved learning environment Work 1 (Synchronous
 More cohesive social units Assessment)
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LEARNING CONTENT

Being Information literate will surely enhance individuals ' having better career options.
“Information literacy competency extends learning beyond formal classroom settings and provides
practice with self-directed investigations as individuals move into internships, first professional
positions, and increasing responsibilities in all areas of life. Because information literacy augments
students’ competency with evaluating, managing and using information…” (Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher Education, 2000)

Formative Assessment: CARTOON ANALYSIS

How might it be a disadvantage in your community not to be literate?

WHAT IS MEDIA LITERACY?

Media Literacy means understanding and using the media of mass communication in a pro-active,
non-passive, assertive way.

 It requires an informed, critical understanding of the nature of the media, the media of
technologies, and the impact of media on society and culture.
 It is a fundamental life skill essential for a vigorous democracy.

WHAT IS INFORMATION LITERACY?

Information Literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to “recognize when information is

needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information.”

 It is also increasingly important in the contemporary environment of rapid technological

change and proliferating information resources.
 Enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information and media,
as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in
their own right.

TYPES OF INFORMATION LITERACY

1. Tool literacy - The ability to use print and electronic resources including software.
2. Resource literacy - The ability to understand the form, format, location, and access methods
of information resources.
3. Social-structural literacy - Knowledge of how information is socially situated and produced.
This component is especially significant with Web 2.0 social networking sites ranging from
wikis and blogs to social bookmarking sites.
4. Research literacy - The ability to understand and use information technology tools and
searching strategies to carry out research.
5. Publishing literacy - The ability to produce a text or multimedia report of the results of
research.

WHAT IS LITERATE INDIVIDUAL?

Being a literate person today means more than being able to read and write. In a world diverse
with cultures, print texts, media, and technologies, a literate person needs to possess certain specific
capabilities.

Individuals can be benefited from being media and information literate. Through media and
information literacy, individuals can attain the following:

1. Improved Quality of Life

 To achieve a healthy lifestyle, it becomes easy for a literate person to research online or read
books, and magazines on ways to stay fit.

 People or the netizens can evaluate the information.

 Raise awareness
 Prevents foolishness
 Business/Job opportunities
 Easy life
 Improved information literacy skills
 Enhance communication skills

Even when health is compromised, being information literate can save one’s life through intensive
research online and through medical journals on how to go through a medical odyssey.

2. Greater Political Participation

              Being updated on current events and being aware of what happens around the community
will enable people to vote wisely and choose good leaders.

 Politically engaged
 Politically active
 Politically smart
 Politically concern
 Responsible citizen

The literate person can weigh things wisely because of his/her knowledge of what is good for
society.

The person is empowered to make intelligent choices and will voice out his or her concerns if the
government fails to provide its services to people.

3. Better Economic Opportunities

There is an endless list of opportunities for the literate person because most of the work
descriptions include digital knowledge and workmanship.

 Economically aware
 Knowledgeable
 Great chance of employment
 Great change of self-employment
 Have a nice choice of business
 Advertisements

It is no longer tradition that one goes out of the house and goes to work.

 
4. Improved learning Environment

              A well-learned person will have higher access to what’s best in the community.

 Easy way of learning

 Technologically smart
 Broader knowledge
 Technology literate
 Increase educational interest.
 Fun learning

The advent of mobile phones makes communication faster and easier. Likewise, the interaction
among members in the community is more interactive due to the presence of literate members
accompanied by gadgets.

5. More cohesive social units

 Socially active
 Easy communicating process
 Be able to identify different groups of people in a society
 Socially aware
 Raise respect for culture;
 and linguistic diversity

6. Others

 Discover and explore beautiful places.

 Interest
 Job purposes

 Here’s an expanded overview of the seven capacities of the literate individual:

1. Literate individuals demonstrate independence with text.

 They can, independently, with little guidance from teachers and peers, comprehend varied,
complex print and digital texts, communicate and build on others' ideas, and understand and
apply academic and discipline-specific vocabulary and conventions of English. They know how
to use strategies and employ them when necessary to comprehend texts and apply literacy
knowledge and skills.

2. Literate individuals build strong content knowledge.

 They acquire and share knowledge of subject matter through reading, writing, and speaking as
well as research and study. They read and understand discipline-specific texts and become
experts in the content.
3. Literate individuals respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline.

 They set and adjust their communication in relation to audience, task, purpose, and discipline.
They understand how words affect meaning in writing and in speech, depending on the
audience and the purpose, and how different disciplines call for providing different types of
evidence.

4. Literate individuals comprehend as well as critique.

 They understand and can explain what writers, speakers, and visual and mixed media
creators are saying through their texts, but they also know how to analyze and examine these
texts critically. They question an author's assumptions and biases and evaluate the veracity
and logical reasoning of the claims.

5. Literate individuals value evidence.

 They can cite evidence to support their interpretation of the text, both verbally and in writing.
They also communicate their reasoning effectively and know how to evaluate the reasoning
and arguments of others.

6. Literate individuals use technology and digital media strategically and capably.

 They employ technology thoughtfully and effectively and can determine which media are best
suited for their communication goals. They also synthesize information found through various
media and technologies.

7. Literate individuals come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

 They encounter perspectives and ways of life that are different from their own through reading,
writing, and listening, and they are able to work and communicate effectively with peers of
diverse backgrounds. Through reading multicultural literature, they have new experiences that
expand their cultural understanding and sensitivity.

What an Informed & Literate Person Must Possess?

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GENERALIZATION

Today, media and information are omnipresent, if not always omnipotent or omniscient. No
longer restricted to print and broadcast delivery, news and information are now accessible anywhere,
at any time, to billions of people around the globe. Media of all kinds, across all the platforms, have
become so integrated into modern life that their presence and influence are not always noticeable.

The importance of being a media and information literate person is very crucial nowadays because
we are living in the 21st century which revolves around the rapid growth of technologies such as
television, computers, cellphones, radios, and other media for information. Being literate about media
and information will give us an advantage in our modern world today especially in terms of giving and
gathering information knowing best most of the false and accurate information in different kinds of
mediums especially in media. A country with citizens that is media and information literate will gain
more advantage compare to other countries which stay in the traditional way of being literate such as
referring to libraries, archive, newspaper and etc., Mostly in terms of good governance and
accountability. Some other benefits are to improve the quality of life, improved learning environment,
and more cohesive learning units.

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