Communication - the act or process of using words, 2.

Check Your Emotions

sounds, signs, or behaviours to express or exchange
information or to express your ideas, thoughts, When everyone you know is on social media, it can be
feelings, etc., easy to get caught up in online drama. Whether
Media Literacy - Is the ability to access, analyze, someone posted a horrible picture of someone else or
evaluate and create media. people are simply arguing about politics, you need to
"Information literacy empowers people in all walks of stay as uninvolved in the drama as possible and really
life to seek, evaluate, use and create information check your emotions before saying or doing anything.
effectively to achieve their personal, social, 3. T.H.I.N.K.
occupational and educational goals.
Information Literacy – is the skill that allows a person Before posting anything online, go through the THINK
to recognize when information is needed and how will acronym and ensure that what you want to post will
be able to access, locate, evaluate, and use it benefit you and those who see it. T stands for true – Is
effectively. this post/picture/comment truthful or is it possibly
based on a rumor? H is for helpful – Will this help
1. Information Technology Fluency - I see someone or will it potentially bring harm or hurt to
information technology fluency as forming the basic someone? I is information – Is this actual information
core of information literacy, and encompassing such based on fact or is it gossip or unnecessary chatter? N
skills as information organization, database searching is for needed – Is this something that people need to
(e.g., keyword v. subject), web navigation, digital hear or it is irrelevant? K stands for kind – Is what you
citizenship, and computer literacy. When students are want to post kind and nice, or is it harsh or rude?
fluent in these skills, the chance of cognitive overload
is reduced when being introduced to the other facets 4. Be Vary of Oversharing
of information literacy.
It can be fun to “check in” to various locations or share
2. Ways of Thinking -Librarians generally teach ways the details of your upcoming beach trip, but knowing
of thinking about information in the context of how to use social media responsibly has a lot to do with
evaluating information. However, within a course, not oversharing.
these skills are also being addressed anytime a
5. Be Intentional About What & Where You Post
teacher focuses on critical thinking, critical literacy,
and/or disciplinary literacy. Social media can absolutely offer advantages to those
who know how to use it wisely and responsibly.
3. Problem Solving -Solving problems with
Choosing the right platform for certain posts and
information puts ways of thinking into practice. This
ensuring you are wise about what you post will help
facet of information literacy fits neatly into inquiry-
you make the most of social media.
based, problem-based, or project-based learning, all of
which are problem-focused. Technology Literacy
4. Communication -Communication may very well be Technology Literacy- Is the ability to acquire relevant
the culmination of the other three facets of information information and use modern-day tools to get, manage,
literacy. Whether synthesizing information to apply, evaluate, create and communicate information.
communicate new ideas in a research paper, a
classroom debate, a workplace presentation, or social Editors – the writers and journalist work hand in hand
media, successful communication within a variety of c with editors to ensure that the manuscript or articles
submitted by the former are high in standards and are
How to Use Social Media Responsibly fit to print.
1. Be Friends with Your Parents Visual Artist – these artist express their ideas through
their artworks.
Yeah, we know this sounds awful. We know we got a
bunch of eye rolls when you read this. But students Truthfulness – this media practitioners should convey
need accountability, and that should start with your a message or information that is accurate, factual, and
parents. truthful.
Fairness & Objectivity – this information or message ➢ Magazine - is also a periodical publication
disseminated by media practitioners should be released weekly, monthly, or quarterly. It
objective and based on grounded evidence. contains articles on various topics depending
on the subject or area the magazines cover.
Responsibility & Integrity the media practitioners ➢ Journal – it contains informative articles and
are expected to show professionalism regardless of provides accurate reports on specific topics,
the situation they are in. such as medicine.
Empathy and Sympathy – being in the media does ➢ Newsletter – is published either weekly or
not give practitioners the right to use their job for monthly. It can be bulletin where a company
personal gains. or organization informs its readers about the
updates and happenings in their institutions
Hardworking – they should give their best effort for or community.
their work. ➢ Gazette – it pertains to the official
publications of a government organization or
Traditional media encompasses that of television,
an institution, which is intended for public
newspaper, radio and magazine ads.
notices or listing of appointments.
New media refers to content that is easily accessible ➢ Pamphlet – can be a small booklet, a leaflet,
via many different forms of digital media. or a primer. It contains a detailed, yet easy to
understand text with images.
Information – has been defined as the specific data ➢ Brochure – it is a small book or magazine
acquired for a specific purpose. that contain pictures and information about
the products or services offered by a
Prehistoric refers to the time before the existence of
company.
written or recorded history.
➢ Leaflet And Flyer – it refer to a printed sheet
Electronic – refers to an object that has electronic of paper which contains information about a
components such as sensors and microchips, which product for advertising purposes. A leaflet is
functions once it is connected to an electronic outlet. a small flyer.
▪ Petroglyphs – can be cravings or engravings in Broadcast Media- It consists of programs produced
rocks or caves. by television network and radio stations.
▪ Pictographs – it represents words or phrases Television – it can receive and project transient
through images or symbols. images of fixed or moving objects with sound.
Film – is similar to a television show as it offers a
variety of themes and genres.
New Media /Internet - It allows users to browse
Print Media - It refers to paper publications such as different websites and communicate with other people
books, newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, through the web.
and other materials that are physically printed on ➢ E-Book – refers to a digital or electronic
paper. version of a printed book, which can be
➢ Book – it is a reading material that can either accessed with the use of a computer or a
be fictional or non-fictional. gadget.
➢ Dictionary – is a reference material used to ➢ Online Shopping – this is beneficial for
find the words definition, etymology, budding entrepreneurs as they can be
pronunciation, forms, and its syntactical and advertise their products easily and reach out
idiomatic uses. more consumers, even to those who live
➢ Newspaper – printed on a daily or weekly overseas.
basis, a newspaper contains a wide range of ➢ Media Convergence – it interconnects
articles which appear on the different information with communication
sections, such as news, business, lifestyle, technologies, computer networks and media
sports and entertainment sections. content.
INDIGENOUS SOURCES
Indigenous – it connotes that the person belongs to an
ethnic tribe who has preserved and still practice the
culture and tradition of their ancestors.
PRIMARY SOURCES - Are original materials such as
artefacts, documents, recordings, and other sources of
information that were produced during a particular
period in history.
SECONDARY SOURCES are documents made after
an event has taken place.
LIBRARY A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or
reference material ( such as books, manuscripts,
recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale)
1. Academic Library – serves colleges and
universities.
2. Public Library – serves cities and towns of all
types
3. School Library – serves students from
Kindergarten to Grade 12
4. Special Library – are in specialized environments,
such as hospitals, corporations, museums, the
military, private business and the government.
INTERNET A global computer network providing a
variety of information and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnected networks using
standardized communication protocols.