Airish V.

Dayson
HUMSS 12- ST. Theodore
Media and Information Literacy – Performance Task Page.13

Do you know what is information literacy and its importance? Information literacy is
conceivably the foundation for learning in the contemporary environment of continuous
technological change. Information literacy skills are used for academic purposes, such as
research papers and group presentations. They are used on the job—the ability to find, evaluate,
use and share information is an essential skill. They are also used in consumer decisions, such as
which car or vacuum cleaner to purchase, are critical. Last but not least, they are used by
informed citizens in participating fully in a democratic society through voting (Kenney, 2007).
Information literacy is critically important because the growing ocean of information in
all formats is everywhere. Not all information is created equal: some are authoritative, current,
reliable, but some are biased, out of date, misleading, and false. The amount of information
available is going to keep increasing. The types of technology used to access, manipulate, and
create information will likewise expand (Lauer & Yodanis, 2012).
Information literacy skills help students in today’s world in learning the process of
becoming information literate. The skills help students to systematically and intelligently find,
interpret, select, evaluate, organize, and use the information for diverse purposes from numerous
sources. Certainly, many changes occur in the professional life of an individual. Individuals are
expected to adapt and cope up with rapid advances in technology, streamline daily operations,
and have the ability to proactive solvers of problems. To achieve these professionals, require
information literacy skills to keep up with changes that occur in their careers and jobs.
These specific skills needed, will always continue to develop and improve throughout
one life. Additionally, the level of information literacy develops as people continue to learn.
Both students and professionals benefit from information literacy skills. The specific skills
empower them through numerous components; including resource literacy, social structural,
emerging technology, as well as publishing literacy. Conclusively, these skills should be taught
in the overall context process.
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HUMSS 12- ST. Theodore
Media and Information Literacy – Performance Task Page.5

“CoViD-19“
WHO is gathering the latest international multilingual scientific findings and knowledge on
COVID-19. The global literature cited in the WHO COVID-19 database is updated daily
(Monday through Friday) from searches of bibliographic databases, hand searching, and the
addition of other expert-referred scientific articles. This database represents a comprehensive
multilingual source of current literature on the topic. While it may not be exhaustive, new
research is added regularly.
WHO is issuing the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for 2021 and
accompanying documents as a package aimed at guiding the coordinated action that we must
take at national, regional, and global levels to overcome the ongoing challenges in the response
to COVID-19, address inequities, and plot a course out of the pandemic?
Over the past year, much has been achieved by national authorities and communities with the
support of WHO, donors and partners, and an unprecedented effort by the scientific community
and the private sector.
The Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2021 (SPRP2021) builds on what we have
learned about the virus and our collective response throughput for 2020 and translates that
knowledge into strategic actions. This plan builds on achievements and also focuses on the new
challenges, to mitigate, for example, risks related to new variants. The plan also considers the
road we need to travel towards the safe, equitable and, effective delivery of diagnostics and
vaccines as part of the overall strategy to successfully tackle the COVID-19 pandemic 
As leader of the global incident management support team (IMST) structure, the UN Crisis
Management Team (UNCMT), and as a founder of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)
Accelerator, WHO harnesses the world’s technical and operational expertise to translate
knowledge into coordinated action.
https://covid19.who.int/