Most Influential

Person of your
life?
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Information
Information
A broad term that can
cover processed data,
knowledge derived from
study, experience,
instruction, signals or
symbols.
Learning Objective:
• Defines information needs; can
locate, access, assess, organize,
and communicate information.
Information
Data that has been
collected, processed, and
interpreted in order to be
presented in a useable
form.
Information
In the media world, information is
often used to describe
knowledge of specific events or
situations that has been gathered
or received by communication,
intelligence, or news reports.
Why do you need
information?
Where do you search
for information?
 How do you acquire
and store information?
 How will you
determine the quality
and accuracy of the
information that you
have?
How do you use the
information that you
have?
How will you
communicate
information?
Stages/Elements
of Information
Literacy
Information Literacy
It refers to the ability to
recognize when information is
needed and to locate,
evaluate, effectively use and
communicate information in
its various formats.
Information Literacy
a set of individual competencies
needed to identify, evaluate
and use information in the most
ethical, efficient and effective way
across all domains, occupations
and professions.
Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
make up an individual’s
Information Literacy

the steps through which one can

become information literate.
 Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
1. Identifying/recognizing
information needs
(Why do you need information?)
Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
2. Determining sources
of information
(Where do you search for
information?)
Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
3. Citing or searching for
information
(How do you acquire and
store information?)
 Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
4. Analyzing and evaluating the
quality of information
(How will you determine the quality and
accuracy of the information that you
have?)
Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
5. Organizing, storing or
archiving information
(How do you acquire and
store information?)
Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
6. Using information in an
ethical, efficient and effective
way
(How will you communicate
information?)
 Stages/Elements of
Information Literacy
7. Creating and communicating
new knowledge
(How will you communicate
information?)
 According to the weather forecast,
there is no typhoon. However, your
locality is experiencing heavy rainfall,
while some parts in your province
/region are already flooded. There
are reported incidents of landslide,
evacuation, stranded vehicles and
drowning. As a student, what are you
going to do?”
Information needs
What information do you need?
Sources of information
Where will you get them?
Access to the information
How will you access them?
Evaluate information
How will you check the quality of information?
Organize information
How will you organize and store them?
Communicate information
How will you create and communicate them?
 “What is the
importance of becoming
an information-literate
person?”