Information Literacy

(Lab)
ONTENT STANDARDS
The learners demonstrate an understanding of
why there is a need for information, and
identify how to locate, access, assess,
organize and communicate that information.
RFORMANCE STANDARDS
The learners shall be able to search for
pertinent information in planning an academic
field trip.
OBJECTIVES
• Define information needs; can locate,
access, assess, organize, and communicate
information.
• Demonstrate ethical use of information.
• Identify the importance of proper sourcing
of data
• Validate information
PLAGIARISM
• Using other people’s words and ideas
without clearly acknowledging the source
of the information
OMMON KNOWLEDGE
• Facts that can be found in numerous places
and are likely to be widely known.

Example: John F. Kennedy was elected

President of the United States in 1960. This is
generally known information. You do not need
to document this fact
NTERPRETATION
• You must document facts that are not
generally known, or ideas that interpret
facts.

Example: Michael Jordan is the greatest

basketball player ever to have played the
game. This idea is not a fact but an
QUOTATION
• Using someone’s words directly. When you
use a direct quote, place the passage
between quotation marks, and document the
source according to a standard documenting
style.
Example: According to John Smith in The New York
Times, “37% of all children under the age of 10 live
PARAPHRASE
• Using someone’s ideas, but rephrasing them
in your own words. Although you will use
your own words to paraphrase, you must
still acknowledge and cite the source of the
information.
Plagiarism has legal implications. While ideas
themselves are not copyrightable, the artistic
expression of an idea automatically falls under
copyright when it is created. Under fair use, small
parts may be copied without permission from the
copyright holder. However, even under fair use -
in which you can use some parts of the material
for academic or non-profit purposes - you must
ATEGIES IN AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
• Submit your own work for publication. You
need to cite even your own work.
• Put quotation marks around everything that
comes directly from the text and cite the
source.
• Paraphrase, but be sure that you are not
simply rearranging or replacing a few
ATEGIES IN AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
• Keep a source journal, a notepad, or note
cards- annotated bibliographies can be
especially beneficial
• Use the style manual in properly citing
sources
• Get help from the writing center or library
IVITY: ACADEMIC FIELD TRIP
• Identify the information needed – what,
where, who, when, why, how.
• Determine all the possible sources, select
the best sources – the world wide web,
travel guide books, brochures, maps and
atlases, tour bureaus, family members, and
friends.
IVITY: ACADEMIC FIELD TRIP
• Locate and find information within the
sources – blogs, travel reviews, posts from
social networking sites, travel features,
pictures, stories, and testimonials.
• Extract the best relevant information and
cite pertinent sources.
 Sample Data Plan A Plan B
Place / Location / Destination answer and source answer and source
Activity / Schedule answer and source answer and source
Best time to visit / Length of vacation answer and source answer and source
Transportation (type, budget, schedule,
answer and source answer and source
others)
Accommodation (type, budget, schedule,
answer and source answer and source
others)
Food (type, budget, schedule, others) answer and source answer and source
Things to bring / Reminders answer and source answer and source
Other information you may need answer and source answer and source
Total Budget answer and source answer and source
QUIZ
• Write an essay (of at most 100 hundred
words) about an information literate
individual.