What is it?

techniques and skills for using a wide range of information tools as well as primary courses to find solutions to problems
to be information literate, a person , must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate. and effectively use the needed information.

5 Major components of Information Literacy

Need

-determining type, nature, and extent of info needed
-knowing available resources for particular subject, choosing most effective
2.Access
-accesses needed info effectively and efficiently, best info
-choose best methods & systems
-creates effective search strategies
-use variety of methods & sources
-extracts, records, & manages research
3. Evaluate
-evaluates info and its sources critically and incorporates selected info is his/her knowledge base & value system
-Legitimate/authoritative sources
-Recognize bias, prejudice, deception, and manipulation
-Can summarize & extract main idea
-Synthesis of new ideas into new concepts
-Compare new knowledge to prior
-Investigate differing opinions
-Discuss w/peers & practitioners
4.Use
-use info effectively to accomplish purpose
-Apply new & prior info
-Communicate findings
5. Ethics
-understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses the uses info ethically and legally

	Created by Erin Newland about 8 years ago

Humanities Note on Lesson 1: Intro to Digital Info Literacy, created by Erin Newland on 11/10/2016.