INFORMATION LITERACY

Information literacy is the ability to find, interpret, and use information to meet your needs. It includes computer literacy, media literacy, and cultural literacy:

Information matters. It helps people make good choices. The choices people make often determine their success in careers, their happiness as friends and family members, and their well-being as citizens of our planet.

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Information Literacy—A Survival Skill?

Brainstorm with a group of classmates and make a list of the components of “information literacy.” How many separate components did your group identify? This chapter asserts that information literacy is the premier survival skill for the modern world. Does your group agree? Why or why not? Share your group’s ideas with others in the class.

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In today’s world, information literacy is one of the most important skills a person can have. This means developing computer, media, and cultural literacy, along with learning how to find, interpret, and use the information you need.
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