Information Literacy (Lecture)

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE

When talking about who is the most influential person in my life, my answer, without any hesitations, is my mother. She has been with me since the very first day of my existence – the day that I was first formed inside her womb. I have realized that she is the most influential person in my life ever since I was a child. Up until now, she has done everything to make the world a better place for me to live in. She has always been my teacher, my friend, and my mentor. She influences me almost in every aspect of life – perspective towards different things, values, decisions, beliefs, and the like. Whenever I am down, she does her best to lift me up. She always supports me on my endeavors very much. Most importantly, she reminds me how to remain strong despite of all the problems and challenges that life brings.

TYPHOON

“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?”

STAGES/ELEMENTS	RESPONSES
Information needs What information do you need?	The pieces of information I need are the happenings around my community. I need to know what the state of my community is in at the moment. In order to know these, I need to observe the intensity of the rainfall, the parts of my province which are already flooded, and other areas which might have been affected by the heavy rainfall.
Sources of Information Where will you get them?	I will get information from the news update on the television, observations of people posted in different social media websites and my very own observations as well.
Access to the information How will you access them?	I will access them through engaging in different social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Also, watching news updates on the television will help me access information.
Evaluate information How will you check the quality of information?	I will take into consideration the credibility and reliability of the sources of information. In addition, I will make sure that there will be accurate evidences to support the observations being said.
Organize information How will you organize and store them?	The most efficient way to store and organize the information is to take pictures and to capture videos of the happenings during the actual heavy rainfall.
Communicate information How will you create and communicate them?	I will create and communicate them through posting and sharing them in different social media websites. Another way is to inform our local barangay by calling the official hotlines of agencies and authorities concerning the situation.