16. How will you develop Information Literacy, Media
Literacy and Technology Literacy amongst the students?
Please give five suggestions.
Answers
Explanation:
Information and media literacy (IML) enables people to show and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in their own right.[1] Renee Hobbs suggests that “few people verify the information they find online ― both adults and children tend to uncritically trust information they find, from whatever source.”[2] People need to gauge the credibility of information and can do so by answering three questions:
Information, media or technological literacy can be developed by searching and employing various sources of information.
- Information literacy is the ability to think critically about the details and use them to make rational judgments
- The development of different aspects of literacy helps the students to comprehend and use various types of information.
- It can be developed as -
1. Watching programs on television, radio, online and in print
2. Reading newspapers and sources of information in the library.
3. Using search instruments to find relevant information using successful search techniques.
4. Employing information skills sessions to every student.
5. Developing academic programs that further hone the capabilities of children.