My Blogs in Media & Information Literacy

We watched a video posted by Sir Haren in our Google Classroom which was about Information Literacy according to Mike Eisenberg.  Developed by  Mike Eisenberg  and  Bob Berkowitz , the Big 6 is the most widely known and widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world . The summary of the video is about how information literacy can be classified into six stages, also known as the "Big 6" which consists of: The Big 6 is especially useful for problem-solving and for being able to properly assess information.

We were given a link to two sites which each contained an article. The first was about the pre-history of the Philippines and the other was an article about print media .  The instructions were that each of us had to create our own powerpoint presentations regarding what we learned about the two articles, and on the next meeting, Sir Haren will randomly pick two people to present so everyone of us had to be prepared. Janu and Samantha were the first two to be picked, but Sir Haren wasn't satisfied enough with their presentation so two people were randomly picked again to present. Unna and Regie were the next to be picked and they presented the summary of the first article, and discussed the second. We were able to understand the main points of the two articles more clearly and what they were about.

Sir Haren started the class by introducing "controlled" and "uncontrolled" media.  Controlled media  are the kind that can be created and  controlled  by the firm such as advertisement, speeches, paid programs, and employee newsletters while uncontrolled  media  are the kind that cannot be   controlled  by the firm such as television, radio, and newspapers. After the discussion of the topic, the class was divided into four groups and we were each assigned our side for the debate. There was controlled vs. uncontrolled media , and the other two groups were new vs. traditional media . During the debate, every one of us had a chance to speak, rebut, and argue our points. At the end of the meeting, we learned the advantages and disadvantages of each sides, and we were able to learn more about each of the topics through the debate.