Information, Media, and Technology Skills

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Information Literacy

Access and Evaluate Information

  • Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)  
  • Evaluate information critically and competently
  • Use and Manage Information
  • Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand  
  • Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of sources  
  • Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information
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Media Literacy

Analyze Media

  • Understand both how and why media messages are constructed, and for what purposes  
  • Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded, and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors  
  • Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of media

Create Media Products

  • Understand and utilize the most appropriate media creation tools, characteristics and conventions
  • Understand and effectively utilize the most appropriate expressions and interpretations in diverse, multi-cultural environments
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ICT Literacy

Apply Technology Effectively

  • Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information
  • Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS, etc.), communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a knowledge economy  
  • Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information technologies

 

References

Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2009). Framework for 21st century learning.