Discover Information Literacy

While I was watching this video on Discover Information Literacy I really thought I was watching a video on how to use credible information. I thought I was back in elementary school when we were assigned our first report. We had to learn to use sources that were credible for our projects. While I was watching this I thought the same thing. The word that the video focused on was discover:

D: Define

I: Inquire

S: Search

C: Collect

O: Organize

V:Verifying

E: Express

R: Reflect

While reading about what each word meant in the acronym it made me think of how to effectively use research methods without being fooled of spam. I have taken a couple of Information Technology class in culinary school and one of our first assignments was to find out what websites were credible and why they either were or were not. We spent the first two classes discussing such a topic. I thought it was a pretty easy concept to understand, however some of my classmates did not and I was shocked by such a notion from them. The video also discusses how workers need to: locate, evaluate, and organize in the process. I also thought I was viewing a video on the problem solving process as well. We need to be critical, analytical, and thought invoking: listeners, readers, and writers to be successful in this day and age with one another. I do understand why the video was presented. I also liked the state whether it was something to the effect of: let the students use a tool before they become the tool. I thought there was a truth to that. Students need to know how to effectively sift through what the junk may be on the Internet and what is not junk too.