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Media and Information Literacy – Grade 12
Quarter 2 – Module 5: Media and Information Literate Individual (Part 1)
First Edition, 2020

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 Media and
Information Literacy
QUARTER 2
MODULE
Media and Information Literate
Individual (Part 1)
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy – Grade 12 Self-Learning

Module on Media and Information Literate Individual (Part 1)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy Self-Learning Module on

Introduction to Media and Information Literate Individual (Part 1)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:

A. understand the underlying concepts of media and information literacy;

B. demonstrate an understanding of the overall impact or implication of media
and information on individual and society as a whole;
C. synthesize the overall impact or implication of media and information on an
individual (personal, professional, educational, and others) and on the
society as a whole (economic, social, political, educational, and others).

Direction: Read and understand each question or statement. Choose the letter of
the best answer.

1. What is literacy according to UNESCO?

A. It is a lifelong skill.
B. It is defined as the ability to read and write and develop numeracy
skills.
C. It is understood as a means of identification, understanding,
interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital,
text-mediated, information-rich and fast-changing world.
D. It is a conventional concept.
2. UNESCO stands for.
A. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
B. United National Education of Scientific and Cultural Organization
C. United New Education in Scientific and Cultural Organization
D. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Office
3. The following are the sets of skills the students should acquire to stay
competitive in a changing market except ____________.
A. learning skills C. computing skills
B. literacy skills D. life skills
4. Information literacy is defined as _________________________________________.
A. a broad term that can cover processed data, knowledge derived from
study, experience, instruction, signals or symbols
B. the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and communicate information
in a variety of forms
C. interdisciplinary in nature
D. the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate,
evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various
formats
5. Being literate in a media age requires this skill.
A. communication C. collaboration
B. critical thinking D. technology
Direction: Give an example of a wearable technology. Identify its importance.

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Media and Information Literate Individual (PART 1)

a. Improved Quality of Life

b. Greater Political Participation

c. Better Economic Opportunities

d. Improved Learning Environment

e. More Cohesive Social Units

In general, literacy is defined as the ability to read and write and develop
numeracy skills. However, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization popularly known as UNESCO established that literacy has evolved
beyond reading, writing, and counting. Aside from these skills, an individual should
have broader skills such as functional literacy and a foundation for lifelong learning.
According to UNESCO, “Beyond its conventional concept as a set of reading, writing
and counting skills, literacy is now understood as a means of identification,
understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly
digital, text-mediated, information-rich and fast-changing world.”

To keep up with the fast-changing world, students are expected to acquire the
skills presented on the following infographics.
 12 essential skills in the 21st century

This module focuses on important literacies: media, information and technology

literacies and its implication to the individual and the society. People should acquire
such literacies to become media and information literate and to survive in a world
full of alternative or misleading facts and fake news.

To successfully complete our mission to become a media and information

literate individual, we should be able to develop in a multi-sensory level—improving
the way we think, feel and behave as purported by The National Association for Media
Literacy Education. Therefore, “We need to develop a wider set of literacy skills
helping us to both comprehend the messages we receive and effectively utilize these
tools to design and distribute our own messages. Being literate in a media age
requires critical thinking skills that empower us as we make decisions, whether in
the classroom, the living room, the workplace, the boardroom, or the voting booth.”
ACTIVITY: A video of two senior citizens figuring out how to use a webcam went
viral several years ago. Aside from being charming and funny, what are the
advantages when senior citizens learn how to use the technology? What makes
senior citizens, or people in general, media and information literate? Use the space
below to answer the questions.

Senior citizens testing the webcam ([Link]

technology-embracing-the-digital-age/)

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Relate the topic of media and information literate individual to the below post. Is
Bill a media and information literate individual? Does he apply critical thinking
skill? Explain your answer using the space below.

Viral meme from Facebook: Be Like Bill

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Mila saw a Facebook post about the beautification project in Manila particularly
the dumping of dolomite sand in Manila Bay. What are the steps that she can take
to establish that she is a media and information literate individual?

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Direction: Identify whether each statement is True or False.

_________ 1. Acquiring the 21st century skills is optional. Students only need to
learn the basic skills to land their dream job.
_________ 2. Learning how to read, write and count is enough to survive in this
fast-changing world.

_________ 3. Technology literacy bridges generation gap.

_________ 4. Applying critical thinking skill all the time is synonymous/equated to

being a media and information literate.

_________ 5. Literacy is now understood as a means of identification, understanding,

interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital, text-
mediated, information-rich and fast-changing world.
 5. B
5. True 4. D
4. True
3. True
3. C
2. False 2. A
1. False Answer may vary 1. C
POST-TEST ACTIVITY PRE-TEST

References
Andres, V. et al. Teaching Guide for Senior High School Media and Information
Literacy, Quezon City: Commission on Higher Education. 2016.
Breeding, B. Seniors and Technology - Embracing the Digital Age, 2016.
[Link]
digital-age/
Hernandez, B. Media and Information Literacy, 2017.
[Link]
Ping, A. “Media and Information Literate Individual” Lecture, St. Stephen’s High
School, Manila, Philippines, February 12, 2017.
Stauffer, B. What Are 21st Century Skills? 2020.
[Link]
UNESCO. Five Decades of Literacy Work, 2019.
[Link]
UNESCO. Literacy, 2019. [Link]