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The Value of Being a Media and Information Literate Individual

       “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.'' This quote from Alvin Toffer implies that today’s generation has a different meaning of what literate is that enable for us to be literate we should know how to learn, how to unlearn, and how to relearn.  Being media and information literate will provide us an advantage and more knowledge in today’s generation, especially in terms of transmitting and grasping information, because we will be able to spot the majority of wrong information in various types of medium, particularly the media. Being media and information literate allows you to expand or broaden a topic or idea that helps us supplement our mind using the internet's resources. It also allows you to participate in a digital culture where you must be able to use, comprehend, question, create, communicate, and think critically. Your skills will definitely improve if you are a Media and literate individual, why? Because you can able to organize your thoughts, you are aligned with integrity all the time whenever you share information, assess not just your ideas or thoughts but also the thoughts of other people, and also you can acquire various reliable pieces of information.     

        When you are a Media and Information Literate you tend to respect yourself and other people because you have wide knowledge on how to communicate information and knowledge in a legal and ethical way as possible. Being Media and Information literate is also very useful in our society because it can help develop our economy and our social status. Social media is one example of an economic medium especially in business marketing and showing one another’s creativeness or talents that is why media literacy is convenient. We believe that being media and information literate has significant value since it allows us to become a reliable resource and interpreter of current media information, or to have a good knowledge of media information and to cooperate with others who use or exchange information. 

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STEM 15 GROUP 6: Leana Montante Leopoldo Castre Hazel Butlay Kean Vash Pantinople Clint Jacoba

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“The Value of Being a Media and Information Literate Individual”

                We are now living in a world where people are into engaging in the social and digital world. Majority of the people already have access to media and already have knowledge about it. To be up to date one must learn to adopt the changes and be compatible with it. Being a media and information literate individual has enormous value one becomes a resource and a translator of current info into media or possesses a keen understanding of the info in the media and is able to work with others using or sharing info. It helps to gain our knowledge of what we see in social media, communicate with others like for our family, relatives and friends and it can be an entertainment for most of the people. It keeps us updated and informed of the happenings inside and outside the world such as the news. Being a media and information literate person empowers us to discover new things and see more about the world.

               Being a media and information literate enables us to interact and build connections with the people around us. It gives a greater impact both in social and personal life. By practicing it allows us to communicate effectively and enhance our critical and analytic skills. This subject also helps us students to identify relevant information through different information sources. Moreover, the students are introduced to trends in technology that will further ease their communication. Being a media and information literate increases the ability and proficiency of the students to express their thoughts. It makes individuals master content and extend their investigations to become more self- directed, and assume greater control over their learning. This is also a great chance for us to challenge ourselves by creating and building new and unique ideas. A country with citizens that is media and information literate will have a greater advantage than those countries which stay in the traditional way, they can also demonstrate and make educated decisions as users of information and media, as well as becoming skilled developers and producers of their own today and in the future.

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Grade 12 STEM 15

Reya Nicolle P. Timbang

Russiel Dale Carton

Shandara Anacaya

Danah Faith Navaro

Kristine Hongayon

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