MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY (MIL)
Lesson 1: Introduction to Media and Information Literacy
Herelyn M. Rey
Subject Teacher
What I Need to Know
After going through this lesson, you are expected to:
1. study communication as a process and how it is influenced by media and
information.
2. create a log that reflects their current use and interaction with media and
information, and the effects and influence of these in their communication.
3. write an essay on the role of media and information in the new normal of
education.
4. draw a poster, compose a song/poem, list etiquette or create info graphics
showing how to be responsible users of media and information.
What I Know
Learning Task 1
Think of the past week, and record your use and
interaction with media and information providers
such as the internet, social media, TV, radio,
newspaper, etc. Indicate how many hours you
spent with each one. These do not have to be
exact and you can estimate the number of hours
you spend each week. Write your answers in your
notebook.
What’s In
Learning Task 2
We are now living in the 21st Century where people are dependent on technology. Imagine
waking up one day without internet, libraries, and cell phones. Newspapers, magazines, radio
stations and TV channels have also disappeared. Answer the questions below in your
notebook.
1. How would you be informed of anything now?
2. What ways would you have to communicate with one another?
3. How would you share information and communicate news and events?
4. What would happen with the decisions you usually make?
5. How would it affect the way you live?
6. What would you personally miss most in such situation?
7. What would society miss in this situation
What’s New
Learning Task 3
Study the images below and answer the questions in your notebook.
1. Do you believe that these news items are true? How did you know they are true/false?
2. Are all news and information in the internet true?Why or why not?
3. Who gets to post news items online? Expound
Communication is simply the act of
transferring information from one place,
person or group to another
(SkillsYouNeed, 2020).
Communication It is the process of sending and receiving
messages through verbal or nonverbal means,
including speech, or oral communication;
writing and graphical representations (such as
infographics, maps, and charts); and signs,
signals, and behavior (Nordquist, 2020).
What’s More
Learning Task 4
Now that you are already familiar with
the definition of literacies, create a
Venn diagram that illustrates your
understanding of the concepts below in
terms of use and purpose. Do this in
your notebook.
Learning Task 5:
Imagine
yourself as a
journalist.
You were tasked to write an article.
Accomplish the media and information
design framework for this article by
answering the matrix below. Answer
the essential question that follow. Do
this in your notebook.
Learning Task 6:
Do the activities
below in your
notebook.
1. Create an acrostic poem that
describes an individual who is media
and information literate. You may use
as many letters to form your key word.
See the sample acrostic below.
Learning Task 6: Do the activities
below in your noteboLearning
Task 6: Do the activities below in
your notebook. Learning Task 6
2. Create a comic strip
that shows the
activities/habits that
you practice to
demonstrate
responsible use of
media and information.
Make sure to use
speech and thought
balloons as well. Do this
in your notebook
Media and Information Literacy Grade 12
PIVOT IV-A Learner’s Material
Quarter 1, Version 1
First Edition, 2020