Understanding information is more than just being able to read a text in front you, it means being able to understand why that text exists in the form that it does. In other words, putting text into its context. Watch the video below to learn more and check out the Lateral Reading Basics by the
My name is John LaDue and I teach information literacy. What is information literacy? In short, it’s the ability to recognize when you need information, then find that information, evaluate its credibility, then apply it to your need. For me, the real focus is on the evaluation step. Finding information is easy; finding good, quality information can be hard.
