Name: _Jamaica C.

Alcazaren_ Date: __March 4,

2022__
Section: _12 - Saint Thomas Aquinas (STEM B)_ Score:
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MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

ACTIVITY #2

1. What is indigenous information?

 Indigenous knowledge refers to understandings, abilities, and ideologies
established by communities that have a long history of engagement
with their natural environment. This knowledge supports decision-
making on key aspects of daily living for rural and indigenous peoples.
This information is essential to a cultural complex that includes
language, categorization systems, resource use practices, social
interactions, rituals, and spirituality. These distinct methods of knowing
contribute to the world's cultural variety and serve as a basis for locally
suitable sustainable development.

2. What are the common kinds of indigenous (info) knowledge?

 The common kinds of indigenous knowledge includes traditional
knowledge (TK), indigenous technical knowledge (ITK), folk and local
knowledge, environmental or ecological knowledge (EK), and people's
science.

3. Why is this kind of knowledge important to people?

 Indigenous knowledge was the only knowledge and skill we had. It had
been developed through a great deal of observation, trial and error for
thousands of years. Then came Empire, when the "others" found that if
they had better weapons, they could take other people’s land when they
wanted and occupy it, placing their culture on top of the one already in
place, hoping it would be stifled or absorbed. Before the Empire and
wide travel, we only had the knowledge and skills we had evolved in
our own cultures. Even now, there is often something useful, such as in
indigenous herbal lore, that can still serve the world’s people.

4. What does the Republic Act No. 8371 say?

 The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8371 of
1997) was passed to ensure that indigenous peoples' rights were
protected. It is a bill that recognizes, defends, and promotes the rights of
indigenous cultural groups or indigenous peoples, as well as other goals
 such as creating a national commission on indigenous peoples,
implementing processes, providing financing, and other concerns.

5. Do you think the library is still a reliable source of information despite the
age of modern technology?
 Yes, despite the age of modern technology, the library is still a reliable
source of information because not all books are published on the
internet, and the library is still more reliable than the internet because
the internet contains some false information, whereas the library is
guaranteed to be accurate.

6. What are the services that libraries can offer?

 Libraries can provide books, newspapers, and data bases, and users can
obtain free access to a range of information from credible sources that
they can't acquire anyplace else at the library. Aside from the given
materials, there are services that will surely satisfy the readers.
 In general, public libraries offer information resources free of
charge, which empower anyone who wants to use those resources.
There was a time when very few people could afford to own
books, and you could, for a small fee, borrow those books, read
them, and learn something useful or life-altering.
 More specifically and recently, libraries offer computer
technologies that allow people to stream and download all kinds
of information resources. All you need is a free library card to
have broad access to what is available online.
 Libraries have always been a refuge and champion of free speech,
particularly for those whose ideas may be on the edge. Banned
books were usually one of the few places where you had access to
them.
 Most libraries now also offer access to creative tools like
software, crafting equipment, recording studios, and other
supplies that would be otherwise too expensive for the average
citizen.
 Libraries encourage expansive thinking and creativity.
 Libraries are community spaces. Public libraries belong to
everyone. They can be gathering places for civic events, classes,
and entertainment.
These are just a few reasons why libraries are important and valuable.

7. What are search engines? Give examples.

  A search engine is a web-based software system that has been
developed to search for and locate relevant information on the World
Wide Web. Search engines can always crawl each website with their
spider program software. There are many types of search engines in this
world, but we use some popular search engines like Google, Bing,
Yahoo, etc. Among them, Google is the most popular and top search
engine. Certain search engines always search for information for certain
keywords and return a list of those keywords in our search. To sum it
up, search engines generally answer the queries entered by users and
give them a list of search results.
Examples:
 Google
 Yahoo
 Microsoft Bing
 Baidu
 Ask
 AOLSearch
 WOW
 Infospace
 Dogpile
 DuckDuckGo
 Blekko
 WebCrawler
 Yandex
 Althea 

8. What are other sources of information?

 Information sources are obviously carriers of information. In general,
information sources can be divided into three categories: the primary,
secondary, and tertiary information sources. Primary information
sources are first-hand sources of information narrated by eyewitnesses.
Examples are memoirs, diaries, daily newspapers, autobiographies, etc.
Secondary information sources are edited primary sources of
information; they contain explanations, detailed descriptions, and
analysis of primary sources. For example, textbooks. However, some
authors argue that secondary sources are pointers to tertiary sources,
such as abstracts, bibliographies, indexes, etc. Tertiary information
sources are well-organized sources of information in either
chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order for easy retrieval.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, compendiums, and other reference
materials are examples. Yes, all of these information sources can be
found in the library or anywhere. Users' information needs will
 determine the use of all these information sources. In summary, the
information sources are used to satisfy information needs.

9. How is popular source different from scholarly source?

 Popular sources are publications aimed at a general audience, while
scholarly sources are publications authored by academics, researchers,
or other professionals to contribute to knowledge in a certain field.
Scholarly sources are very important to most of us students because of
the level of authority and credibility they contain. They contribute a
great deal to the overall quality of our papers. The use of scholarly
sources is an expected attribute of academic course work. In all
disciplines, knowledge is built by responding to the ideas and
discoveries of those who came before us. Moreover, a scholarly source
will provide references to the research and sources that they have used
for their research. This will enable people who read their research to
check that what they have written is accurate and potentially duplicate
their results. Popular writing tends to be less concerned with providing
sources and uses simple language to enable lay people to understand.
Popular sources may not necessarily be wrong, but they are not written
to be used in a scholarly manner, and it is much harder to fact check
their information.

10.How can you, as a student be responsible with the rich sources of

information in your midst?
 As a student, I will be accountable for the wealth of knowledge
available to me by putting it to good use and constantly reading
trustworthy sources to get informed. From my perspective, try to be the
master of the media you consume, not its slave. Be an active user,
deliberately knowing why you’re reading certain sites and what you’re
getting out of them. You might even allot portions of your web surfing
to real news (global and domestic events), politics, entertainment, your
professional and academic interests, personal obsessions, etc. The point
is that one can still enjoy trashy memes, conspiracy theories, constant
reinforcement of their political bias, and all the other vices that have to
do with the availability of information, but at least try to be actively
aware of what the media is doing to, and for, your mind.