Firstly, I thought the video was very cleverly designed, and definitely "hit the nail on the head" regarding the constantly evolving Information Revolution.
I do think that Information Competency is very important. It gives you the ability to decipher what information is relevant, or not, when putting together research papers, and not wasting your time, by going down the wrong path by searching for unrelated topics.
Information Competency to me, means being able to accept the fact that you can find information, in many forms, and from many sources; Books, Periodicals, Video tapes, Compact discs, Libraries, Internet databases, and Multimedia. You are not restricted to one particular source. You are also organized in your research, knowing how to save links, articles, documents, and then assemble them together, when you need to create your school work / research paper / presentation.
I wouldn't say I was totally an Information Competent student, just yet, but I have definitely learned a lot from the Class, and the instructor. There have been so many websites / databases that I've been exposed to, where I can draw information from.
After this course, I'll continue to utilize the databases, because they are constantly changing to give us the most up to date information.
Also what I've found, by searching various sites, is that I can see information that is not always presented on mainstream media. Important stories that, for some reason, or another, are not covered. Or if they are covered, then there's a certain bias towards the story.
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I agree with you that we still have things to learn about being information competent students, but we are MUCH more competent than we were before taking this class. Every day is a new learning experience and I know I have gained a lot of confidence in knowing what information to use and what not to.
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