MYP & DP ATL: Research

INFORMATION LITERACY

How can students demonstrate information literacy?
Finding, interpreting, judging and creating information

• Collect, record and verify data
• Access information to be informed and inform others
• Make connections between various sources of information
• Understand the benefits and limitations of personal sensory learning preferences when accessing, processing and recalling information
• Use memory techniques to develop long-term memory
• Present information in a variety of formats and platforms
• Collect and analyse data to identify solutions and make informed decisions
• Process data and report results
• Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on their appropriateness to specific tasks
• Understand and use technology systems
• Use critical literacy skills to analyse and interpret media communications
• Understand and implement intellectual property rights
• Create references and citations, use footnotes/endnotes and construct a bibliography according to recognized conventions
• Identify primary and secondary sources

MEDIA LITERACY

How can students demonstrate media literacy?
Interacting with media to use and create ideas and information

• Locate, organize, analyse, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media (including digital social media and online networks)
• Demonstrate awareness of media interpretations of events and ideas (including digital social media)
• Make informed choices about personal viewing experiences
• Understand the impact of media representations and modes of presentation
• Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied sources
• Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
• Compare, contrast and draw connections among (multi)media resources

ATL Skills from "MYP: From Principles to Practice (2014)"