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The document discusses the exponential growth of digital information over time. It notes that from 2003 to 2009, the amount of online information grew from 5 exabytes to 500 exabytes, a 10,000% increase. If this rate of growth continued, by 2015 the amount of information would be 50,000 exabytes, equivalent to books stacked from Earth to Pluto 13,000 times. It concludes that with such vast amounts of information available, students need skills to effectively search, analyze, and evaluate what they find online.

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We live in the age of Infowhelm
Our Digital Output In 2003 all the information online added up to 5 Exabytes (or 5,000,000,000 Gigabytes)
Our Digital Output In 2009 all the information online added up to 500 Exabytes (or 500, 000,000,000 Gigabytes) Or 13 x the distance between the Earth and Pluto = 10,000% increase in 6 years
2009 Digital output = 500 Exabytes = books stacked 13 x from the Earth to Pluto An increase of 10,00% in 6 years
In 2015? In 2015 (If with the same increase of 10,000% in 6 years) makes 50,0000 exabytes or 13,000 x distance between the Earth and Pluto!!! [it's probably at least triple that!]
2015 *Digital output = 500,000 Exabytes = books stacked 13,000 x from the Earth to Pluto If an increase of 10,000% in 6 years * If at the same increase of previous 6 years
Having access to so much information changes the skills students need to learn.
We need Information Literacy skills (sometimes called Information Fluency) We need to: • ask good questions and to search smart • learn how to analyse and evaluate information • determine fact from opinion
These are the information Literacy skills we will be learning in these lessons this year

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Infowhelm

  • 1. We live in the age of Infowhelm
  • 2. Our Digital Output In 2003 all the information online added up to 5 Exabytes (or 5,000,000,000 Gigabytes)
  • 3. Our Digital Output In 2009 all the information online added up to 500 Exabytes (or 500, 000,000,000 Gigabytes) Or 13 x the distance between the Earth and Pluto = 10,000% increase in 6 years
  • 4. 2009 Digital output = 500 Exabytes = books stacked 13 x from the Earth to Pluto An increase of 10,00% in 6 years
  • 5. In 2015? In 2015 (If with the same increase of 10,000% in 6 years) makes 50,0000 exabytes or 13,000 x distance between the Earth and Pluto!!! [it's probably at least triple that!]
  • 6. 2015 *Digital output = 500,000 Exabytes = books stacked 13,000 x from the Earth to Pluto If an increase of 10,000% in 6 years * If at the same increase of previous 6 years
  • 7. Having access to so much information changes the skills students need to learn.
  • 8. We need Information Literacy skills (sometimes called Information Fluency) We need to: • ask good questions and to search smart • learn how to analyse and evaluate information • determine fact from opinion
  • 9. These are the information Literacy skills we will be learning in these lessons this year