Information Literacy & 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
Infowhelm

5. In 2015?
In 2015 (If with the same increase of
10,000% in 6 years) makes 50,0000
exabytes
or
1,300 x distance between the Earth and
Pluto!!!
[it's probably at least triple that!]

6. 2015
*Digital
output =
500,000
Exabytes
= books
stacked 1,300
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