Readings 1 & 3

The main difference between reading 1 and reading 3 is that the author of Reading 3, Jim Mullaney, looks at the relationships between data, information, knowledge and wisdom as Gene Bellinger, Durval Castro and Anthony Mills focus on the definitions and how knowledge is formatted and presented it in Reading 1. Jim talks about how knowledge is used in society and why we use knowledge management. He uses an example of a person purchasing a can of baked beans and how the price of the particular brand in which they usually bought increase and they went on to purchase a different brand, which was cheaper. This DATA of the purchases of the product is meaningless but when the data of what consumer’s are buying can build into INFORMATION that is powerful. When this INFORMATION is used for a strategy then it becomes KNOWLEDGE. Jim does not talk about how wisdom is involved. It is the understanding of the main idea.

Website: http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html

This website is based around questions used by viewers as an instructional resource. It helps students out with their information literacy skills. It includes a pre-test to test your knowledge before you start the lessons. After each lesson there is a quiz so that you my test your understanding of your new found knowledge.
The lessons are:
The Production of Knowledge
The Organization of Knowledge
From Thesis to Search Strategy
Fundamentals of Online Searching
Using Reference Resources
Citing Your Sources
Copyright and Fair Use

The site provides a number of assignments for students to do. This will test you on what you have learned from the quizzes and lessons.
1. Articulate the component parts of a research problem and define a plan for acquiring information to solve it.
2. Employ productive and efficient information seeking strategies.
3. Understand and use information structures to develop productive search strategies.
4. Evaluate the appropriateness of resources and synthesize information resources into new forms of knowledge.

Reading Summary- Data, Information and Knowledge

Data: Symbols. These symbols raw and has no meaning of it's own.
Information: Proccessed data that provides answers to "who", "what", "where", and "when" questions
Knowledge: Application of data and information; answers "how" questions. Collection of the needed information.
Understanding: Appreciation of "why". Taking the knowledge and putting it into a way in which you understand it best.
Wisdom: evaluated understanding.
For more information and definitions go to http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm