POE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TWO

Question 2 - Homo Naledi

The Information Fluency Process

1.       Ask: This step involves asking important questions about what knowledge or data is being sought. In order to receive good answers, one must ask good questions.

2.      Acquire: This step involves accessing and collecting relevant information from various appropriate resources.

3.      Analyse: This step involves sorting through the information collected in order to authenticate, organize, and arrange it all. This step also involves deciding whether or not the collected information is valuable or not.

4.      Apply: This step involves the application of the knowledge acquired. This is done once the data has been collected and verified, and a solution has been created.

5.      Assess: This step involves assessing the product and the process, which can be done by discussing how the process could have been carried out more efficiently.

 

The information fluency process may be used to analyze the Homo Naledi finding:

1.    Ask: Relevant questions must be asked in order to receive valid information. One must ask what species the fossil belongs to, Who is Homo Naledi. Relevant questions must be asked about the fossil: How old is the fossil? Why was it found at this particular site? Is the fossil male or female? Can this fossil contribute more information to add to the theory of evolution?

2.    Acquire: Information is acquired by scientists leading the expedition. This is done by studying the fossil remains in a professional manner in order to acquire information such as how old the fossil is, does the fossil display human-like characteristics or not.

3.    Analyse: One must analyze the information which has been acquired in order to authenticate, organize, and arrange it all. One must decide whether the information acquired about the fossil is trustworthy and if it can be used to make assumptions about the theory of evolution.

4.    Apply: One must apply the information acquired, and assess whether or not the fossil found by Professor Lee Berger is in fact invaluable to the theory of evolution and if scientists can use the information gathered as leverage to further their studies on the human species.

5.    Assess: One must assess whether the process of analyzing the groundbreaking archaeological findings could have been carried out more efficiently.