Information Challenge

Summary of President Obama's speech :

In his speech he highlights how we as a society are overrun with information and how every minute of news is fed to us through amounts of different ways broadcasting information. He also calls for us to learn adapt to these new ways of information processing and management. He calls for us to absorb the vast amount of technology on offer to us that can help with our day to day lives.

He also highlights the importance of authentic sources as we now live in a place where opinion has exploded and we struggle to differentiate between fact and fiction. he also says we should make use of the public services such as libraries and universities to assist us in finding reliable sources of information.

He calls for us to use Information Literacy Awareness Month to display to people its vital importance in society and he encourage educational institutions to do all they call to display its importance.