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Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting
Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting
Iamcr 2011 Istanbul, Mar 28, 2011
This presentation is for teacher educators and K12 teachers who would like to integrate global ed... more This presentation is for teacher educators and K12 teachers who would like to integrate global education, 21st Century skills and media literacy in P16 education. It outlines my experiences as a Fulbright Scholar teaching multicultural education, media literacy and educational technology in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; offers creative strategies for producing media with youth; and showcases their projects and digital stories from Central Asia. The research participants deconstructed and assessed the national and local curriculum and standards; presented their curriculum projects such as video documentaries reflecting not only on their stories but also international issues and perspectives through their online contact to global community and documented their stories in order to articulate the realities of conditions in schools through their research, analysis, and dialog. Through the media literacy activities and discovery process, the participants explored, designed, and created the strategies, curricula, and programs for improving student outcomes, also they gained alternative point of view on their environment and renew interest and commitment to community service and global understanding.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
Cases, Trends, and Inquiry-Based Methods
This chapter explores the role of mobile technologies, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) an... more This chapter explores the role of mobile technologies, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and cell phones and tablet PC technologies, in higher education and professional development; offers creative strategies and possibilities for integrating GPS and mobile technologies into the curriculum with limited resources; outlines participants' projects and digital stories; and demonstrates examples that integrates Maps, Mathematics, and Media Education using cell phones, tablet PCs, and GPS devices in a gallery walk. The study explores a wide range of meanings participants associated with experiential project-based learning activities; the impact of mobile technologies in developing multicultural and multilingual curriculum that promotes inclusive and differentiated instruction; the ways in which participants integrated math, maps, and media into their learning; and how they gained alternative points of view on global education and renewed interest and commitment to community ser...
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
This evolution of mobile technologies and application integration in education across the world h... more This evolution of mobile technologies and application integration in education across the world has provided a shift to a new learning environment via various mobile platforms.Educational institutions globally are missing to identify specific mobile technologies initiatives and strategies as a method to evaluate these mobile technologies and to expose both students and teachers to the potential it engenders.This panel will undertake a cross country comparison among culturally diverse countries: Turkey,UAE,USA,Lebanon,Iceland,Israel,Japan,Germany.Questions will be raised such as:Why some countries are branding mobile learning and their integration of these technologies has been made device specific, app specific and operating system specific?Is this the right approach?The digital gap between countries will be discussed?Availability access, barriers and limitations for some countries are described.We will try to figure out similarities,differences and challenges among these countries.
This paper presents the participatory study conducted in Spring 2007 called Cultural Literacy Pr... more This paper presents the participatory study conducted in Spring 2007 called Cultural Literacy Project. The project promotes teaching language, culture, history and literacy through media production in teacher education, offers creative strategies for producing media, for ...
Page 1. Teaching Media Literacy through Video Production Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson Univers... more Page 1. Teaching Media Literacy through Video Production Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson University, USA yildizm@wpunj.edu Abstract: In this presentation, audience will be encouraged to integrate media production into their curriculum. ...
ISTE NEEC 2009, 2009
The article discusses the impact and power of social interaction software and outlines its promis... more The article discusses the impact and power of social interaction software and outlines its promising implications for education, creativity and collaboration among its users. Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software have been changing the way we experience our world. ...
... of the various new literacies for pedagogical practice; 3) demonstrate the power of digitalst... more ... of the various new literacies for pedagogical practice; 3) demonstrate the power of digitalstorytelling in promoting the learning of ELLs by showing on a laptop a digital story produced by one of our students; 4) share the process of creating personal stories using a storyboard ...
TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHER EDUCATION …, 2003
Abstract: Semiotics is one of the approaches to media education and new media literacy. It comple... more Abstract: Semiotics is one of the approaches to media education and new media literacy. It complements and promotes the ideals of Media Literacy education. It opens a new way to the study of media literacy. We can not only study the alphabet of deaf-mutes, symbolic rites, polite formulas, ...
216 Semiotics Of Digital Media In Education Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson University As we ent... more 216 Semiotics Of Digital Media In Education Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson University As we enter the twenty first century, it is essential that the schools be places that help students better understand the complex, symbol-rich culture in which they live in. A new vision of literacy ...
Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in the Digital Age
This chapter provides a theoretical framework of critical media literacy (CML) pedagogy and examp... more This chapter provides a theoretical framework of critical media literacy (CML) pedagogy and examples of practical implementation in K-12 and teacher education. It begins with a brief discussion of literature indicating the need for educators to use a critical approach to media. The historical trajectory of CML and key concepts are then reviewed. Following this, the myths of “neutrality” and “normalcy” in education and media are challenged. The chapter takes a critical look at information and communication technologies and popular culture, reviewing how they often reinforce and occasionally challenge dominant ideologies. Next, this critical perspective is used to explore how CML interrogates the ways media tend to position viewers, users, and audiences to read and negotiate meanings about race, class, gender, and the multiple identity markers that privilege dominant groups. The subjective and ubiquitous nature of media is highlighted to underscore the transformative potential of CML ...
Situated within the context of higher education, this study outlines of use of participatory acti... more Situated within the context of higher education, this study outlines of use of participatory action research in developing global competencies, critical thinking, and 21st-century skills among students and showcases their transformative, inclusive, multilingual, multicultural research projects across content areas. This participatory action research study aims to advance scientific knowledge of transformative critical pedagogy as a means to promote heutagogy through the lens of innovative technologies in a global education context whi le redef in ing educat ion and developing a “transformative educator model.” Procedures Participants engaged in self-study while reflecting on innovative transformative curricula, assessment tools, and strategies for 21st Century teaching. The research explores and outlines innovative assessment tools, templates, and strategies to cultivate “transformative educator model” among pre-service teachers, to active thinking curriculum and to reflect on their...
Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting
Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting
Iamcr 2011 Istanbul, Mar 28, 2011
This presentation is for teacher educators and K12 teachers who would like to integrate global ed... more This presentation is for teacher educators and K12 teachers who would like to integrate global education, 21st Century skills and media literacy in P16 education. It outlines my experiences as a Fulbright Scholar teaching multicultural education, media literacy and educational technology in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; offers creative strategies for producing media with youth; and showcases their projects and digital stories from Central Asia. The research participants deconstructed and assessed the national and local curriculum and standards; presented their curriculum projects such as video documentaries reflecting not only on their stories but also international issues and perspectives through their online contact to global community and documented their stories in order to articulate the realities of conditions in schools through their research, analysis, and dialog. Through the media literacy activities and discovery process, the participants explored, designed, and created the strategies, curricula, and programs for improving student outcomes, also they gained alternative point of view on their environment and renew interest and commitment to community service and global understanding.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
Cases, Trends, and Inquiry-Based Methods
This chapter explores the role of mobile technologies, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) an... more This chapter explores the role of mobile technologies, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and cell phones and tablet PC technologies, in higher education and professional development; offers creative strategies and possibilities for integrating GPS and mobile technologies into the curriculum with limited resources; outlines participants' projects and digital stories; and demonstrates examples that integrates Maps, Mathematics, and Media Education using cell phones, tablet PCs, and GPS devices in a gallery walk. The study explores a wide range of meanings participants associated with experiential project-based learning activities; the impact of mobile technologies in developing multicultural and multilingual curriculum that promotes inclusive and differentiated instruction; the ways in which participants integrated math, maps, and media into their learning; and how they gained alternative points of view on global education and renewed interest and commitment to community ser...
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
This evolution of mobile technologies and application integration in education across the world h... more This evolution of mobile technologies and application integration in education across the world has provided a shift to a new learning environment via various mobile platforms.Educational institutions globally are missing to identify specific mobile technologies initiatives and strategies as a method to evaluate these mobile technologies and to expose both students and teachers to the potential it engenders.This panel will undertake a cross country comparison among culturally diverse countries: Turkey,UAE,USA,Lebanon,Iceland,Israel,Japan,Germany.Questions will be raised such as:Why some countries are branding mobile learning and their integration of these technologies has been made device specific, app specific and operating system specific?Is this the right approach?The digital gap between countries will be discussed?Availability access, barriers and limitations for some countries are described.We will try to figure out similarities,differences and challenges among these countries.
This paper presents the participatory study conducted in Spring 2007 called Cultural Literacy Pr... more This paper presents the participatory study conducted in Spring 2007 called Cultural Literacy Project. The project promotes teaching language, culture, history and literacy through media production in teacher education, offers creative strategies for producing media, for ...
Page 1. Teaching Media Literacy through Video Production Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson Univers... more Page 1. Teaching Media Literacy through Video Production Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson University, USA yildizm@wpunj.edu Abstract: In this presentation, audience will be encouraged to integrate media production into their curriculum. ...
ISTE NEEC 2009, 2009
The article discusses the impact and power of social interaction software and outlines its promis... more The article discusses the impact and power of social interaction software and outlines its promising implications for education, creativity and collaboration among its users. Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software have been changing the way we experience our world. ...
... of the various new literacies for pedagogical practice; 3) demonstrate the power of digitalst... more ... of the various new literacies for pedagogical practice; 3) demonstrate the power of digitalstorytelling in promoting the learning of ELLs by showing on a laptop a digital story produced by one of our students; 4) share the process of creating personal stories using a storyboard ...
TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHER EDUCATION …, 2003
Abstract: Semiotics is one of the approaches to media education and new media literacy. It comple... more Abstract: Semiotics is one of the approaches to media education and new media literacy. It complements and promotes the ideals of Media Literacy education. It opens a new way to the study of media literacy. We can not only study the alphabet of deaf-mutes, symbolic rites, polite formulas, ...
216 Semiotics Of Digital Media In Education Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson University As we ent... more 216 Semiotics Of Digital Media In Education Melda N. Yildiz William Paterson University As we enter the twenty first century, it is essential that the schools be places that help students better understand the complex, symbol-rich culture in which they live in. A new vision of literacy ...
Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in the Digital Age
This chapter provides a theoretical framework of critical media literacy (CML) pedagogy and examp... more This chapter provides a theoretical framework of critical media literacy (CML) pedagogy and examples of practical implementation in K-12 and teacher education. It begins with a brief discussion of literature indicating the need for educators to use a critical approach to media. The historical trajectory of CML and key concepts are then reviewed. Following this, the myths of “neutrality” and “normalcy” in education and media are challenged. The chapter takes a critical look at information and communication technologies and popular culture, reviewing how they often reinforce and occasionally challenge dominant ideologies. Next, this critical perspective is used to explore how CML interrogates the ways media tend to position viewers, users, and audiences to read and negotiate meanings about race, class, gender, and the multiple identity markers that privilege dominant groups. The subjective and ubiquitous nature of media is highlighted to underscore the transformative potential of CML ...
Situated within the context of higher education, this study outlines of use of participatory acti... more Situated within the context of higher education, this study outlines of use of participatory action research in developing global competencies, critical thinking, and 21st-century skills among students and showcases their transformative, inclusive, multilingual, multicultural research projects across content areas. This participatory action research study aims to advance scientific knowledge of transformative critical pedagogy as a means to promote heutagogy through the lens of innovative technologies in a global education context whi le redef in ing educat ion and developing a “transformative educator model.” Procedures Participants engaged in self-study while reflecting on innovative transformative curricula, assessment tools, and strategies for 21st Century teaching. The research explores and outlines innovative assessment tools, templates, and strategies to cultivate “transformative educator model” among pre-service teachers, to active thinking curriculum and to reflect on their...