Your Name and Title: Melda N. Yildiz, Global Scholar
School or Organization Name: New York Institute of Technology
Co-Presenter Name(s): TBA
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: New York, USA
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): Teachers, Students, Media Educators, Librarians
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This session showcases our collaborative educational app development project.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
This project outlines innovative multilingual and multicultural multimedia project using mobile devices in teacher education; offers creative strategies for producing media with youth and developing educational app integrating world languages and 21st century skills; provides the results of participatory action research project among pre-service teachers; describes participants' reactions and experiences with new technologies and showcases their multimedia projects and digital stories. By collaborating with teacher educators and teacher candidates in Azerbaijan, teachers and graduate students in the US conducted an action research study and co-developed research-based multilingual app that promotes world literature, history, and culture. In conclusion, we explore how the use of social networking software and handheld devices in global education combines knowledge, reflection, and action; promotes global literacies; and prepares the new generation to be responsible members of a multicultural, global society.
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