Share Paper: Multilingual Multicultural Multimedia: Global Education Project in Teacher Education

1. Melda N. Yildiz, Kean University, United States

Abstract: This paper is for educators who would like to integrate global education, 21st Century teaching skills and digital storytelling into their curriculum. It outlines innovative multilingual and multicultural multimedia projects using mobile devices in teacher education; offers creative strategies for producing media with youth and developing Web 2.0 projects integrating world languages and 21st century skills; provides the results of participatory research project among pre-service teachers; describes participants' reactions and experiences with new technologies and showcases the participants’ multimedia projects and digital stories. In conclusion, we explore how the use of social networking software and hand held devices in global ...