GlobalAsiaConference


 * GLOBAL LEARN ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE 2011**


 * Developing Global Competency and Critical Literacy in Teacher Education**

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**Different Continents** **Similar Challenges** **:** **Integrating** **Social Media** **in** **Teacher Education**

==by Melda N. Yildiz, Fulbright Scholar, Turkmenistan, Melda.Yildiz@Fulbrightmail.org Gul Geldymuradova, Academy of Sciences, Turkmenistan, gulkhom@yahoo.com Guncha Komekova, US Public Affairs, Turkmenistan, KomekovaGT@state.gov==

Yagshymurat Orazoov
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Presenters:
Melda N. Yildiz, Fulbright Scholar, Turkmenistan, Melda.Yildiz@Fulbrightmail.org Gul Geldymuradova, Academy of Sciences, Turkmenistan, gulkhom@yahoo.com Guncha Komekova, US Public Affairs, Turkmenistan, KomekovaGT@state.gov

Michael Searson, Kean University, msearson@kean.edu

 * Abstract: ** This paper outlines the role of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Social Interaction Software (SIS) in teacher education; provides the results of participatory research project in the US and Turkmenistan; offers creative strategies and possibilities for integrating GPS and Web 2.0 technologies into the K-12 curriculum with limited resources and equipment; describes participants' reactions and experiences with new technologies; and showcases their curriculum projects. The study conducted while teaching interdisciplinary technology courses and investigated 13 teacher candidates in the US and 15 teachers in Turkmenistan. The study explored wide range of meanings participants associated with new media and technologies; impact of GIS and SIS in teacher education; and ways in which participants integrated new media into their projects. Teacher candidates and teachers argued challenges and advantages of handheld devices as classroom tools; developed skills in deconstructing existing curricula for improving student outcomes.

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Kuresel Egitim means Global Education **

From Google earth to Global Positioning System (GPS), from Voicethread to Secondlife, I have shared all the various GPS and SIS technologies and online resources with my colleagues in Turkmenistan.

I especially had a chance to teach a session called: Maps, Math and Media class at US Public Affairs section. During the class, participants and I started mapping the city of Asghabat using a GPS device I had brought with me.



With the help of this GPS device, we worked on creating a bus routes in Ashgabat. The device also came with a software which allowed us to download our data. I was invited to present to various conference and workshops and had a chance to share our project. I even shared with the taxi dirvers or Turkmen people on the street. Everybody was facinated by the device and its capabilities.

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GPS work at OLD NISA historical site at Turkmenistan.