PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Kean University, Union, NJ                          January 2010-Present

      Associate Professor, School of Global Education and Innovation

Lesley (College) University, Cambridge, MA            Fall 1998- Present  

      Adjunct Faculty. Technology in Education.           

Taught graduate level courses on media education and video production.

Participated in updating course outlines, attending writing retreats & professional development activities.

Designed a web-based syllabus and resources for students.

William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ                  Fall 2001-2009

      Assistant Professor of Educational Media. (2002-2009).

      Secondary and Middle School Education, College of Education

Responsibilities include: Teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in media education, educational technology, literacy across content areas, multicultural education, action research, differentiated instruction, educational foundations; engaging in research relating to use of social media, digital storytelling, action research in teacher education; developing and updating courses and curriculum; participating in grants and projects; and serving on department, college, and university committees.

Faculty Member. (2005-2008). Participated in the Asia Society, United States Department of Education Grant Project. Developed and presented projects and curriculum integrating Asia into the undergraduate curriculum.

Faculty Liaison, John F. Kennedy High School, Future Teachers Club, Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow (PT4T) Grant, 2001-2007.

Director. (September 2005- Summer 2006). Post- Baccalaureate K-12 Subject Field Certification Program, Department of Secondary and Middle School Education, College of Education.

Research Scholar. (Summer 2005). Harris Manchester, Oxford University, UK.

Affiliate Faculty. (2005-2009).Women Studies & Asian Studies. College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Teach undergraduate women studies course online and in cluster format. Participate in projects, program assessment and department meetings, and learning circles.

 

Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA            1994-1998

      Director. Mount Hermon Media Center.

Directed, coordinated, updated media center and organized teleconferences and workshops.  

Taught video, multimedia production, media literacy, web page design courses.

Consulted, assisted faculty on integrating technology into the curriculum.

Advised, supervised students in dormitory and media center.

 

EDUCATION

 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA         September 2002

Ed.D. Math, Science, and Instructional Technology (GPA. 4.0)

 

   Dissertation Title: Analog and Digital Video Production Techniques in

   Developing New Media Literacy Skills among University Students

      Dissertation Committee: Drs. George Forman, Sonia Nieto, Laszló Dienes

   Comprehensive Exam: Semiotics of New Media Literacy

Practicum (Summer 1995). Produced, directed, video-taped, and edited TV programs, UMass Educational TV.

Course work[i] focused on Educational Media, TV Production, Multicultural Education and International Education.

 

 

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT   August 1994

   M.S. Instructional Technology

 

   Thesis Project: Interactive TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test using HyperCard software

   Minor: Library Science

 

Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey            June 1991

B.A. Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Course work focused on Assessment, German, Semiotics, Linguistics, Literature, Educational Technology.

            Student Teaching (1990-1991): Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

 

AWARDS & GRANTS

·  Released Time for Research (RTR). (2010-2011). Kean University, Union, NJ.

·  Fulbright Scholar (2009-2010). Lecture/ Research Award, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. First Fulbright Scholar to Turkmenistan.

·  Invited Scholar & Workshop Presenter (August 2009). Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.

·  Regional Innovation Award (March 12, 2009). Turning Point Technologies, Received at Temple University, PA.

·  Woman of Vision Award (March 26, 2008). Women Center, William Paterson University, NJ.

·  Excellence in Teaching Award (June 2007). William Paterson University, NJ.

·  Visiting Scholar (Summer 2006). Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.

·  Research Fellow (Summer 2005). Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

·  Research Award (2005). College of Education, William Paterson University, NJ.

·  Center for Teaching Excellence Grant (2002-2003). William Paterson University, NJ.

·  Alumni Association Grant (2004-2005). Educational Technology for Teachers (ET4T) Newsletter, William Paterson University, NJ.

·  Arts Council Mini Grant Award. (Spring 1999). Foreign Language Center, University of Massachusetts, MA. (Collaborator, Irene Starr). Co-presented digital video and photo editing workshops for students and faculty.

UNDERGRADUAGE AND GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES TAUGHT[ii]

 

Kean University, NJ

GE 2022-Research and Technology (tradition, hybrid and online format)

EMSE 2800- Exploring Teaching/Laboratory Experiences in Multicultural Elementary School Classrooms (K-5)

ID 2950- Technology and the Young Child

GLOB2100- Introduction to Hindi Language and Indian Culture

Lecture -Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Academy of Science

·       Educational Technology for English as a Foreign Language Teachers

US Public Affairs

·       Maps, Math and Media Introduction Global Positioning System and Interactive Map making- Public Affairs

·       Digital Storytelling: Developing Video Production and Media literacy skills, Public Affairs

·       I can dream American: DREAM (D for democracy, R for Religion, E for Education, A for Academics, M for Media)

IREX.org

·       Educational Technology for English Teachers: Improving English Teaching using new media and technologies

American Council

·       Technology for U Series

Turkmen Turkish Schools

·       Differentiated Instruction

·       Classroom Management

·       Technology in Education

 

William Paterson University, NJ

WPU 101- First Year Seminar

WS 150-80- Racism and Sexism in the US- Online

WS 150-51- Racism and Sexism in the US- Cluster Course with History, American Government, Philosophy

CIED 203- Teaching as a Profession

CISE 321- Teaching Secondary Methods

CIRL 335- Literacy, Technology, Instruction- Online

CIRL 335- Literacy, Technology, Instruction- Global Learning Community Network Project

CISE 419-Methods of Teaching a Second Language in Elementary and Secondary Schools

CISE 512- Differentiated Instruction

CIEE 516- Integrating Technology into the Curriculum- Elementary

CISE 516- Integrating Technology into the Curriculum- Secondary

CMAT 613- Learning Technologies

CIRL 522- Literacy and Technology across the Curriculum- Hybrid

CISE 599- Media Education and Video Production- Hybrid

CISE 599- Rediscovering History through Media Education- Online

CIEE 605- Technology in Education

CIEE 611- Hypermedia: Theory and Applications

CIEE 612- Integrating Multimedia into the Curriculum

CIEE 624- Telecommunications for Educators

CIEE 624- Educational Media and Telecommunications

CIEE 625- Learning Technologies Seminar

CISE 700- Independent Study- Classroom Management

Lesley University, MA- 1998-Present

ECOMP 6010 Video as Educational Technology- Hybrid- Weekend Format

ECOMP 6016-Teaching and Learning with Digital Media- Hybrid- Weekend Format

Grantham University, MO- 2009- Present

GU100- Student Success- Online

PUBLICATIONS

Yildiz, M. (in press). Media Narratives from Turkmenistan. Journal of Media Literacy

McNeal, K. & Yildiz, M. (2009, September). Participatory cultures: Integrating this “hidden curriculum” into a campus-based program for urban high school students. Ideagora. http://innovate-ideagora.ning.com/forum/topics/participatory-cultures

Yildiz, M. N. & McNeal, K. (2009, July). Issues and Trends:  Participatory Culture. Perspectives: The New York Journal of Adult Learning. 

Lawrence, S. A., McNeal, K. & Yildiz, M. N. (2009, March). Experiences in summer program help adolescents merge technology, popular culture, reading, and writing for academic purposes. International Reading Association’s Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy., 52(6).

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, June). Promoting Global Awareness and Integrating New Media in Developing Lessons. Exploring Globalization. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Global Issues Gateway. http://www.gig.org/eg/content/?aid=178

Yildiz, M. (2008). Cultural Literacy Project: Connecting K12 students from Turkey and the U.S. through Web 2.0 technologies. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 4511-4515). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. (2007). Digital Storytelling Across Cultures and Throughout History: From Awareness to Action in Teacher Education. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 663-671). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007). Literacy from A to Z: Power of New Media and Technologies in Teacher Education. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 1354-1359). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005). Role of New Media in Redesigning Social Studies Curriculum: Teachers Perspective. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 3887-3893). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005). Role of New Media in Redesigning Social Studies Curriculum: Teachers Perspective. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 3887-3893). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004). Process vs. Product: K-12 Educators' Experience in Integrating Video Production and Media Literacy into the Curriculum. AECT Proceedings. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2004 v2. http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/3c/95/de.pdf

Yildiz, M. N. (2004). Role of Media Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills among Teacher Educators. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (pp. 2767-2774). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003). Teaching Media Literacy through Video Production. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1648-1651). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003). Empowering Teachers Through Media Education: Semiotics Perspective. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 2287-2288). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003). Power of Visual Imagery in Multimedia Presentations: Semiotics Perspective. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1889-1890). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003). Digital Media Production in Teacher Education. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 2285-2286). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, Mart). Hobiden Kazanca: Internette Alisveris ve Acik Arttirma (From Hobby to Profit: Purchasing and Bidding on the Internet). Chapter Article in  Çalışma Yaşamında Dönüşümler, (Ed. Aşkın Keser) Ezgi Kitabevi Yayını, pp. 189-196.

Yildiz, M. N. (2001). Teknoloji Ötesi: Sorunlar, Öneriler, Örneklemeler. (Beyond Technology: Problems, Solutions, Examples). Türk Dünyasi Arastirmalari Vakfi, 46 (2), 15-35.

Scott, A. & Yildiz M. N. (1996). Minnie Mouse Meets Paulo Freire: Media Literacy, Praxis, and Multicultural Education. pp. 252- 261. (Ed. Dr. Carl Grant) Chapter in National Association for Multicultural Education 1996. St. Paul, MN.

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, March). Hobiden Kazanca: Internette Alisveris ve Acik Arttirma (From Hobby to Profit: Purchasing and Bidding on the Internet). Chapter Article: Çalışma Yaşamında Dönüşümler, (Ed. Aşkın Keser) Ezgi Kitabevi Yayını, pp. 189-196.

Yildiz, M. N. (2001). Teknoloji Ötesi: Sorunlar, Öneriler, Örneklemeler. (Beyond Technology: Problems, Solutions, Examples). Türk Dünyasi Arastirmalari Vakfi. Uludag Universitesi, Bursa, Turkey, 46 (2), 15-35.

Scott, A. & Yildiz M. N. (1996). Minnie Mouse Meets Paulo Freire: Media Literacy, Praxis, and Multicultural Education. pp. 252- 261. (Ed. Dr. Carl Grant) Chapter in National Association for Multicultural Education 1996. St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts in Progress

Yildiz, M. N. (In progress). Clean School Project. Earth Friendly Classrooms focusing on Global Education http://cleanschool.wikispaces.com/

Yildiz, M.N. (In progress). Turkmen Proverbs. Multilingual Children’s Book.

Yildiz, M. N. (In Progress). Math, Maps, and Media: Teaching Millennials in the New Millennium.

Yildiz, M. N. & Yildiz, A.D. (In Progress). Turkish Coffee: Bir Kahvenin Kirkyil HatiriVar. Multilingual Children’s Book.

Online Conference Proceedings

Yildiz, M.N., Geldymuradova, G., & Komekova, G. (2010, June). Different Continents Similar Challenges: Integrating Social Media in Teacher Education: Ed-Media International Conference 2010.

Yildiz, M.N., Geldymuradova, G., Komekova, G. & Orazov, Y. (2010, June). Using GPS to Develop Historical Sites in Turkmenistan. Proceedings of Global Collaboration: International Society for Technology in Education 2010 Conference (http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=50111473).

Yildiz, M.N., Geldymuradova, G., Komekova, G., Searson, M. (2010, May). Global Positioning System (GIS) and Social Interaction Software (SIS) in Teacher Education. In Z. Abas et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 (pp. 970-977). AACE.

Yildiz, M.N. & Geldymuradova, G. (2010, March). Global Positioning System and Social Interaction Software Across Content Areas. In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 2563-2571). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M, & Chen, J. (2010, March).  Global Literacy Project: Connecting Turkish-American students to their heritage language, culture, and history through media literacy.  In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 2559-2562). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Chen, J. & Yildiz, M. (2010, March).  Preparing English Language Learners for academic success in the 21st century: Teaching multiple literacies.  In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010  (pp. 3152-3155). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M.N., Komekova, G. & Geldymuradova, G. (2010). Power of Social Interaction Software in Digital Storytelling Across Cultures and Throughout History. In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 1229-1233). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N., McNeal, K. & Lawrence, S.A.  (2009, June 28-July 1). Power of Social Interaction Technologies in Teacher Education. Refereed research paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2009, Washington, DC. http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=43159577&selection_id=46207680&rownumber=7&max=7&gopage=

Yildiz, M. N. (2008). Cultural Literacy Project: Connecting K12 students from Turkey and the U.S. through Web 2.0 technologies. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 4511-4515). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, October). Global Learning Community Network: Heritage Language Learning Project Using Social Interaction Software. NERA Conference Proceedings 2008. Paper 26. http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/nera_2008/26

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, February 7). Rediscovering History and Liberating Curriculum through New Media and Technologies in Teacher Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p207719_index.html

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, February 7). Rethinking Literacy and Liberating Curriculum through New Media and Technologies in Teacher Education.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p207699_index.html

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, February 22). Virtual E-Race-ing Through Digital Discoveries: Rediscovering History through Media Education.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Hilton New York, New York, NY. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p142806_index.html

Yildiz, M. N. (2006). Teachers Discovering Media Education: Integrating Videos into Social Studies Curriculum.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p36365_index.html

Yildiz, M. N., (2006, January 26). Moving Beyond in Media Education: Integrating New Media and Technologies From Process to Product.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education . http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p36075_index.html

Yildiz, M. N. & Chen. J. (2005, June 27-30). Teachers Discovering Media Education: Integrating Videos into Social Studies Curriculum. Refereed research paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2005, Philadelphia, PA. http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/uploads/NECC2005/KEY_7101365/Yildiz_MNY_NECC2005paper_RP.pdf

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, June). Power of Digital Video Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills among K–12 Educators. NECC 2004 Conference Proceedings- Research Paper Archive. http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Research/NECC_Research_Paper_Archives/NECC_2004/Yildiz-Melda-NECC04.pdf

Online Conference Proceedings (Continued)

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, November 12-15). Semiotics of Digital Media in Education. AECT 2002 Proceedings.  Refereed paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2002 Proceedings v2. http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/28/09/b4.pdf

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, June). Analog and Digital Video Production Techniques in Developing New Media Literacy Skills Among University Students. NECC 2002 Conference Proceedings. http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/1b/01/dc.pdf

Yildiz, M. N. (2000). Bilgi Okur Yazarliginin Imge Bilmi. (Semiotics of New Media Literacy). Bilisim 2000, Istanbul, Turkey, [CD-ROM] pp. 40-80.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, November 16). Fulbright Opportunities in Turkmenistan and Beyond. Invited session presentation at International Week, Kean University, Union, NJ.

Turan, O & Yildiz, M. N. (2010, October 13-16). Turkology Studies in the United States and Oğuzname. Invited session presentation at Oguzname Conference, Academy of Sciences, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, October 8). Teaching and Learning Around the World. Invited session presentation at New Jersey Future Educators Association (NJFEA) Conference, Kean University, Union, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, March 26). Math, Maps, and Media: Teaching Millennials in the New Millennium. Invited session presented at 8^th Northeast Media Literacy Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, January 12). Invited Speaker for Women’s Group. Academy of Science, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, December ). Invited Speaker for video production for Change Your Climate, Change Our World contest at American Corner, Mary Region, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, December 1-3). Planning ICTs for Developing Science and Technology Curricula and Preparing Future Generations for Multi-literacies. Invited Speaker at UNESCO Conference on Quality Education, Sciences and ICTs that was organized by UNESCO/UNICEF Organization, Turkmenbasy, Balkanabat Region, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. & Komekova, G. (2009, November 25). Interactive Map of Ashgabat: Community Service Project. Invited Speaker at GIS for Disaster Management Conference organized by Organization, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. & Komekova, G. (2009, November 24).GIS/GPS in Education. Invited Speaker at GIS Conference, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, November 20). Küreselleşen Eğitim: Çok kültürde, Çok dilde, Multimedya ile Okur Yazarlık Ötesi Çalışmalar -Globalized Education: Best Practices Beyond Reading and Writing with Multicultural, Multilingual, Multimedia. Invited Speaker at Turkish Cultural Center, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan organized by Turkish Embassy Education Department.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, November 16-20). Turkmenistan Teachers Talk. Invited Speaker at IREX for International Education Week, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Ning Forum for teachers http://steturkmenistan.ning.com/forum/topics/turkmenistan-teachers-talk

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, November 18). Grant Resources. Invited Panelist representing Fulbright. US Public Affairs, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, November 19). Why Teach? Teaching as a Profession in the US. Invited Speaker at American Council for International Education Week, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Picture at http://steturkmenistan.ning.com/profiles/blogs/international-education-week

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, October 22). Music, Media and Art in Developing Vocabulary. Invited Speaker at American Council, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, September 23-25). Korogly across Cultures throughout History: Semiotics Of Korogly Imagery. Invited Speaker at Korogly Conference organized by Miras Organization, Dashoguz Region, Turkmenistan.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, August 19-21).Medya Egitimi ve Media Uretimi. Invited Speaker and Workshop Leader at Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N., Kruter, J. & Disimino, C. (2009, May 19-20). Millennials Making Multilingual Multicultural Multimedia in the Millennium. Invited to be presented at NJTESOL/NJBE 2009 New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/ NJ Bilingual Educators, Somerset, NJ.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, May 18). Chalk to Click: Empowering Special Education with Virtual Technologies. Invited to be presented at AccessAbilities Conference, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, April 29). Maps, Math & Media in Multicultural Education: Myths and Misconception in Teaching Millenniums in the New Millennium.  Presented current research at School of Education, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, April 24). Multicultural , Multilingual, Multimedia Community in the new Millennium. Presented at Multicultural Day for incoming students, William Paterson University.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, April 2). Myths and Misconceptions in Education: Power of Media and New Technologies in Developing Critical Autonomy among Teacher Candidates. Presented at Research and Scholarship Day 2009, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, March 13). Maps, Math, & Media in Multicultural Education: Chat and Click in the College Curriculum. Session presented at New Jersey's Higher Education Network (NJEdge.Net), 10th Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase, College of Saint Elizabeth. Morristown, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, March 12). E-Race-ing across Cultures and throughout History: Power of New Media and Technologies in Higher Education. Session presented at Turning Technologies User Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. http://www.turningtechnologies.com/tpuc/templeuniversity.cfm

Yildiz, M. N. (2009, January 13). Power of Social Interaction Software and Math, Maps and Media in Multicultural Classroom. Invited session presented at Technology Showcase @ Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ. http://users.bloomfield.edu/department/ctlt/newsletter/CTLT_Spring09_newsletter.pdf

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, November 19-21). Power of Social Software in Higher Education. Invited poster presented at NJEDge.Net Conference 5.0 (Fifth Annual Technology in Education Conference), Plainsboro, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, July 7-9). Power of Web 2.0: Liberating Curriculum from a textbook. Invited session presented at Adolescent Summer Literacy Institute 2008: Teen Literacies: Creating a Curriculum Around Their Knowledge, Interests, and Social Lives, Wayne, NJ & Denizli, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, May 20-21). Redefining Literacy and Media Education @ Web 2.0. Invited session presented at NJTESOL/NJBE 2008 New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/ NJ Bilingual Educators, Somerset, NJ.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, May 19). TEACH/CREATE/PLAY: Power of New Media in the Curriculum. Invited session presented at AccessAbilities Conference 2008, College of Education, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, May 2). Discovering Asia through Web Technologies. Invited address to conference attendees presented at The Silk Road Symposium, Integrating Asian Studies Across the Curriculum, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, April 12-13). Digital Storytelling in Teacher Education. Invited poster presented at Fourth Annual Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) Conference. Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA.                                               

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, April 11). Web 2.0: Redefining Literacy in K12 Curriculum. Invited session presented at 6^th Northeast Media Literacy Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.                       

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, April 10). Discovering Asia using Web Technologies. Invited workshop presented at Teaching Asia Through Art, Action, and Activism in Society. William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, April 3). Digital Storytelling: Power of Media Production in developing Critical Media Literacy Skills in Teacher Education. Invited session presented at Research and Scholarship Day 2008, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.                                                           

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, October 29). Using Video and Technology in the Language Classroom. Invited workshop presentation for Languages and Cultures Department presented at College of Humanities & Social Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, March 31). Teachers discovering the power of media education and redefining curriculum: Learning from global experiences. Presented session at 4^th Northeast Media Literacy Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.                                                           

Yildiz, M. N. & Chen, J. (2007, May 22-23). Teaching ELLs- Multiple Literacies. Invited session presented at New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/ NJ Bilingual Educators. (NJTESOL/NJBE) 2007 Conference, Somerset, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, April 28). Teachers discovering the power of media education and liberating the curriculum. Session presented at Conference on Equity and Social Justice in Education. The Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, March 25-26). The role of Religion, Culture, Media, and Democracy in American Public Schools: Making Connections through Teaching Philosophies and Teacher Knowledge Research. Invited poster presented at Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) 2007, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, March 2). Liberating Curriculum from Racism and Sexism: Participatory Digital Storytelling Workshop. Presented at Tea and Lecture Series. Sponsored by Women's Center, William Paterson University.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, March 4). Invited Speaker. Presented at Panel International Women’s Day Panel, Turkish Consulate, New York, NY. http://www.slideshare.net/mnyildiz/slideshows

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, July 10-12). Moving Media Literacy Forward. Invited Speaker and Workshop Leader at Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, June 19). Future Teachers discovering the power of new media: Learning from global experiences. Invited session presented at NYNJASTAR 2006- 2nd Annual "Interoperability" Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.                       

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, May 23-24). Language, Culture, Media: Developing Literacy skills in Teacher Education. Invited session presented at New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/ NJ Bilingual Educators NJTESOL/NJBE 2006 Conference, Somerset, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, March 25-26). Process vs. Product: Rethinking Assessment in Teacher Education from Assignments to E-portfolios. Invited poster presented at Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) 2006, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Yildiz, M. & Chen, J. (2006, March 17). Rethinking Literacy through New Media and Technologies: Semiotics Perspective. Session presented at New Jersey Council of Teachers of English (NJCTE) Paradigm Shifts Conference, The College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, March 10).Teachers discovering the power of media education and redefining curriculum: Learning from global experiences. Refereed session presented at New Jersey's Higher Education Network (NJEdge.Net), The 7th Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, March 1). Presented at International Women’s Day Panel, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, February 22) Virtual E-Race-ing through Digital Discoveries: Using New Media for Liberating Education. Invited workshop presented at Racism and Sexism Workshop (Sponsored by the WPU Race & Gender Project): William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, November 2-4). Making Media: Teachers Discovering Media Education through Production. Invited E-Learning-Concurrent Session NJEDge.Net Technology in Education Conference (2005), Plainsboro, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, October 21). Media Education: Bridge between Teaching Education and Communication. Presented at 4th Annual Teaching, Learning, and Student Support Atlantic Regional Conference. Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, July 28). Medya Okuryazarligi= Media Literacy. Invited paper presented at Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, June 18). Professional Development. Presented at Inquiry for Math & Science Workshop, College of Education, William Paterson University Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, May 16). Moving Beyond in Media Education: From Process to Product. Discussant and Presenter at College of Education Forum, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, March 18). Power of Media Literacy in Social Studies Curriculum: Virtual Collaboration in Teacher Education. Presented at 6th Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase, New Jersey's Higher Education Network (NJEdge.Net), William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.  http://www.njedge.net/videoarchives/index.html

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, March 15). Media Education and Digital Video Production. Keynote Speech presented at New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative, NJECC 2005, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, February 19). Power of Imagery in Teacher Education: Semiotics and Multicultural Perspective. Poster presented at Turkish American Scientist and Scholars Association (TASSA) 2005, George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Yildiz, M. N., Chen, J. & Catarina, M. (2005, February 15). Power of Media Literacy in Multicultural Education and Self-Awareness Development. New Jersey Council of Teachers of English (NJCTE) Diversity Conference, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ. 

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, April 22).  Designing Multimedia Presentations in Teacher Education: Semiotics and Multicultural Perspective. Presented at Faculty Forum, College of Education Research Colloquia, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, April 15).  The Power of Imagery in Teacher Education: Semiotics and Multi-cultural Perspective. Presented at Research and Scholarship Day 2004, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, March 5). Role of Media Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills in Teacher Education. Invited panel presented at Education and Media Conference, Metropolitan College of New York, NY.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, December 12). Empowering ESL/Bilingual Teachers through New Media and Technologies. Bilingual Education Conference, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, November 18). Power of Visual Literacy in Teacher Education: Semiotics and Multicultural Perspective. Presented at Faculty Forum, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, October 29-31). Merlot.org in Teacher Education. Invited poster presented at NJEDge.Net Technology in Education Conference (2003), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, December 4). How to submit projects to Merlot.org. Invited to present at New Jersey's Colleges and Universities (NJedge)- ITV Presentation, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/yildizm/Merlot.ppt

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, April 4). Digital Video Production in Media Education. Presented e-poster at Research and Scholarship Day, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, March 1, 2002). Digital Video Production in Media Education. Invited poster presented at Transforming Practice with Technology. 6th Annual Five College Conference, University of Massachusetts,  Amherst, MA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2001, November 15). International Perspective on Education Panel. Panelist at International Education Week, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2001, November 1). Building Healing Communities through Educational Excellence. Panelist at Paterson Public Schools, Districtwide Equity and Diversity Council, Paterson, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2001, October 18). Crisis Aftermath and Issues of Diversity Forum: Role of Semiotics and Media Literacy. Presented at College of Education, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2000, May 13-17). Seeing is Believing, Not. Media Literacy and Multimedia Production into Multicultural Curriculum. Refereed paper presented at Summit 2000 Children, Youth and the Media. Beyond the Millennium, Toronto, Canada.

Yildiz, M. N. (2000, September 5-9). Future of Technology in Education. Panelist at Bilisim: e-Turkiye 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (1999, November 19-21). Internet and Education Panel. Invited panelist. Presented at Turkiye’de 5^th Internet Konferansi, Inet-tr'99, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (1999, November 23). Technology in our Schools. Presented at Bogaziçi University- Teaching English as a Foreign Language Department, Dr. Yasemin Bayyurt’s Class, Istanbul, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (1999, October 20). Internet in Education. Presented in Turkish at Pamukkale University- School of Education, Denizli, Turkey.

Yildiz, M. N. (1999, October 14-16). Egitimde Bilgisayar Kullanimi. (Use of Computers in Education). Paper presented in Turkish at Egitimde Bilgi Teknolojileri Sempozyumu, Uludag Universitesi, Bursa, Turkey.

Yildiz, M.N.  (1998, May 29-30). Media Literacy and Multimedia into the Curriculum. Paper presented at Education & Technology ’98. Making the Partnership Work, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

Yildiz, M. N. (1996, October 10). Women and Religion in the Middle East. Presented at Humanities Curriculum, World Religion, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA.

Yildiz, M. N. (1996, March 4-6). Seeing is Believing, Not! Presented at Midwest Education and Technology Conference, St. Louis, MO. 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS  

Yildiz, M. N. (2011, February). Teacher Education 2.0: Liberating Curriculum through Global Connections and Teaching Beyond Borders. Peer reviewed paper will be presented at ATE Conference. Orlando, FL

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, November 15). Global Competency Education. Refereed virtual session presented at Global Education Conference 2010.

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, November 3-6). Multicultural and Multilingual Youth Projects and Digital Stories from Turkmenistan: Developing 21^st Century Skills, Global Competency and Citizenship Education. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference 2010, Las Vegas, NV.

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, October 20-22). Multicultural and Multilingual Youth Projects from Turkmenistan: Developing 21^st Century Skills through Global Connections and Teaching Beyond Borders. Refereed paper presented at 41st Annual Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) 2010, Rocky Hill, CT.           

Yildiz, M.N., Geldymuradova, G., & Komekova, G. (2010, June 26-July 2). Different Continents Similar Challenges: Integrating Social Media in Teacher Education: Ed-Media International Conference 2010, Toronto, CA.

Yildiz, M.N., Geldymuradova, G., Komekova, G. & Orazov, Y. (2010, June 27-30). Using GPS to Develop Historical Sites in Turkmenistan. Proceedings of Global Collaboration: International Society for Technology in Education 2010 Conference. Denver, CO. (http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=50111473).

Yildiz, M.N., Geldymuradova, G., Komekova, G., Searson, M. (2010, May 17-20). Global Positioning System (GIS) and Social Interaction Software (SIS) in Teacher Education. Global Learn: Asia Pacific 2010: Global Conference on Learning and Technology. Penang (island), Malaysia.

Yildiz, M.N., Komekova, G. & Geldymuradova, G. (2010, March 29-April 2). Power of Social Interaction Software in Digital Storytelling Across Cultures and Throughout History. Refereed paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Yildiz, M.N. & Geldymuradova, G. (2010, March 29-April 2). Global Positioning System and Social Interaction Software Across Content Areas. Refereed paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Chen, J. & Yildiz, M. N. (2010, March 29-April 2). Preparing English Language Learners for academic success in the 21st century: Teaching multiple literacies. Refereed paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2010, March 29-April 2). Global Literacy Project: Connecting Turkish-American Students to their Heritage Language, Culture, and History through Media Literacy. Refereed full paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Yildiz, M. N.  (2009, June 28-July 1). Power of Social Interaction Technologies in Teacher Education. Refereed research paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2009, Washington, DC.

McNeal, K. & Yildiz, M. N. (2009, February 21-25).  Using comics and graphic novels as conduits for developing adolescents’ multiple literacies. Peer reviewed (Sold-out, ticketed) workshop presented at the International Reading Association (IRA) 2009 conference, Phoenix, AZ. 

Yildiz, M. N. & Hao, Y. (2009, February 6-9). Liberating Education from a Textbook Format: Power of Social Interaction Technologies in the Curriculum. Peer reviewed paper presented at 61th American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, Chicago, IL.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, November 12-16). Cultural Literacy and Mentoring Project: Power of Educational Media and Telecommunications in Education. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Yildiz, M. N. & Palak, D. (2008, October 22-24). Global Learning Community Network: Heritage Language Learning Project using Social Interaction Software. Refereed paper presented at 39^th Annual Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) 2008, Rocky Hill, CT.                                                           

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, July 2-4). Power of Social Interaction Technologies in the Curriculum: Liberating Education from a Textbook Format. Refereed paper presented at International Conference on Excellence in Education 2008: Future Minds and Creativity, Paris, France.                                   

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, June 30-July 2). Cultural Literacy Project: Connecting K12 students from Turkey and the U.S. through Web 2.0 technologies. Refereed paper presented at Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA) Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Yildiz, M. N. & Palak, D. (2008, June 3-6).Power of New Media in Teacher Education 2.0: Applying Web 2.0 into the Curriculum. Refereed paper presented at 15^th International Learning Conference 2008, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

Yildiz, M.N. & Chen, J. & Palak, D. (2008, March 24-28). Global Learning Community Network: Connecting students from Turkey and the U.S. through an Internet-based Heritage Language Learning Project. Refereed paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference- Division G-Social Context of Education / Section 3: Social Context of Multiple Languages and Literacy, New York, NY.

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, February 7-10). Rethinking Literacy and Liberating Curriculum through New Media and Technologies in Teacher Education. Refereed research paper presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.                                               

Yildiz, M. N. (2008, February 7-10). Rediscovering History and Liberating Curriculum through New Media and Technologies in Teacher Education. Refereed paper presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Chen, J. & Yildiz, M. N. (2007, November 15-20).  Preparing English Language Learners for the 21st Century: Teaching And Learning Multiple Literacies. Refereed paper and invited key-note presented at Annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2007 Convention, New York, NY.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, October 31- November 4). Liberating Curriculum through New Media: Digital Storytelling in Teacher Education. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference 2007, Baltimore, MD.

Chen, J. &Yildiz, M. N. (2007, October 31- November 4). Teaching in the 21st Century: Strategies for Cultivating Multicultural Understanding. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference 2007, Baltimore, MD.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, October 17-19). The role of Religion, Culture, Media, and Democracy in American Public Schools: Making Connections through Teaching Philosophies and Teacher Knowledge Research. Refereed paper presented at 38^th Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) 2007, Rocky Hill, CT.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, June 22-26). Digital Storytelling across Cultures and throughout History: From Awareness to Action in Teacher Education. Refereed paper presented at National Media Education Conference (NMEC) Alliance for a Media Literate America- iPods, Blogs and Beyond: Evolving Media Literacy for the 21st Century, St Louis, MO.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, April 9-13). Rethinking Learning through New Media and Technologies: Teachers Discovering Media Production. Refereed paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2007- SIG- TICL Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning, Chicago, IL.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, April 9-13). Exploring Reading and Writing Media through Multiple Literacies. Teachers, Teaching, and Uses of Writing and Literacies in Teacher Preparation. Refereed paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference- SIG-Writing and Literacies, Chicago, IL.

Yildiz, M., Mongillo, G., Malu, K., & Lawrence, S. (2007, April 9-13).  Who Needs Textbooks? Exploring Reading and Writing through Multiple Literacies. Refereed paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference- SIG- TACL, Chicago, IL. (http://tactl.unt.edu/2007annualmtg.html)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, March 26-30). Digital Storytelling across Cultures and throughout History: From Awareness to Action in Teacher Education. Refereed full paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Yildiz, M. N., Mongillo, G. & Roux, Y. (2007, March 26-30). Literacy from A to Z: Power of New Media and Technologies in Teacher Education. Refereed panel paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Yildiz, M. N. (2007, February 24-27). Virtual E-Race-ing Through Digital Discoveries: Rediscovering History through Media Education Refereed paper presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, New York, NY.                                                           

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, November 9-12). Digital Storytelling across Cultures and throughout History. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Yildiz, M. N. & Mongillo, G. (2006, November 9-12). Promoting Multicultural Education by Utilizing the Best Multicultural Children’s Books. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, October 18-20). Process vs. Product: Rethinking Assessment in Teacher Education from Assignments to E-portfolios. Refereed paper presented at 37^th Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference, Kerhonkson, NY.                                               

Yildiz, M. N., Malu, K., Mongillo, G. & Lawrence, S. (2006, October 18-20). Liberating Education from a Textbook Format: Reading and Writing Media for Developing Multiple Literacies. Refereed paper presented at 37^th Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference, Kerhonkson, NY.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, October 6-8). Role of Media in the Defining Beauty across Cultures and throughout the History. Referred paper presented at Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) Conference. Facing the Media Crisis: Media Education for Reform, Justice and Democracy, Burlington, VT.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, April 7-11). Rethinking Learning through New Media and Technologies: Teachers Discovering Media Production. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, April 7-11). Redesigning Curriculum through Media Education: Role of Video Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills Among K-12 Teachers. Refereed paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.           

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, January 29- February 1). Teachers Discovering Media Education: Integrating Videos into Social Studies Curriculum. Refereed research paper presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2006, January 29- February 1). Moving Beyond in Media Education: Integrating New Media and Technologies From Process to Product. Refereed research paper presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, November 9-12). Power of Media Education in Redefining Curriculum and Promoting Multicultural Education: Learning from Global Experiences. Refereed (Founders selected) session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Hill, D., Yildiz, M. N. (2005, November 9-12). Affirming the Dream of Education for All: Exploring the Experiences of Future Teacher Club Advisors in K-12 Schools and Universities in the US. Refereed session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, October 19-21). Research Review and Improvement. Working group session presenter and Discussant: Technology Poster Sessions at 36^th Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference, Kerhonkson, NY.

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Yildiz, M. N. & Chen. J. (2005, August 19). The Role of New Media in Psychology: The Impact of Media Education on Teachers’ Cognitive Processes. Refereed presentation at American Psychological Association (APA) 2005 Conference, Washington, DC.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, July 11-14). Power of Media Literacy in Social Studies Curriculum: Virtual Collaboration in Teacher Education. Presented papers at Learning Conference 2005, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

Chen. J. & Yildiz, M. N. (2005, July 11-14). Rethinking Learning: Enhancing Learning through Technological Tool. Presented papers at Learning Conference 2005, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

Yildiz, M. N. & Chen. J. (2005, June 27-30). Teachers Discovering Media Education: Integrating Videos into Social Studies Curriculum. Refereed research paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2005, Philadelphia, PA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, April 11-15). Power of Media Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills among K-12 Teachers. Refereed paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2005, Montreal, Canada.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, March 1-5). Role of New Media in Redesigning Social Studies Curriculum: Teachers’ Perspective.  Full paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2005, Phoenix, AZ.

Yildiz, M. N. (2005, February 20-23). Virtual Collaboration: Rediscovering History through Media Education. Research paper presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) 2005, Washington, DC.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, October 28). Rediscovering History through Media Education. (Selected for Founders Roundtable). Refereed concurrent session presented at National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, October 21). Process vs. Product: K-12 Educators' Experience in Integrating Video Production and Media Literacy into the Curriculum. Refereed concurrent presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2004, Chicago, IL.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, September 24-27). Rediscovering History through Media Education in Teacher Education. Refereed session presented at Patterson Research Conference- Still Not Equal: Expanding Opportunity in Global Societies, Washington, DC.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, July 26-29). Role of Media Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills: Semiotics and Multicultural Perspective. Refereed research paper presented at Digital Generations Conference, Children, Young People and New Media, University of London, London, UK.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, June 20-23). Power of Digital Video Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills among K–12 Educators. Refereed research paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2004, New Orleans, LA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, March 1-4). Role of Media Production in Developing Media Literacy Skills Among Teacher Educators. Refereed paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2004, Atlanta, GA. 

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, October 22-23). Power of Visual Imagery in Teacher Education: Semiotics and Multicultural Perspective. Refereed paper selected for paper presented at Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) 2003, Kerhonkson, NY.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, June 23-28). Power of Visual Imagery in Multimedia Presentations: Semiotics Perspective. Refereed poster presented at  Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA) 2003 Conference, Honolulu, HI.

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, June 23-28). Teaching Media Literacy through Video Production. Refereed paper presented at  Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(ED-MEDIA) 2003 Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, March 24-29). Digital Media Production in Teacher Education. Refereed paper presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2003, Albuquerque, NM.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, March 24-29). Empowering Teachers through Media Education: Semiotics Perspective. Refereed poster presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2003, Albuquerque, NM.

Yildiz, M. N. (2003, January 24-27). Media Literacy and Digital Video Production in the Curriculum: K-12 Teachers’ Perspective. Refereed paper presented at American Association of College for Teacher Education (AACTE) 2003, New Orleans, LA.

Yildiz, M. N. (2002, October 23-25). Analog and Digital Video Production Techniques in Developing New Media Literacy Skills among K-12 Educators. Refereed paper presented at Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) 2002, Kerhonkson, NY.

Scott, A. & Yildiz, M. N. (2002, October 30 - November 2). Are we spinning the Web or caught in it? Fostering Critical Multicultural Literacy in the Information Age. Refereed paper presented at National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) 2002 Conference, Crystal City, VA. http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/yildizm/NAME2002.html

Yildiz, M. N. (2002. June 15-19). Analog and Digital Video Production Techniques in Media Literacy Education. Refereed paper presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2002 Nexus In Texas. San Antonio, TX.

Yildiz, M. N. (2002. June 15-19). Digital Video Production in Media Education. Refereed concurrent session presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2002 Nexus in Texas. San Antonio, TX.

Yildiz, M. N. (2004, October 21). Process vs. Product: K-12 Educators' Experience in Integrating Video Production and Media Literacy into the Curriculum. Refereed concurrent presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2004, Chicago, IL.

Yildiz, M. N.  (2001, June 23-26). Semiotics, Media Literacy and Education. Paper presented at National Media Education Conference (NMEC) Alliance for a Media Literate America, Austin, TX.

Yildiz, M. N. (2000, November 15-19). Semiotics of New Media Literacy. Concurrent session presented at 10^th National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference. Real Magic- The Realization of Multicultural Education in the Everyday, Kissimmee, FL.

Yildiz, M. N. (1999, November 19-21). Egitim ve Internet: Bir Egitimcinin tecrubeleri. (Education and Internet: One Educator’s Experiences. Refereed paper presented in Turkish at Inet-tr'99, Turkiye’de 5^th Internet Konferansi, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. http://inet-tr.org.tr/inetconf5/bildiri/Melda_Yildiz.html

Anderson, G. & Yildiz, M. N.  (1997, October 22-24). Research Refresher: Developing a Computer Impact Agenda. Refereed workshop presented at Massachusetts Computer Using Educators, Inc. (MassCUE), Worcester, MA. 

Yildiz, M. N. & Olmstead, J. (1997, June 30-July 2). Seeing is Believing! Not! Media Literacy and Multimedia Education into the curriculum. Refereed paper presented at National Educational Computing (NECC) 1997 Conference Potlatch. Seattle, WA.  http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/15/0f/c2.pdf

Yildiz, M. N. (1996, November 6-10). Minnie Mouse Meets Paulo Freire: Media Literacy, Praxis, and Multicultural Education. Refereed paper presented at 6^th National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference, St. Paul, MN.

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

Investigator. (2010-Present). Myths and Misconceptions in Global Education: Power of Media and New Technologies in Developing Critical Autonomy among Teacher Candidates.

Film Maker. (2008-Present). Breaking the Cycle of Violence against Women. Producing a film about, by, and for the women in Asia.

Film Maker. (2009-Present).  Roles and Responsibilities of Women in Turkmenistan. Producing a film about, by, and for the women in Turkmenistan.

Investigator, Grant Writer. (Fall 2009). Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) in Community Service Project. Interactive Map of Ashgabat.

Co-Investigator, Grant Writer. (Spring 2009- Present). Global Positioning System (GPS) in Education. Hi5 to Nature. (Hiking for Health, Happiness, Head, Hand and Heart) (Dr. Sibel Karakelle, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey, collaborator)

Co-Investigator. (2008-2010). Myths and Misconceptions in Education. (Dr. Kelly McNeal, collaborator). Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Co-Investigator. (2008-Present).  Social Interaction Software in Teacher Education (Dr. Yungwei Hao, Taiwan University, collaborator)

Co-Investigator. (Summer 2007). Comic Life and Graphic Novels in K12 Curriculum (Drs. Kelly McNeal, Salika Lawrence, collaborators)

Investigator. (2007-2008). Digital Storytelling in K12 education: Power of Media Production in developing critical media literacy skills among K12 students. Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Investigator. (2007-2008). Participatory Research Project called PEACE (Portfolios for Empowering Assessment and Career Enrichment).

Co-Investigator. (Spring 2007). Global Learning Community Network- Tutoring & Mentoring Project. (Collaborators, Dr. Deniz Palak, New York Institute of Technology, NY, Bekir Cakmak, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey, CIRL 335 & CIRL 522 teacher candidates, Parents and Turkish American Students)

Investigator. (2006 -2007).  The role of Religion, Culture, Media, And Democracy in American Public Schools:  Making Connections through Teaching Philosophies and Teacher Knowledge Research. Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Investigator. (2005-2006). Process vs. Product: Rethinking Assessment in Teacher Education from Assignments to E-portfolios. Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Co-Investigator. (2005, March 18-19). Received the College of Education Research Grant. Designed, organized and conducted participatory research project called Moving Forward with Media Education at Media Literacy Project, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. (Co-Investigator, Dr. Jennifer Chen)

Investigator. (2004-2005). Deconstructing School Environment Beyond Core Curriculum Standards: Content Analysis of School Artifacts from Commercialism to Technology in the Closet. Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Investigator. (2003-2004). Power of Visual Imagery in Teacher Education: Semiotics and Multicultural Perspective. Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Investigator. (2002-2003). Media Literacy in Teacher Education through Media Production. Sponsored by Assigned Release Time (ART) Research Grant.

Project Assistant. Curriculum Designer. (1998- 1999). ROTKÄPPCHEN: Little Red Riding Hood Project. Foreign Language Resource Center. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. http://www.umass.edu/langctr/rot/rot.html

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Presenter. (2010, March 24). 21^st Century Skills and Global Education. Presentation for Roselle School District. Kean University, NJ.

Presenter. (January 4-6, 2010). Classroom Management, Differentiated Instruction, Technology in Education-Professional Development Workshop series, Turkmen Turkish Schools, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Presenter. (January 26, 2009). Internet/ Web 2.0 for Literacy Development, (All day - 4 sessions), Professional Development Workshop, District Wide Presentations to K-3 teachers, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Presenter. (October17, 2008, December 5, 2008, February 10, 2009, April 21, 2009, May 15, 2009). Literacy across the Curriculum Series-Professional Development Workshop series, Eastside High School Teachers for College of Education Grant Project, Paterson, NJ.                                               

Invited Presenter. (November 5, 2008).  Teaching Millennials in the Current Millennium: Classroom 2.0. Professional Development Workshop for K-12 teachers Presented at West Paterson School District, West Paterson, NJ.

Presenter. (July 2008) Prepared and presented online sessions to conduct lesson using Web2.0 technologies (social media such as wiki, blog, skype, ning) at Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow (PT4T) - Grant Summer Workshop, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.                                   

Presenter. (2007- 2008). Developed and created workshops for K12 teachers in collaboration with Center for Continuing and Professional Development (CEDL). William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. http://www.wpunj.edu/cpe/Education/Technology.cfm

·       Data Driven Instruction

·       Teaching Millennials in the Current Millennium: Classroom 2.0

·       Wikis, Blogs, Virtual Portfolios and Beyond

·       Classroom Management with Technology

·       Using video for History Day projects 

Presenter. (Spring 2007). WPUNJ Capacity Grant, Created, presented professional development workshop for K-12 teachers for the, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.                                                           

(2007, April 21). Classroom Management with Technology.

(2007, May 5). Grant Writing for Technology

(2007, May 19). Using Computer Generated Data Analysis to Drive Classroom Instruction.

Presenter. (June 18, 2005). Inquiry for Math & Science Workshop, College of Education, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.                                                           

Presenter. (January 20, 2003). Workshop: Power of Visual Learning: Using Inspiration in the Curriculum. Professional Development Project, Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, NJ.                                   

Presenter. (Spring, 2002). Workshop: Action Research for Professional Development. Professional Development Project, Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, NJ.

Presenter. (Spring, 2002). Workshop: Teaching Tools on the Internet: From Shakespeare to Search Strategies. Professional Development Project, Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne, NJ.                                   

Presenter. (Spring 2002). Integrating Technology into the Curriculum Workshop Series. ITV seminar. Professional Development Project, College of Education and Passaic County Educational Partnership Passaic County Technical Institute, Wayne, NJ.           

 

GRANT RELATED ACTIVITIES

·       Kean University:

o   StarTalk Grant - Hindi Language Program -Summer 2010

o   Received Released Time for Research and Creative Works (RTR) Grant - Fall 2010-Spring 2011

 

·       William Paterson University:

o   Asia Society & Department of Education Undergraduate Education Grant. (2005-2008).

o   PT4T- Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow Grant. (2001- 2008).

o   Research and Scholarship - Assigned Release Time (ART) grants. (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2010).

o   Travel Grant, Provost Office. (2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09).

o   Career Development Grant. (2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09).

o   PDS Grant. (Spring 2002). Integrating Technology into the Curriculum. Designed and presented at distance learning (ITV) workshops in Passaic County Technical Institute, NJ.

·       Stipend. (Fall 2008). Co-chair of Diversity Task Force. Northeast Educational Research Association (NERA).

·       Invited Speaker Stipend. (July 2005).Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.

·       Registration Waiver. (Summer 2005). Learning Conference, University of Granada, Spain.

·       Invited Speaker Stipend. (Summer 2004).University of London, UK.

·       Presenter Stipend. (Spring 2000).  Summit 2000. Children, Youth & the Media. Beyond the Millennium, Canada.

·       Invited Speaker Stipend. (Fall 2000). Bilisim 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.

·       Travel Grants. (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000). Graduate School. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

·       Travel Grants. (1995, 1996, 1997). Professional Development Fund. Northfield Mount Hermon School, MA.

·       Independent Scholar Award. (Spring 1996). Northfield Mount Hermon School. Northfield, MA.

·       Presenter Stipend. (Fall 1996). National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME).

 

SERVICE 

 

Kean University

 

·       Member. (Fall 2010- Present) Faculty Senate, Research Council, Representative for College of Education.

·       Member. (May 2010- Present). The Tenure Track Faculty Network (TTFN) Committee.

·       Member. (Spring 2010). New Jersey Global Educators Consortium

·       Member. (Spring 2010). Global Education and Sustainability

(March 29, 2010). Attended teleconference meeting.

(April 9, 2010). Attended Global Education and Sustainability Conference.

·       Conference Volunteer. (March 2010). Format edited conference papers and assisted for registration for Creative Mind Conference. Kean University.

·       Member, co-chair curriculum committee (Spring 2010- Present). Asian Studies Program.

·       Member (Spring 2010-present). Department Curriculum Committee.

·       Chair (Fall 2020). Grievance Committee

 

International Service

 

·       Designed a social networking page- Grouply based on “Developing Multicultural and Multilingual Oguzname Projects.” In conjunction with Oguzname Conference, Academy of Sciences, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

·       Featured Conference Participant at Oguzname Conference. (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan:  October 14, 2010). Turkmenistan TV, Miras TV, Yaslik and Altin Asir TV  

·       Reviewer/ Reading Committee for Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia & Central Asia (Global UGRAD) program. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, January 2010.

·       Advisor. Democracy Video Project to Turkmen Participants in Ashgabat and Climate Change- Mary Region. Presented workshop (Oct, 2009, Dec 2009). Attended online forum (Dec 30, 2009).

·       Represented Fulbright Program and presented at UNESCO/UNICEF conference (Turkmenbasy, Turkmenistan, December 1-3, 2009) and Featured Fulbright Scholar at Turkmenistan Newspaper (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan December 6, 2009).

·       Represented American Embassy at International Book Fair (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan September 28-29, 2009).

·       Featured Fulbright Scholar at Turkmenistan and Watan TV (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan September 30, 2009).

·       Featured Fulbright Scholar at Turkmenistan Newspaper (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan September 30, 2009).

·       Featured Fulbright Scholar at International Korogly Conference. (Dashoguz, Turkmenistan:  September 23-25, 2009). Turkmenistan TV and Altyn Asyr TV  

·       Featured Fulbright Scholar at International Education Fair & Conference. (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan:  September 8-10, 2009). Turkmenistan TV, Miras TV, Yaslik and Altin Asir TV  

·       Represented Fulbright Organization at American Embassy Booth, International Education Fair, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan September 8-11.  

·       Featured Scholar. (USA:  July 20, 2008 900 pm EST, July 21, 9.30 pm EST & Turkey: July 23 1.30 pm (6:30 am EST)). Yeni Ufuklar Programi: Turkish Radio Television (TRT) Program aired on TRT-INT (International). http://www.trt.net.tr/wwwtrt/canli.aspx?k=TRTINT     

·       Invited Speaker. (2008, July 7-9). Power of Web 2.0: Liberating Curriculum from a textbook (http://mny.wikispaces.com/Web2.0). Invited session presented at Adolescent Summer Literacy Institute 2008: Teen Literacies: Creating a Curriculum Around Their Knowledge, Interests, and Social Lives, Wayne, NJ & Denizli, Turkey. Presented the session using webcam from an Cyber Café Denizli, Turkey.

The article featured based on my presentation. This presentation was featured in Spanning tech divide article at Herald News- July 10, 2008. (http://myheraldnews.com/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=38923), and the Radio- 92.3 FM- August 8, 2008 and College of Education Newsletter (http://www.wpunj.edu/coe/newsletters/summer_08_newsletter.pdf)

·       Visiting Scholar. (2006, July 10-12). Digital Storytelling Graduate Student Seminar, “Moving Media Literacy Forward” Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey. Conducted participatory, intervention research with 15 graduate students.

 

National Service

 

·       Reviewer Conference Proposals:

o   (2005, 2007). AMLA- The Alliance for a Media Literate America Conference.

o   (2008-2010)- Ed-Media- World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications

o   (2003-2011). SITE Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference.

§  Volunteer. Presided session for SITE 2004 conference.  Chair- Digital Storytelling SIG

o   (2001-2008). NAME- National Association for Multicultural Education Annual Conference.

§  President. (2005- 2006). National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) NJ Chapter.

o   (2005-2011). AERA- American Education Research Association Conference.

o   (2004-2011). AACTE- American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Annual Conference.

o   (2005-2009). ISTE- International Society for Technology in Education (former NECC- National Educational Computing Conference).

o   (2002-2008). NERA Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference.

§  (2008-Present). NERA Co-chair of Diversity Task Force.

§  (2005, 2006). NERA Chair and Discussant for NERA.

§  Reviewer. (January 2010). Conference proposal papers for Global Learn Asia Pacific Conference (http://www.aace.org/conf/glearn)

·       Volunteer. (2003, November 13-15). Setting up technical equipment at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2003.

·       Volunteer. (June 24 and 29, 2003). Registration desk and registration office at Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (Ed-Media) 2003 Conference.

·       Reviewer. (Fall 2008). Study Island’s Graphic Novels. 

·       Judge. (May 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010). Volunteer to evaluate video documentary entries. Lead Judge for National History Day.

Volunteer Judge (Feb 27, 2010). National History Day Video Projects. Seton Hall University, NJ.

o   Co-presenter. (October 20, 2008). Prepared a co-presentation for National History Day teachers, William Paterson University. (Collaborator, Yvonne Roux).

o   Co-presenter. (2005-2006). Designed and presented technology workshops for teachers participating National History Day-. (Collaborator, Yvonne Roux).

o   Consultant. (January 16, 2007). Provided feedback to students on how to use digital editing software for National History Day Project Oakland Public Schools, Oakland, NJ.

o   Judge. (2004, April 24). Senior Video Documentaries run off judge for National History Day.

o    Volunteer. (2004, May 11).  Provided feedback to Winners national competition in Washington, DC.

o   Volunteer. (2003, May 13). Provided feedback to Winners national competition in Washington, DC.

·       Reviewer. (Summer 2004). Special issue article for Equity and Excellence in Education, Journal of the School of Education, University of Massachusetts.

·       Reviewer. (December 2002). Book Teaching and Learning with Technology by Judy Lever-Duffy, Jean McDonald and Al Mizell, published by Allyn and Bacon. My students also reviewed two chapters from this book to enter a digital camera drawing.

·       Reviewer. (October 2002). Prospectus and Table of Contents of Assistive Technology Book for Merrill Prentice Hall.

·       Reviewer. (Fall 2008). Book chapters. Encyclopedia of Social Interaction Technologies, edited by Tatyana Dumova. IGI Global, USA.

·       Reviewer. (Spring 2008). Book: “Human Issues in Instructional Technology” edited by Paul Smith, Anne Whittaker.

·       Reviewer. (Spring 2006). Book chapter: Digital Audiobroadcasting, The Handbook of Computer Networks, Wiley.

·       Reviewer. (Fall 2006). Book: Tech Tactics by Carolyn Thorsen: Allyn & Bacon.

·       Reviewer (2003). Papers for SIGTE Research Paper Award.

·       Faculty Member. (2002, November 23). "Searching the Web" Lesson Plan posted at AskEric.org educational database resource-IDEAS Portal Web Site. http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Information_Literacy/IFO0202.html

 

Local Service

 

·       Member and volunteer. (2006-Present). Updated webpage and created a NING page for New Jersey Women and Gender Studies Consortium (NJWGSC).

·       Member. (2005- 2006). Higher Education Representative, CAPA team (Collaborative Assessment and Planning for Achievement), NJ State Department of Education.

·       Presenter. (2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002). Teaching as a Career. Presented at JFK High School Career Day Paterson, NJ. http://www.slideshare.net/mnyildiz/slideshows

·       Presenter (2009, May 29).  Teaching as a Profession. Career Day at New Horizon Charter Community School, Newark, NJ.

·       Presenter (2009, April 1). Teaching as a Profession. Career Day at James Fallon Elementary School, Wayne, NJ.

·       Volunteer. (December 2008- Present). Maintain trails and assist with GPS (Global Positioning System) field work for accuracy mapping at NY NJ Trail Conference, NJ.

·       Volunteer. (2008, November 4).  Vote Watcher, Election Day, Wayne Public Library, Wayne, NJ.

·       Presenter. Hiking Tour Guide Buttermilk Falls. (2009, April 24). GeoCaching- for Girl Scouts Troop # 242 http://buttermilkfalls.wikispaces.com/

·       Presenter. Hiking Tour Guide Buttermilk Falls. (2008, Oct 20). GeoCaching- for Girl Scouts Troop # 242

·       Researcher. (Fall 2006-Summer 2007). Presented, coordinated, and wrote a curriculum for Global Learning Communities to Turkish American Students at Wayne, NJ. http://mnyildiz.googlepages.com/culturalenhancementproject

·       Workshop leader. (2006, June 9). Paterson Public Schools, Districtwide Equity and Diversity Council Meeting, Paterson, NJ.

·       Judge. (2005, April 27). Volunteered to evaluate Science Fair Projects, Paterson School # 2, Paterson, NJ.

·       Co-presenter. (2005, January 20 and 21).  Turkey is a Country not a bird at 1^st grade classrooms during Multicultural Day at JFK elementary school, Wayne, NJ. (Collaborator, Asena D. Yildiz)

·       Invited Panel Presenter. (2005, February 23). Manchester High School, North Haledon, NJ. 

·       Presenter. (2004, December 17). Media Literacy. Presented at The League of Women Voters Meeting, Wayne, NJ.

·       Invited guest speaker.  (2004, November 30). Making it work: Presentation Tips at Conferences. Doctoral Pro-Seminar Course at Teachers College Columbia University, NYC. (Collaborator, Dr. Jennifer Chen.)

·       Project Consultant/ Advisory Board member. (2006-2007). Writing Electronic Journalism Curricula Grant at North Brunswick High School, NJ.

·       Volunteer. (2004). Worked as a video production crew for the TV program called "The Word: Alive and Well" with Father Louis J. Scurti, Catholic Campus Minister.

·       Invited presenter. (2003, April 22). How to create a web page workshop presented to high school students at Rosa Parks High School, Paterson, NJ.

·       Invited Speaker. (May 8 and May 27, 2003). Presented a workshop "Searching the Web" to the librarians at Wayne Public Library, Wayne, NJ.

·       Guest Speaker. (Fall 2001). Presented HyperStudio and collaborated with Kathy Mueller’s 2nd grade class on Interactive Dinosaurs Project at Julia A. Traphagen School. Waldwick, NJ.

·       Member. (March 2003). Committee for Women’s History Month campus activities. Prepared PowerPoint presentation and peace bingo for the International Women’s Day.

·       Volunteer. (2002-Present). William Paterson Childcare Development Center.

o   (Spring 2006). Read a story and taught how to teach a Turkish Song at Childcare Development Center.

o   (Spring 2007) Assisted in updating and uploading the Childcare Development Website.

o   (2002-2004). Advised on technology software and hardware purchasing for Childcare Development Center.

o   (2002, March 15). Read a book “Give a way to Ducklings” for Reading across America.

·       Member. (2007-2009). Advisory board for IMLS (Institute for Museums and Library Services) grant. Statewide grant for developing a New Jersey Digital Video Portal.

·       Faculty Member. (2005-2008). Represented College of Education at Asia Society Undergraduate Curriculum Development Project, 3 year professional development training and curriculum design team, NYC. http://www.internationaled.org/education.

o   Attended monthly meetings in NYC, Asia Society. Developed and presented curriculum and resources. http://mnyildiz.googlepages.com/Asia

o   (2007, October 12). Attended a talk and view the Kashmir Exhibit at Asia Society,

o   (2007, May 18). Attended planning meeting in Newark Museum, for the Asia in the Curriculum Project.

o   (2007, October 16). Developed a lesson plan, organized, and coordinated a Field Trip to Cluster course to Newark Museum, Public Places Private Spaces exhibit.

·       Faculty Member. (2007-Present). Collaborated and taught in cluster courses. Developed interdisciplinary units.

o   (2008, December 3). Developed a lesson called: What do they have in common? Visual Imagery.

o   (2008, November 27). Developed a lesson called: Multilingual, Multicultural, Multimedia Digital Storytelling.

o   (2008, October 29). Role of Media in Defining Beauty across cultures throughout history.

o   (2008, September 22). Developed a lesson called: Universal Design: Racism and Sexism in the Signs.

o   (2008, March 12). Created a unit using TurningPoint technologies on Presidential Elections.

o   (2008, March 5). Created a unit on Amistad and Supreme Court.

o   (2008, February 27). Created Gallery Walk on Slavery using Maps, Math and Media.

o   (2008, February 5). Developed a lesson for Metropolitan Museum, NY study trip.

o   (2008, January 29). Developed a lesson “Kara Walker” study trip to Whitney Museum, NY.

·       Co-Coordinator.  (November 11, 2008).  Workshop “Social Software in Higher Education.” William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. http://wpunj.wikispaces.com (collaborator, Dr. Heejung An)

·       Member. (Spring- Summer 2008). Faculty Senate, Administration Evaluation Committee.

·       Chair. (Spring 2008). Excellence Award Committee. William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

·       Faculty Member. (2008, February 26). Cheng Library Focus group discussion on library website design.

·       Faculty Member. (2008, February 24, 2006, April 23, 2005, October 30). Undergraduate Open House. Representative for Secondary and Middle School Education.

·       Faculty Member. (2006, March 6). Graduate Open House. Representative for Secondary and Middle School Education.

·       Affiliate Faculty member. Women Studies Department, William Paterson University. (2005-2009).

·       Co-chair. (Spring 2006). Search committee for Women Studies Department.

·       Affiliate Faculty. (May 5, 2009). Attended Women Studies Student Year End Presentations.

·       Featured Faculty: (2005). William Paterson University.150 Year Celebration Promotion DVD.

·       Invited Featured Writer. Yildiz, M. N. (2005, May 11). Slates to I-Pods. It’s all about teaching. Pioneer Times, William Paterson University, 150th Year Special Issue. http://www.pioneertimeswpu.com/2.10917/slates-to-computers-it-s-all-about-teaching-1.1499456

·       Member. (2003, March 18). Partnership Steering Committee. Visited New Jersey Network for Educational Renewal Project in Center of Pedagogy at Montclair State University and presented our findings to the committee.

·       Presenter. (2008, May 1). Turkish Culture Presented at Asia in Bloom festival. http://mnyildiz.googlepages.com/asia

·       Faculty Member. (2001-2005). Representative for Secondary and Middle School Education at Technology across the curriculum (TAC) committee. Chaired the technology resources review subcommittee. Worked on the Ad hoc Committee and submitted an incentive grant proposal for the TAC Conference.

·       Club Advisor. (Spring 2002- Spring 2003). Muslim Student Association.

·       Member. (Spring 2005). Master Thesis Defense Committee, Music Department.

·       Presenter. (2007, May 19). Digital Storytelling Workshop to faculty, sponsored by Technology across the Curriculum (TAC) and Instructional Research and Technology (IRT). http://mnyildiz.googlepages.com/digitalstorytelling

·       Faculty Liaison.  (2001- 2007).  John F. Kennedy High School, Future Teachers Club at Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow (PT4T) Grant.

 

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

Adjunct Faculty. (1998-Present). Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.

      Teach graduate courses at Worchester, Amesbury, Holliston, MA, Myrtle Beach, Sumter, Orangeburg, Duncan, Florence, Charleston, SC, Savannah, Cumming, GA, Butte, MO, Boise, ID, Rock Spring, WY, and Las Vegas, NV.

Consultant. (2005-2006). New Jersey State Department of Education, NJ

      Collaborative Assessment and Planning for Achievement (CAPA).Team Member, Higher Education Representative.

Contracted Instructor. (2009- 2010). Grantham University

      Teach Student Success Course.

Project Assistant. (1998- 1999). University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA  

      Foreign Language Resource Center. Organized, presented workshops for students and faculty. Developed, updated handouts and online web resources. Kept computers and networks work.

Visiting Research Scholar. (Summer 2005). Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, UK.

Interpreter. (1998-2002). Language Line Services. (1997-1998). AT&T Language Line Services,

      Interpreted phone calls in Turkish- English language pair.

Mathematics Tutor. (1996-1998). Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA. Geometry and Algebra

Media Literacy Consultant. (Spring-Summer 1997). Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

      Provided media literacy resources for “Medgar Ever Grant Project.”

Director. (Summer 1996, Summer1997). Northfield Mount Hermon (High) School, Northfield, MA.

      Directed, scheduled, coordinated, implemented media services at Summer School Program.

Teacher. (1994-1998). Northfield Mount Hermon (High) School, Northfield, MA.

    Taught Critical Thinking- Library skills (9th grade), Introduction to Web Design (9-12 grade), and Video Production (12th grade).                             

Teacher. (Summer 1996, Summer1997).  Northfield Mount Hermon (High) School, Northfield, MA.

    Taught video, multimedia production workshops to Middle School Students. Summer School Program at

Teacher. (Fall 1996/ 1997). Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA.

      Writing Workshop, Freshman Orientation Program.

Computer Consultant/ Teacher. (Summer 1997)

       Designed, taught Internet and multimedia workshops at NAIS, Diversity Institute, Northfield, MA.

Teacher.  English as a Foreign Language. (1991-1992). Sistem Dersanesi, Denizli, Turkey.

      Coordinated, implemented, taught English language classes from grade 6 to adult; designed, wrote, evaluated new curriculum plan; prepared textbook for university entrance examination.

 

LANGUAGES

 

Turkish- Native Speaker

Turkmen-Intermediate

German, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian, Hindi - Basic