Public Affairs

Fulbright, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Fall 2009- 2010

Fulbright Scholar. Academy of Science/ US Public Affairs

Designed and taught Educational Technology courses and workshops to English as a Foreign Language Teachers, high school and college students.

Conducted participatory action research: Maps, Math, Media and Community Mapping projects using Geographical Positioning System (GPS).

Conducted needs assessment on Community Mapping projects using Geographical Positioning System (GPS).

Presented “Educational Technology for Teachers: Teaching and Learning using New Media” US Public Affairs, IREX.org and American Council.

Organized Collaborative Art Project and co-created Multilingual Children’s Book Turkmen Proverbs. US Public Affairs. Turkmenistan.

Presented "I can DREAM American" US Public Affairs,

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. UNESCO/UNICEF, Turkmenbasy, Balkanabat Region, Turkmenistan.