Eradicating Algorithmic Injustice Through Participatory Action Research: Media Binds or Blinds?

• In Event: Action Research: Honoring Social Justice in School Settings

Abstract

This participatory action research (PAR) investigates the role of Algorithmic Bias/Injustice integrating new technologies in developing global competencies, geospatial intelligence, and computational thinking skills; offers creative strategies integrating new technologies into P20 curriculum; and outlines innovative projects that integrate maps, math and media using GPS devices; and showcases participants’ projects and digital stories as a gallery walk. The study explores a wide range of meanings participants associated with experiential project-based learning activities; the impact of mobile technologies in developing multicultural and multilingual apps that promotes transdisciplinary curriculum design; the ways in which participants integrate geospatial and computational thinking skills into their learning; and how they gain alternative points of view on global issues and renewed interest and commitment to community service.

Author

• Melda N Yildiz, New York Institute of Technology