Research Symposium

BIO

My name is Jordan Warsager and I am from Pompano Beach, Florida. I am currently a student in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), majoring in psychology. My research focuses on teacher digital media literacies and competencies. Through this project, I explored how K-12 educators engage with digital media and focusedwas able to explore how K-12 educators engage with digital media and focus on the gap between teachers and media literacy. As part of my future plans, I plan to pursue a Master's in Clinical Counseling and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. It is my goal to work as a clinical psychologist, providing therapy and mental health support to individuals in need. Mental health challenges are one of my greatest passions. I am passionate about understanding human behavior and helping others overcome them. Through this combination of research and academic pursuits, I am on my way to establishing a meaningful career in clinical psychology.

Teacher Digital Media Literacy

Abstract

Our research concerns how teachers show and practice digital media literacy and competency.
This question is important as insight into how inservice teachers practice media competency
provides reason how to better support training and practice for technology that is constantly
changing. This research can also be applied to student outcomes. Our research design was a
systematic review of papers concerning teacher digital media competency and literacy. We
defined criteria (e.g., empirical, concerning inservice K12 teachers, etc.) for the articles we sent
through the review. We have read abstracts of studies to find if they were relevant or not, then
later read through the narrowed down studies to see if they should be included in later research.
While we do not have results yet, preliminary trends show that teachers who have more access to
technological advancements in ICT (information communication technology) show higher digital
media literacy and/or competency. Additionally, it seems there is a knowledge gap especially
when it concerns secondary education teachers and other instructors (e.g., physical education)
and their digital media competency. Preliminary trends in our research show that well-funded
schools and countries have teachers who are more confident in their digital media literacy.
Implications of this research could be policy that directs funding towards digital media literacy
and ICT training for teacher

Keywords: digital media litercies