social objects as realia

Bernard @topgold Goldbach

Limerick Institute of Technology

• Objects from real life used in classrooms to improve understanding.

• In language learning, realia strenghthen associations between words for objects and objects themselves.

• Realia connect learners with key focal points.

• Tactile and multidimensional connections between learned material and objects of lessons.

• Best results when simple.

Realia

Realia for Active Listening

Active Listening via Hashtags

Listening to #edchatie

Listening to #edchatie memes

Learning Emerging Trends

Learning Social Etiquette

Learning Real World Tweets

Learning Private and Extended Circles

Learning Community Composition

Learning Effective Collaboration

Learning Creativity

Learning to Critique

Learning to Curate

Resource: G+ Realia

The Big Bird is Social Sharing

Reality: Notifications Drive Engagement

Teaching Privacy through Flowcharts

Effective Realia is Layered

Realia Can Be a Ghost Town

Realia Can Be Circled

KPI: Effective Realia Piques Interest

Tactic: Embrace Real People

Tactic: Seek Ambient Intimacy

Resources: Albums, Sets, Streams

Resource: Hangouts

Tactic: Hangouts on Air

Tactic: Leverage Transmedia

Resources for Realia

Realia’s Analogue and Digital

Realia and Audioboo

Resource: Audioboo.fm

Resource: G+ Educators

Tactic: Read and Share

http://gplus.to/topgold

http://twitter.com/topgold

http://youtube.com/topgold

http://linkedin.com/in/topgold

http://www.insideview.ie

http://audioboo.fm/topgold

http://flickr.com/topgold

http://facebook.com/topgold

http://pinboard.in/u:topgold/t:collaboration

Tactic: Connect

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Bernard @topgold Goldbach, University of Limerick, June 1, 2012.

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