Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Blog Post 7
While watching this video, Randy Pausch shares many things about his life and the goals he has set for the future. His speech mainly focuses on how important it is to learn from your past experiences whether good or bad. Everything you do in life you learn from it. All throughout your life, you will continue to learn new things everyday. Randy also talks about good effective ways to teach. When we are teaching, it is important that we learn from our students. It may seem weird to think we can learn from children but it is very possible. They can really help you with developing good teaching methods for them that will help them learn better in the classroom. If you are very open with your students and listen to their opinions, you can learn a lot from them. Listening to this lecture was an inspiration to me and will definitely help me in the future.
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ReplyDeleteHi Sydney! I'm Sarah and I'm in Dr. Strange's EDM 510 class. I agree with you that learning from your students is very important. As teachers, we have to learn who our students are so that we can be the best teachers for them. We also have to be continuous learners as well to be great teachers. I'm glad to hear that you were inspired by Randy Pausch. I find his story inspiring, too.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the "Last Lecture" video. As you stated, Randy shared his life experiences, the goals that he set and the obstacles that he overcame to meet his goals. His lecture was such an inspiration to me. Not only did he give lessons on how to lead your life, but he taught lessons on how to make learning fun.
ReplyDelete"Everything you do in life you learn from it." I think this is a very inspirational point and one that is also difficult to grasp at times. As you mentioned, both the good and the bad experiences can be seen as a lesson and as educators it is important for us to recognize that.
ReplyDeleteSome additional questions: Was he more of a coach or a teacher? Did he use PBL? How were his classes different from the ones you have taken? Although you watched a lecture do you think that lectures played a significant part in his teaching? What role does fun play in learning? What did he mean by "head fake learning"? Why "raise the bar"? Did Dr. Pausch encourage self-reflection and self-evaluation?
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