Randy Pausch's Last Lecture was an inspirational video about life. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. In September 2006, Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and in August 2007 his doctors told him that he had 3-6 months to live. On July 25, 2008, Pausch passed away due to the cancer.
During the video, Randy Pausch seemed so happy and was making jokes throughout his whole lecture. I would have never guessed that he was going to die within a few months because he had nothing but a smile on his face and just seemed to be the happiest person on earth. Randy first talked about his childhood dreams which were being in zero gravity, being an NFL player, being an author of a Encyclopedia article, meeting and being Captain Kurk, being on of those guys that win a big stuff animals at an amusement park, and becoming a Disney Imagineer. Another part of his lecture includes how he reached out to others to seek their dreams. He then taught a course at Carnegie Mellon University which would have 50 students separated into four groups and they would have two weeks to work and complete a project. Their project was to build a virtual world and then present it when the two weeks were done. Once the groups were done, they were randomized again and created another project. As the course went on, more people came to watch the projects being displayed and it became widely talked about throughout the campus. Also, I really liked how he brought his wife into his lecture not because it was her birthday but to show everyone that she has been a big impact on his life and also I liked how the video was devoted to his kids. Overall, a great inspirational video that I will not forget.
I learned form Randy Pausch that the best way to teach kids is to let the kids learn without letting them know that they are learning. Teaching them lessons that do not allow them to know that they are learning make the students learn more. I think this is great way to teach students because it makes the teaching and learning fun.
Good summary! I just noticed a couple small grammar errors.
ReplyDelete- "Also, I really liked how he brought his wife into his lecture not because it was her birthday but to show everyone that she has been a big impact on his life. I liked how the video was devoted to his kids." I would break up the sentence into two and maybe come up with another word other then like for the second sentence so it does not sound redundant.
- Also, its:"..being one of those guys that wins a big stuffed animal at an amusement park.
Tthere was a lot more you could have written in response to the question I posed. What you have written is interesting and thoughtful.
ReplyDeleteThe speech very powerful statement. I hope you read it every year and put to work the things you have shared and the many other things about learning and education that Dr. Pausch shared with us in his "Last Lecture".