plog post 8

Pausch an excellent educator, he was a amazing person with wonderfully optimistic outlook on life. In the video, Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Mr. Pausch was given the devistating news that he only had three to six months to live. Mr. Pausch decided he would live life to the fullest and was positive about how he lived his life even though he did not have much time left. In the video you can see how much Mr. Pausch enjoys teaching and helping others learn. He gives some examples of his childhood that I think help the audience connect with him as a speaker. Mr. Pausch's main focus was that learning should be a fun experience for children. If learning is a fun experience children are more likely to want to learn what you are teaching them. We must make learning fun for our students. Hard work can actually be enjoyable with the right kind of teaching, group work, and assignments. Group work is also valuable because it allows students to connect with and help each other. I agree with Pausch in that we as humans are meant to help each other. We are not meant to live this life alone.  Two of the things he focused on were PBL and Technology. Project Based Learning and Technology can be used as a creative way for children to express themselves and as a tool to make learning fun. Mr. Pausch said that you should strive to be the best you can be. He gives some advice; 1. Give feedback and listen to your students. 2. Work harder and dont complain. 3. Find the best in every person. This advice was very helpful for me as a future teacher. When I am with my students I know to look for the best in each one of my children, and when I give my students feedback to listen to what they have to say. I really enjoyed this blog post.

Not only was the most important thing I learned from his lecture is that a career in teaching will never be easy. There will always be complications, setbacks, and injustice. However, teaching is a learning process. We must learn to adapt and realize there is an always an opportunity to better ourselves. Sometimes a "brick wall" is necessary for us to realize what we are actually capable of. Once we do this, we can accomplish things bigger than our dreams thought possible.