Blog Post 8

Well I can start off by saying after watching Randy Pausch's Video, I am truly amazed by him. He is one of the most positive people I have ever seen/listened to. Hearing his story and the way he achieved everything he did is absolutely amazing. Also, the outlook he has on life is awesome, even if he is sick. What I gathered about teaching and learning is to just go for it. Making learning fun is the best way to teach students and yourself about all things. We are so quick to be so serious and think learning or teaching is about book work and nothing more. The way Randy taught, by doing the videos, was great and could really make learning fun. All of his educators or "bosses" taught him to go for whatever he wanted to do, he did and was very successful in doing so. I think we, as teachers, should really teach that in today's generation. Everyone should go do what they want and that is the way to be successful in life, just go for it! I have noticed now group work is in schools a lot more. I also liked the bar graph he demonstrated for students to go by after working in groups. They are able to see their strengths and weaknesses when working in groups. That can help the student and others around them when learning. So really, to answer the question "What can we learn about teaching and learning?" is to go for it. Strive to be the best as an educator and as a student. If we go beyond our comfort zone we can learn so much more and have fun doing it.