My take-aways from this video is that you have to challenge yourself. Blaine is using his personal experiences to teach people that you can set goals just to break them; challenge yourself and you will be surprised what you can do. It pays off to practice and to train in the end. The speakers effective speaking techniques is that he speaks slowly and enunciates his words. Blaine utilizes sarcasm and his dry sense of humor to keep the audience laughing and to keep the room light; as his topic is very heavy and serious. The speaker's presentation style is that he uses video clips and photos in his presentation. His gives the audience a visual so that they have a visual in their head and keeps them attentive. Blaine also uses stories to present his topic in a way that is not solely based on stats.
What matters in this video, as it relates to me, is that I should set goals for myself just to break them. If I set goals just to break them, I will preform better and push myself harder; whether in school or on the diamond. What matters in this video, as it relates to education, is that students do not need to be motivated by money or other incentives. They need to be motivated by beating themselves. Blaine is saying that when we go up against ourselves we tend to do better and work harder. What matters in this video, as it relates to the world, is that no matter what your profession you must be motivated, not by money, but by beating yourself. Set goals just for the sake of beating them.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
John Wooden-Blog5
My takeaways from this video is that success is not solely rooted in winning and losing. Success is building for tomorrow and putting your best foot forward. Wooden is urging the audience that everyday you are back at square one; it doesn't matter where you have been or where you are going, we are all the same at the begining of the day. The speaker's effective speaking techniques are that he speaks slowly and clearly. He enunciates clearly and speaks in a logical fashion. Wooden's speaking path is clear. Wooden presentation style is that he uses quotes and excerpts from poetry to convey his lesson to the audience. Wooden also utilizes anecdotes and real life examples to get his point across.
What matters in this video, as it relates to me, is that everyday I have to go out and prove myself again. I have to understand that success is not just an "A" or a hit ,but something that builds towards that. I need to adopt an attitude that nothing will be given to me, I have to earn it. What matters ,as it relates to education, is that teachers need to encourage students to be the best that they can be. Teachers are the foundation of a students success. What matters, as it relates to the world, is that success is not in winning or in losing. You can still win and lose by a ton, yet you can also still lose and win by a ton. Success is measured in how far you have come.
What matters in this video, as it relates to me, is that everyday I have to go out and prove myself again. I have to understand that success is not just an "A" or a hit ,but something that builds towards that. I need to adopt an attitude that nothing will be given to me, I have to earn it. What matters ,as it relates to education, is that teachers need to encourage students to be the best that they can be. Teachers are the foundation of a students success. What matters, as it relates to the world, is that success is not in winning or in losing. You can still win and lose by a ton, yet you can also still lose and win by a ton. Success is measured in how far you have come.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Clay Shirky-Blog4
My take aways from this video are that people like to create and share what they have done. In a world of abundance and surplus there will always be unnecessary things out there. The people who use their free time,cognitive surplus, to benefit society should be rewarded. These people are using their intrinsic motivation and free time to add civic value to society. The speaker's effective speaking techniques are that he enunciates his words and and has a very logical approach to what he is talking about. His speech, logically, made sense. His presentation style is that he uses real life examples to illustrate his point. He uses his slides effectively and logically. He also incorporates studies and facts t prove the point he is trying to present.
What matters to me in this video is that when you have free time use it wisely and use it benefit society. Don't just sit around and do nothing all day, do something because you are motivated to do it. It is these self-motivated people that are rewarded in the long run. This matters, in the world of education, in that it stresses us to use our time wisely and to be self-motivated to do stuff. We can create amazing things in our cognitive surplus time. This matters, as it relates to the world, is that create something useful. Don't create something communal or useless, create something civic that will benefit society. In a world of abundance, where everything is shared and posted, create something beneficial and share that. Post with meaning.
What matters to me in this video is that when you have free time use it wisely and use it benefit society. Don't just sit around and do nothing all day, do something because you are motivated to do it. It is these self-motivated people that are rewarded in the long run. This matters, in the world of education, in that it stresses us to use our time wisely and to be self-motivated to do stuff. We can create amazing things in our cognitive surplus time. This matters, as it relates to the world, is that create something useful. Don't create something communal or useless, create something civic that will benefit society. In a world of abundance, where everything is shared and posted, create something beneficial and share that. Post with meaning.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Daniel Pink-Blog3
My take aways from this video is that to get better performance from workers we need them to make an emotional connection with the work they do. The motivation that matters is intrinsic motivation (a kind of motivation that the only incentive is a sense of accomplishment and the title of having done it). I also took away that if you do something just to say you have done, you accomplish more. The speakers effective speaking technique is anecdotes. He also uses a different platform for telling what matters to him; that is the platform of a lawyer presenting a case to a jury. This changes everything up and keeps the audience from going to sleep from the same old TED talks. His presentation style is that he uses statistics and case studies to present his case to the audience. This is important because it validates what he is saying and confirms any doubts the audience might have.
What matters in this video, as it relates to me, is that it is important to motivate yourself intrinsically. Your mind is clouded when you are given an external incentive and therefore your ability to do work is clouded. What matters, as it relates to education it is screaming for a reform in the way students do work. Pink is trying to tell us that if can find a motivation within ourselves, we can do anything. What matters, as it relates to the world, is that the old method of work for money is outdated and virtually useless. We achieve more as a society when we do something that we want to do; we achieve more when we motivate ourselves.
What matters in this video, as it relates to me, is that it is important to motivate yourself intrinsically. Your mind is clouded when you are given an external incentive and therefore your ability to do work is clouded. What matters, as it relates to education it is screaming for a reform in the way students do work. Pink is trying to tell us that if can find a motivation within ourselves, we can do anything. What matters, as it relates to the world, is that the old method of work for money is outdated and virtually useless. We achieve more as a society when we do something that we want to do; we achieve more when we motivate ourselves.
Monday, April 16, 2012
J.J. Abrams-Blog2
My take aways from this video are that life is one big mystery box and we are surrounded by mystery boxes everyday; also that it in this day and age you can pretty much do anything you want to do. J.J.'s effective speaking techniques are that he jokes around; this allows for the audience to stay involved and to pay attention. He also uses a lot of anecdotes and stories to get his point across; this allows him to keep his speech fresh with new ways to get his point across to the audience. His presentation style is that he incorporates video clips into the presentation; to keep his audience attentive. He also uses props as an other method to get his point across to the audience.
In this video what matters to me is the overall message of the presentation. That message is that life is full of mystery boxes just waiting to be opened and solved. Abrams also wants us to see that it is the emotion of the mysteries that keeps us involved, not the action and romance; although that is cool too. This connects to education in that it shows that we, as students, must be emotionally invested in what we do. This is how we develop that love for a subject. It is our very own mystery box. On the world-wide scale this connects in that there are mystery boxes everywhere just waiting to be solved. Life is one big mystery box.
In this video what matters to me is the overall message of the presentation. That message is that life is full of mystery boxes just waiting to be opened and solved. Abrams also wants us to see that it is the emotion of the mysteries that keeps us involved, not the action and romance; although that is cool too. This connects to education in that it shows that we, as students, must be emotionally invested in what we do. This is how we develop that love for a subject. It is our very own mystery box. On the world-wide scale this connects in that there are mystery boxes everywhere just waiting to be solved. Life is one big mystery box.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Sir Ken Robinson-Blog1
My take-aways from this video is that part of being original is being wrong. In society today we emphasize that being wrong is terrible; being wrong is bad. But part of growing and being original is being wrong. We cannot learn from our mistakes if we don't make mistakes. Another take away is that no matter where you go, their is a similar educational hierarchy of math and science on the top and the arts on the bottom. We put an emphasis on being right all the time and have no time for the subjects where being right is not the primary goal. A final thing I took away was that there is an academic inflation. A degree is not a valuable as it used to be. It now requires a Masters or a PHd to get a job that at one point in time would have taken a Bachelors.
Some of the effective speaking techniques employed by the speaker are humor and effective story telling. He uses humor to lighten the mood a little bit and to keep the audience engaged. He uses story telling to give real life examples to support what he is saying but, to also keep the audience engaged and listening. His or her presentation style is that he is very casual in his voice yet, very serious in his topic. He is very happy in his speech so, he doesn't put the audience to sleep with a boring tone of voice. He wants the audience to connect and feel for what he is saying; this cannot be achieved with a monotone voice.
What matters to me in this video is that what he says is true about academic inflation and the emphasis we put on being right all the time. It connects to me personally in that I am trying to take classes and do activities (ie. yoga, drama, running) that are not all about winning. This is because the presssure in thses "right" classes is immense and I need a realease so I stay loose and don't take myself too seriously. The educational connection is that schools do kind of cut out the creativity in our brains and replace it with equations and the goal that being right is what matters. On a world-wide scale this connects in that the value of a degree has gone down. It is the people witth the Masters and PHd's that are taking the jobs. A degree isn't worth what it used to be.
Some of the effective speaking techniques employed by the speaker are humor and effective story telling. He uses humor to lighten the mood a little bit and to keep the audience engaged. He uses story telling to give real life examples to support what he is saying but, to also keep the audience engaged and listening. His or her presentation style is that he is very casual in his voice yet, very serious in his topic. He is very happy in his speech so, he doesn't put the audience to sleep with a boring tone of voice. He wants the audience to connect and feel for what he is saying; this cannot be achieved with a monotone voice.
What matters to me in this video is that what he says is true about academic inflation and the emphasis we put on being right all the time. It connects to me personally in that I am trying to take classes and do activities (ie. yoga, drama, running) that are not all about winning. This is because the presssure in thses "right" classes is immense and I need a realease so I stay loose and don't take myself too seriously. The educational connection is that schools do kind of cut out the creativity in our brains and replace it with equations and the goal that being right is what matters. On a world-wide scale this connects in that the value of a degree has gone down. It is the people witth the Masters and PHd's that are taking the jobs. A degree isn't worth what it used to be.
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