Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

I really enjoyed Randy's lecture. His use of "head fakes" were a very useful teaching method. I will try to remember those when I start teaching. From this lecture, I learned to make learning fun and the students will learn without knowing that they are actually learning.

Randy really talked about believing in people and never giving up on them, because eventually they will come around and do what is right. He also talked about criticism. He said when no one offers criticism that we should be concerned. He used an example of when he was playing football, the coach was really hard on him. He said it was because the coach cared and he knew that Randy could do better. When they stop, it means they no longer care for you.

He said child hood dreams are very important and achieving them is what his "head fake" is all about. Randy only has 2-3 months to live and his going over his childhood dreams in this lecture and has accomplished almost all of them. The ones that he did not accomplish, he uses for lessons learned. I really enjoyed listening to Randy.