The Last Lecture

If I had to describe the last lecture by Randy Pausch in one word it would be motivational. Soem key things that he did to get the speech going is he introduced the elephant in the room, defined the scope, concluded strong, showed enthusiasm, immersed himself, and got personal. These are great things that I can use in my teaching methods one day in the classroom. One of the great quotes in his speech was "We cannot change the cards we are delt, just how we play the hand." What i can get from this quote is as a teacher we have different challenges everyday that we have to deal with and how we handle it can have a huge effect on the outcome. I believe that everyone should hear or read the last lecture, it is very moving and motivational.