TEDtalk response 1

What I have taken from this TedTalk is that schools are run in a very left-brain way. Students have a schedule and need to follow the rules but that doesn't leave enough room for creativity. That people tell students that musicians and artists aren't really jobs and that why would you bother doing it.

His teaching style is informal and the way that he presented the information was through comedy.

His presentation style is through stories, he can help relate to people through personal and stories that happen in everyday life.

What really matters in this presentation is that the children's creativty is deteriorating and that we are teaching them to use just their brains, to educate just their brains. He says that we need to educate their whole body and not just their thinking mind. This matters to me personally because I learn through hearing stories, personal experiences. It is harder for me to learn math and science because I can't relate to math equations or the biology of a frog. Schools make it harder on the right-brainers which can crumble the students creativity. The world can only go to the future is by creative ideas and if the world is teaching students to be logical and think inside the box, we aren't gonna go anywhere.

TEDTalk response 6

Dave Eggars  "Once Upon a School"

I have taken away the fact that one on one time is a major influence on a students education. It can help them learn better and solidify their reading and writing. I have realized that the integration of adults working on putting the words together and students trying to figure out how to put the actual words together. Even a small amount of attention on the students ideas and work can change their writing in an influential way. It shows everyone working together, shows nothing wrong with the students just working together.

His speaking techniques seem nervous. He says "uhh... uhh..." because he is nervous, he is trying to make sure that the words come out right. He is playing with his hands, holding them and pointing to the screen.

His presentation style is through speech with evidence behind him. He is explaining a story and looks directly at the crowd but has a presentation of pictures and evidence to back up his story. He says that his main point was that it was fun and that wasn't fully presented in the talk but only a little.

This matters to the world because teachers and adults need to find an efficient way to help kids one on one. He uses a writing center to combine with a tutoring center and created a way to have writers come in and help the students while being right next to the job. The world needs to figure out a way to do this in other towns to get students reading and writing better and better. This matters because adults, after work can just come and help the students, its as simple as that. It also shows that if you give students the oppourtunity to succeed like giving them the chance to write a book and be published, they will work hard, go through the full process of perfection. The level of that process is extroardinarily high that students will never go back to the "sloppy" writing. This matters to me because it is that the pirate shop got adults interested but watching the kids learning for free helped influence them to start tutoring. He shows that these students are from homes where learning isn't appreciated or considered. These students are brilliant but don't have a space to express them. He gives students a place where they can work with experienced writers and expresstheir brilliant writing