Watching Randy Pausch's teaching methods were great to learn. His lecture had three points: having dreams, helping others with their dreams, and lessons learned. I agreed with him when Dr. Pausch discussed fundamentals and said "Most of what we learn, we learn indirectly." That is a very true statement for everyone I believe. Most of the time we are not "planning" to learn something we just learn it by accident.
He discussed his childhood dreams and how important it is to have your own dreams no matter what it is or what age you are. Dr. Pausch mentioned that he was not great enough to go to the NFL but the most important things he learned was on the football field. People also should help others to achieve their goals. Not everyone can do it alone, they need help.
Dr. Pausch has a program called ETC. It helps students learn without them knowing how much they are actually learning at that moment. For everyone, young and old, that is a great way to learn because some people associate learning with being boring. It does not always have to be that way especially if it is something with technology.
Dr. Keller taught Dr. Pausch something when she brought computer software to middle school. The program was called "Alice". It was not fundamental but she wanted to figure out how she could make it to be. Lessons are learned all the time from all resources we have access too. It could be a friend, student, family, or boss that we learn something from every day. We should all strive to be life long learners.
Another note to help you improve your writing. Look at your first sentence: "Watching Randy Pausch's teaching methods were great to learn." Read it. Carefully. It doesn't make sense. I think you meant I was able to learn some of Randy Pausch's teaching techniques, which were great, by watching his Last Lecture. We now know what you watched: Last lecture (not teaching methods). We know what you thought was great (teaching methods, not watching). Reread what you write. Think about what you are saying. That will improve your writing. Also keep it simple and direct. That will also help.
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I agreed with what you had to say about Randy Pausch's "head fake learning." In my blog post, I also commented that I felt this disguise of learning is quite effective. I really believed you hit the nail on the head when you stated that people associate learning with being boring. Unofortunately, that is very true in today's society and we as future educators must change that! If we take some of Dr. Pausch's advice to heart, as well the tools gathered from Dr. Strange, learning can be more about investigating and less about lecturing. Hopefully we can erase that association forever.
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