Caroline Casey (Ted Talk 8)

Caroline Casey's ted talk was amazing. After watching it, I learned that there are no limits, just challenges. She described this by explaining the story of how she was blind and didn't know it. Once she found out, she was always the same as before. She thought she was fine, so she was fine. Casey had several speaking techniques that were rather distracting. She used her hand motions constantly. It was annoying because I was focusing more on her hands than what she is saying. She also had presentation techniques. These however, were not distracting. She used a life story to motivate people, which is in my opinion is the best way to motivated people. This video pertains to me because I am very arrow minded. If I am limited from doing something, I give up. What this video showed me, was that every "limit" can be overcome. It is Gods way of challenging people. This video connects to education because it shows that people with disabilities are just as likely to succeed as a regular person. Caroline Casey didn't even know she was legally blind until she was 17, and had already gone through her schooling. This video also connects to the world because everyone should know that there is hope for them. If each person on this planet thought the way that Casey thought, we would be able to work together and accomplish so much more. Caroline Casey's ted talk was my favorite so far. She was inspiring and I really enjoyed it.

Christopher deCharms (Ted Talk 7)

I watched Christopher deCharms ted talk about getting inside the human brain. I took away a lot from this video. The main thing that I took away was that there is now a way to control your brain. This is done through a process similar to an MRI. From there, you can control which parts of your body hurt based on which parts of your brain you use. deCharms had several techniques he used while speaking. One of those was that he was monotone throughout the entire thing, He never changed his voice oncE. I personally did not like that because it got boring and was hard to follow after a while. He also had a couple presentation techniques. The main technique he used was that he show and demonstrated this process. He had the visual of the brain, and a man control which parts of his body hurt. He demonstrated how he got inside the man's head. This video relates to me personally because I have a brain abnormality. So, if this video is true and this process takes off, then I could possibly take away the pain i have in my head. I could also be able to change the reactions of abnormality. This video relates to education a little bit. It relates to education because this process could potentially be able to help students learn, or learn why they have trouble learning. This video also relates to the world because it is a huge accomplishment. This could change the way the world, medical departments, and science work. This video was really really unique and cool. I think that deCharms did an excellent job!

Dan Eggers (Ted Talk 6)

After watching this video, I took away that everyone has different learning styles. A lot of people have a better learning comprehension when they are working one on one. I also learned that if you have a good idea, then you need to follow through with it, because, like Dan Egger, your ideas could change peoples lives.This speaker's techniques were very clear. He uses humor a lot. This was good because it made the very long video more entertaining and easier to follow. I liked how he used humor so frequently, however it was unnessciary is several spots throughout the video. Egger also had several really good presentation techniques. He stayed stationary while he was talking. This was good because the audience did not get distracted by the motions going on, they could just focus in what he is saying. Another thing he did was that he used a lot of visuals. Again, this was very helpful because it allowed the audience to connect to the video more, and it allowed people to stay focused longer. In my opinion, the best presentation skill he used was that he told stories. Which helped tremendously. It helped show that these were facts not just his opinions. This video relates to me because I personally learn a lot better, faster, and easier when I am working with someone one on one. So, I completely agree with Egger's theory. This realtes to the world because all over the country, people are opening and creating things similar to the creation Egger made. They are helping kids all over the contry learn more efficently. This really connects to education because it is about how kids learn differently. It shows that education is a complex thing that needs to be handled gently. Overall, this video was very good. I was intrigued by it because it had a good background. Egger was very motivational and I really liked his thoughts and ideas.

Dean Ornish (Ted Talk 5)

The main point of this video was that  other countries are picking up on America's eating habits. THis is bad because it is leading others to have the same problem as us. Obesity. The speaker had several techniques that lead him to have a meaningful video. These techniques were that he talked quickly and that he used hand gestures. These helped because it was easier to understand where he was going with his conversation. The speaker also had presentation techniques. These techniques were that he used statistics and examples. This helped so that the audience could really relate it to the real world. This relates to me because it affects how my society is being judged. Which is important since it is important to have a good image for our country. This relates to the world because it is affecting everyone who has picked up our habits. This video, does not really relate to education in my opinion. Dean Ornish was very moving and brought this problem to my attention.