Dave Eggers TED Talk was pretty good, partly because of how he presented his information. Again, like the other presenters I’ve watched, he told a story. He talked about the history of 826 Valencia, the troubles they had when opening it, and the purpose of it. His story was different than the others I’ve watched, because he lived his story, he was the person who was behind the story. Ken Robinson told stories that he heard, and Jennifer Lee told history stories, but neither of them really lived his/her story. He did use humor as a tactic, too (so original). He began his TED Talk with humor, talking about how he hadn’t slept at all, and his colleague and he were talking about who slept the least. Along with this, his story was humorous. He had to sell something, anything… so he sold pirate supplies. Another unique tactic he had was his TED wish, what he wants people to take away from his Talk. You could say the other people hinted at this idea, but they didn’t coin the term, or go into much detail on this. Egger made his own website to elaborate on this wish, which was kind of cool. You can view his wish coming true with pictures and videos from all over the country.
After observing all of these Talks, I’m starting to find that stories and humor are prevalent through all of them. These two factors, mainly story, guides most of their Talks, and that becomes the basis of the Talks. The only instance I’ve seen where this didn’t happen is Marcel Dicke’s, because he mainly used facts and not stories. Humor seems to be a tactic that ties the audience in, because no one dislikes humor, and it makes the audience think (even if you didn’t realize it) about what’s funny, and why they are laughing.
His ideas of one on one attention really relate to me, because it really does help. When I work with a teacher one on one, the teacher and I are able to talk about whatever and the teacher can easily guide me and help me on this subject. It also lets me get to know the teacher, and it helps you feel more comfortable with the person who’s teaching you. But once you go into a large class of 30 students, you lose these factors. Teachers just don’t have time to spend time with each student every class. In an hour, for a class of 30, one teacher could get only 2 minutes with each student. 2 minutes of personal time, with no other teaching during the class period. If you couldn’t tell, this is a problem. This is clearly why Eggers did what he did, why he made a facility that is one on one volunteer to student time. However, I think there are some problems with this. During this time, kids are with volunteers, not their teachers. It seems that the students would in turn get a sense of trust and friendship with the volunteer, but not with the teacher. It would be the best if students had more flexibility at schools, along with teachers. Then, if students feel they need the one on one time, then they can go and find the teacher and have this time. They would then get the same bond with their teacher, and they would be able to stay in school, too. So I agree with his message that people should volunteer for this one on one time, but I fell it would work better if these volunteers became the teachers, and ideally it would be the teachers being able to give one on one times.
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