Dave Eggers TED Talk Response

There are many takeaways from this video. First of all it is very important that we encourage the kids who get bad grades. This way their grades will grow and they can realize just how successful they can be in their life. Another takeaway is the idea that teachers need to have more one on one time with their students. Sometimes kids fall behind because they just don't really know what's going on. When the kids don't get enough one on one time they might not always know what to do or how to improve if they are feeling nervous to speak up. We need to also create more areas that are school but not. This way when kids arrive they don't feel like they are going to even more hours of school per week. They can feel like they are just visiting a fun enviroment. Eggers effective speaking techniques come with they way he explains stuff and how he reacts to the audience. At the beginning he was very nervous. Instead of trying to hide it however; Eggers just openly announced to the audience what he was feeling. Also when the audience would laugh he would add another little joke or change his speaking order to further explain what they like. His presentation style is to use picures to illustrate his topic. Eggers displayed pictures of the different tutoring areas to show how far out the ideas can be but how effective the concept can be. The ideas that one on one time improves grades immensly matters from this video. Instead of just letting kids go free on an assignment or something, it is far more successful to let them work shoulder to shoulder with someone. This video connects to me personally in a few ways. For instance, I agree that kids need more one on one time. When I was in elementary school I was very shy and it was hard for me to speak up in front of the class to ask a question. Even if I really didn't know what to do and neither did my peers, I would've rather done the assignment than asking a question in front of everyone. I flourished much more in my GT classes where there were less kids and the teacher and I had more one on one. This video also connects to me because I work better when I do my homework on an off hour at Starbucks or something versus sitting at my living room table. I believe there should be more spaces in Colorado and our area for struggling children. This video is focused on education. Teachers should be able to provide one on one time with their students. Whether they have less children in their classes or there are more spaces like 826 Valencia. Finally this video applies to the world. We could use the basic ideas from the works of 826 Valencia to help people in all areas of education and other works ideas. Perhaps we should create more spaces to help with math, science, etc.