Randy’s video was very inspirational to me. When it first started playing I am not going to lie I thought this guy was going to be boring to listen to for an hour. Then when I looked down it was already twenty minutes in and I was glued to my seat listening to him. He was a very lively man and a great educator which made him fun to listen to. In his lecture he talked about three main things on how to achieving dreams.
Randy started his lecture off telling us about his dreams of zero gravity, playing in the NFL, being in the world book encyclopedia, meeting Captain Kirk, winning a stuff animal, and being a Disney imaginer. The different between Randy and most people though is that he actually went after all of his childhood dreams with full forces and believes that nothing could hold him back. He tells us about the brick wall that gets in all of our ways is there so you can show how badly you want something not to stop you from getting it. He achieved almost all of his child hood goals (except for the NFL) from riding in the vomit comet to helping with the Aladdin virtual reality ride.
After discussing his achievements he told the audience that he wanted his students to experience this kind of success in the classroom. So he created a pioneer program (one that has never been made) called Building Virtual Worlds. This course had students from all sorts of departments around campus working together in teams to make virtual reality projects. After this he created Alice, which is a program to teach computer programming in an edutanment manner (educational entertainment). His teaching strategy was to help kids have fun while learning very complicated things. This strategy is called a “head fake” which is teaching by making the person think they are learning something else more fun.
Then towards the end of his speech he gives the audience things he has learned that might help them out. The one I found most interesting was him telling how to get people to help you. First you must always tell the truth and be honest. Then a person must be apologetic and not focus on themselves. After he said the focus one he gave his wife a birthday cake to show how much of the focus is not on you but the one you care about the most. The real head fake at the end was that the whole lecture was not only about achieving dreams but also how to lead your life and it was not to everyone, but to his kids.