A Persuasive RSAnimate
View two or three examples of RSAnimates and then choose the one you find most persuasive.
In a paragraph, explain why you find it persuasive (in a way, persuade us that we should also watch it!). Post your paragraph here (150 to 200 words) before coming to class.
Be sure to bring your work to class, word processed, next Friday.
Remember, also, to complete your paragraph based on Sherry Turkle's TED lecture.
27 comments:
The Truth of Brain
Steve Park
"The divided brain" told to audience about unique topic, wrong perceptions of brains. Firstly, the speaker corrected that both brains take and handle the information: reason, emotion, language, visual. The interesting thing that he explained is that the imagination and reason use both brains. For examples, he said, "the left brain is dependent on detective language, Claritin, fixed, static. However, right brain yield a row they've individual changing evolving, interconnected. If left brain only mediate the knowledge, it could have perfection but price emptiness." The speaker mentioned another argument that makes me attentive, "we need to use not easily come in right brain for a broad understanding of certain thing to manipulate the world." For example, he said, "the left brain is usually take rational mind, but it is impossible to rationally prove rationality. So, the right brain, intuitive mind, compensate the defect of left brain." In addition I can be more persuasive when he conclude his argument that both brain is important by referring Einstein's quote, " the intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant." Therefore this presentation is very interesting and I learned the preciousness of right brain.
-200 words-
“Drive”, by Dan Pink, reveals the hidden facts of our motivations at home and in the workplace. Base on Dan's lecture, our motivations are “unbelievably interesting” and unpredictable. Many people believe that rewards motivate us to work harder and more efficient. Can we sum up the higher the reward, the better the performance will be? The answer is yes and no. For some mechanical skills and simple straight works, yes, money or reward could motivate people. But contrary, when the works require conceptual design and creative thinking, those kind rewards don't work. Surprisingly, “a larger reward even led to poorer performance.” Why? This lively RSA animated lecture tells the reasons. By providing the economist’s research and experiment, adducing real life examples Dan persuades his discovery. He introduces three factors - autonomy, mastery and purpose - that could be the motivation “to lead a better performance and personal satisfaction.” I am pretty sure the hidden facts of motivation will be helpful if you are an employer, organizer, educator, or a parent.
(161 words)
RSAnimate: The Power of Outrospection
"The Power of Outrospection," by Philosopher and Author Roman Krznaric, is a very empowering, inspiring video. It talked about a reality that I can relate to. Moreover, it explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. Coming from a country where people seemed to have lost empathy, people in South Sudan look at each other as tribes and enemies rather than brothers. Empathy is what we need to help us unite and put humanity first. George Orwell was a good example. “Empathy made him good, but it was also good for him.” He works alongside the down-and-outs themselves which makes him “one of the great empathic adventurers of the 20th century.” The author and philosopher Roman Krznaric believes that, for humanity to have a more empathetic, moral, creative and progressive 21st century, we must step outside our own experiences to see how other people live. Why does empathy matter? For example if the Nuer and Dinka of South Sudan have an organization that connects them, they will be like Palestinians and Israelis families who share something very special. They will know that they all have lost members of their loved ones in the conflicts. Furthermore, Nuer and Dinka will discover that they share the same pain, and they can make that empathic bond just like Palestinians and Israelis. "The Power of Outrospection,” is worth watching. 229 words
RSAnimate: The Truth About Dishonesty
There is certainly no shortage of lying and cheating in our society today. We all cheat, whether it is illegally downloading books, or copying a homework in the classroom. "The Truth About Dishonesty," by Dan Ariely is direct, humorous, and so I want to recommend that you to take the chance to watch this video. The first point of this video is that almost all people lie and cheat by a small amount at every opportunity they get. Dan gave us an example with a boy who named Johnny came back home with a teacher's note said about Johnny stole his classmate's pencil. Johnny's dad educated him and asked Johnny stopped doing this by saying " If you need pencils, I could bring you dozen of pencils form my office." The another point in this video is how people even deceive themselves so they can maintain their self-images as honest. "The Truth About Dishonesty" is well worth watching because we can see our society is by good people who think they are doing good but in fact they still cheat a little bit.
-183 words
"Language as a Window into Human Nature" by Steven Pinker shows us an interesting idea how to use the finite literal language to express the infinite meanings. Being the most common media of communications, language plays a very important role in human life. People could not live without language, but how to use it accurately seems so complicated. He gives us a funny example to show how people veil their intentions in innuendo hoping for the listener to read between the lines and infer their real intent. A man asks a woman," Would you like to come up and see my etchings?" There are absolutely some veiled contents beyond literal meanings. The man really wants to have sex with the woman. If she refuses which have two intents: the woman knows that he wants sex; she is naive to think about his etchings only. No matter what the answer is, they can maintain their relationship. But if he uses direct words," Would you like to have sex with me?" Then she says,"no." Their relationship will break up. This is art of language. In some circumstances, people don't have to speak out their direct intent, and can get better consequence. I like "Language as a Window into Human Nature" because of its amusing persuasion and animate drawing description. (218 word
Sarjeevan kaur
RSAnimate: How to help every child fulfil their potential
“How to help every child fulfil their potential” is very helpful idea for students. The speaker makes it more interesting with her sweet voice and excellent explanation. The speaker shows to audiences with her great idea, how to students reached their purpose. Besides this she also tells the reason of quit the study by students. “Some students have a fixed mindset” and other “students have a growth mindset’ Mindset student have theirs goals. They are scared to learn more things because the just things about theirs goals. They always find the easy way to reached their purpose. For the reason the hide their mistakes and run from grammar. Moreover, they lost their confidence, didn’t enjoy the study and give-up the study. According to mindset student, Growth mindset are totally different. They learned every times new things. Even though they learned from their mistakes. They gave the challenges to study because hard one their favorites. Overall they get success with hard work and reached their purpose. The reason of choose this video, because its gave really good message to students. Success is beside in every hard work so never feared for challenges.
Words 192
RSAnimate: The Truth about Dishonesty.
“The Truth about Dishonesty” by Dan Ariely is truly thoughtful and impressive. We all know that dishonesty is an unacceptable attitude, and people usually feel guilty when they are dishonest. However, we may not know that rationalization allows people to “cheat more or be more dishonest and think of [themselves] as good people.” To be specific, people almost never walk out of restaurants without paying for their meals because of shame and guilt. On the other hand, thousands or even millions of people download books and music illegally because of interpretation of freedom and it is “not hurting anyone” although they are actually cheating. In addition, it is quite interesting when Ariely claimed that “we think about morality…we are more thoughtful about our own actions”, we cheat less. Overall, The Truth about Dishonesty is realistic, and I bet that we all cheated a little bit in our life without realizing that it was cheating.
(156 words)
RSAnmate: How to help every children fulfill their potential
Educationalist Carol Dweck introduced us the innovative proposal “How to help every children fulfill their potential.” Children’s performances depended on their psychological status which divided two groups – “fixed mindset and growth mindset.” Fixed mindset students believed that their intelligence fixed and “the effort is a bad thing”; therefore, they couldn’t handle the difficulty in their studying. However, the growth mindset kids thought their brainpower can develop and “Effort is what activates their ability.” Another creative suggestion was that when you praise your child; make them take harder challenges for their improvements. Based on the research, the kids who only heard that they were smart preferred to study what they were already good at it; thus, they couldn’t make any progress. Most attractive advice was that using the word “yet” to children (like you can’t do it yet) who failed their learning; consequently, their abilities can expand. If you were wondering why your grade didn’t improve yet, or you desire to know how to assist your child in their schooling, I highly recommend you watch this video.
(176words)
RSA Animate
“How to help every child fulfill their potential” by Carol Dweck is very powerful and helpful to all the students, parents, and teachers. In the video, she says that fixed mindset is the main cause behind a children’s failure. People who believe in the fixed mindset consider their basic qualities like intelligence or talent to be fixed instead of developing. They never make an effort; they believe that if they have ability then they don’t need effort. Eventually, due to lack of effort and hard work, they lose confidence and don’t enjoy challenges. She explains “praising intelligence” puts children into a fixed mindset. The children who are praise for their intelligence reject the chance to learn and try to conceal their mistakes. However, on the other hand, “growth mindset”people believe intelligence could be developed through effort, dedication, learning, and mentorship. “praising process” puts children into a growth mindset. These are the people who achieve to fulfill their goal and potential. Overall, I am greatly persuaded by her opinion and I recommend everyone to watch this video. I think it can helps to change the mindset of people for the better.
196 words
Nancy Ngumo
“Language As A window Into Human Nature,” by Steven Pinker is informative. Language is essential to every aspects of human interaction on a daily basis. Also, it’s interesting to know how language is used directly or indirectly and the effect it has based on the message conveyed. I agree with Steven Pinker’s idea that, language “Conveys” some content and “Negotiates relationship.” Relating to her example about the kidnapper attempt to bribe the police by placing a fifty dollar note on his licence, this helps us understand the effect the “Greediness” has on us. Also, it demonstrates how a person can simply escape with anything if he has the money to bribe. It’s heartbreaking, because the uncouth manners keep being passed from generation to the next. However, the speaker mentioned about why? “Obvious innuendo” feels more comfortable than a “Direct overture.” The reason might be because people are naive and ignorant. Also, it might be seen as disrespectful or in appropriate to “Directly” speak out. For instance, in different part of the world years back, it was a taboo to mention about sex act. For that reason, people opted to use indirect language to convey the same message. “Language As A Window Into Human Nature,” is insightful and I would recommend people to watch.215words
How To Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential
As one of parents and worker with preschooler, Educationalist Carol Dweck’s “How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential” was aroused my consciousness how to “praise” my children and other kids. I had learned about the effective praise when I was a student in university and a workshop, but as time went by, I was stuck in a rut, and I lost my first mind trying to focus a “growth mindset,” praise the “process.” Carol Dweck explained logically comparing the features, the goals of a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, and how the wrong kind of praise actually “harms” young people. When I saw the part that regarding to the parents’ praising way, after five years later, kids will have a different mindset, I looked back at my attitude toward my children and the kids who I taught. Therefore, I felt strong responsible and I decided to follow Carol Dweck’s advice.
152 words
Steven Pinker showed us different types of speech acts in our daily life through “Language as a Window into Human Nature” by RSA animate. After I watched this video, I could understand that how to apply and use our language effectively because he divided and applied in three major human relationship types across the world’s cultures. Moreover, if you want to have the very active negotiating a price, but you don’t want to strain on the relationship? Then, watch this video. He made for us few small examples to show that how we often and why we use indirect speech act in our daily life. Also, he proved that why people use indirect speech act in our daily life; sometimes, we veil our true intentions in “INNUENDO”, so we hope the listener can read between the lines for our real intentions. It was quite funny and hidden truth. I am glad that I watched this video; however, you will find that how reflected our language as a window into our social relations from this video.
Words 180
The Power of Outrospection," by renowned Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric is a great jumpstart of gaining basic knowledge of what outrospection is about. The film covered a perfect timeline of a dynamic change of philosophical views. During the 20th century, introspection was the concrete paradigm of the majority. However, it did not promise a great socio-economic political growth. This even heightened inequality worldwide--slavery and racism. In the event of adamant chaos called out for a new paradigm--outrospection. A new and subtle revolutionary view cuddled by the core principle of empathy. One of the interesting facets of the short clip was when a man of dignitary position immersed himself in a community to “empathize" the other side of the populace. Much to our surprise, this paved way to open a more sensitive and relatable philosophy that brought better governance not only to a community but even a better introspection of oneself. The Secret of Outrospection is a nugget of wisdom; more than a view--a share is a must!
(171 words)
Why We Need to Stop Playing the Blame Game
Dr. Brené Brown’s RSAnimation on Blame started with a question of “How many of you are blamers?” She told a story to state that it was easy to say “Whose fault it is?” when something happened. Although the blamers could argue it as a way to discharge their discomfort and pain, the blames had neither function of holding people accountable nor the opportunity for people to be emphatic. Those people who showed up in a messy place only for finding someone else to be blamed are annoyed. Dr. Brown suggested to rather being “my fault than no one’s fault” to achieve a “semblance of control”. Her suggestion made me recall a lesson I learned from a parenting class: whenever I blame my kids not listening, there must be somewhere wrong in my parenting skills. Not blaming allows people live more mindfully and peacefully. Dr.Brown’s humour and logic make the three minutes long Animation full of laugh and psychotherapy. It is definitely worth a shot.
--164 words
As a new citizen in Canada, I am confused on what are my choices in life in order to be successful in this country. “The Paradox of Choice” helps me to understand what should i priorities first in my life. “Choice creates a feeling of anxiety” it stated clearly that people are in indecisiveness when they have many choices in life. People really want the choice that they will get involve in the society right now even it is not in their plans. They invoke the need to be accept by people around. We turning our path in a wrong way because we choose the choice of other people just to turn away on anxiety. That’s why some people make an ideal choices, they never stick on one decision. “Belief in Belief” this statement are still powerful in modern years. Example, the advertisement on TV that one product can make you fit and healthy. Hearing some testimony to others about that product influence you to get it. Never thinking about spending money and the effect inside your body. It is very hard to make choice to your self that we need to look unto others first before we do. So, choices is hard to control through the right way. We need to observe and be confident on what we are doing and preparing ourself on what will happen.
-228 words
I am persuaded by educationalist Carol Dweck’s short video, How to help child fulfil their potential, which explains how the wrong kind of praise actually harms kids. Before watching this video, I always praise my kids for encouraging them. I thought praise is the best way to growth their confidence. But Carol let me know that praise can actually stop kids learning because they may think they smart enough. Carol observes two kinds of students: fixed mindset and growth mindset. The first group turn off their learning compare the second group like challenge. And the reason is that praise put kids into fixed mindset and process put kids into growth mindset. Finally, Carol tells the audiences that growth environment canhelp kids fulfill their potential. Everyone who interacts with children should watch this short video.
140 words
Amy Ramirez
RSAnimate: The Power of Outrospection
‘’The Power of Outrospection,’’ by Roman Krznaric, was a very insightful video and filled with appealing ideas. I found it interesting because there was a significant effect in the world when people learned how to empathized more. If we know how to put ourselves in somebody else’s shoes, we could understand what they are going through. As an example, instead of just feeling sad for the people in a war torn country –we must act on it by doing some charity works for them. The more we felt for others, the more we could be productive in making someone’s life easier. I also agreed with what the author said,’’ we must also be adventurous on who we empathized with,” – we could avoid being judgemental if we know how to empathized to different kinds of individual. In our society it is important for us to live our lives knowing that empathy brought people together. We could not just focus in self-awareness; we also need to have a deep concern with other people to have a better community. “The Power of Outrospection , “was worth watching.
183-words
"How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential" by educationalist Carol Dweck is a pensive video for teachers, parents and students. We all wander what the most important issue affects our learning. It seems a mystery that some intelligent people depress in their areas or society. Carol Dweck declaimed, "It isn't a mystery, and it is about growth mindset." "Fix mindset people try to look smart at all times and all costs, growth mindset people learn at all times and all costs." They set up different goals in school; growth mindset can develop, because they know their effort, dedication, learning and mentorship from others. They learn from their learning process. Carol Dweck gave an example from the study-- the Grade 7 students can develop their growth mindset in two years. The key to open their mind is "praise". But the study shows praise child in intelligence harms them. So how we can praise them in process is our lessons for as a teacher, a parent and a student. "How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential" gives us meaningful inspirations and useful tool to help our growth mindset develop. I suggest watching this video to help us. (197 words)
RSAnimate: The Secret Powers of time
In this ten minute RSAnimate, Professor Philip Zimbardo talks about the importance of time that affects our behavior and the way of life that we are living today. It is very interesting how time affects us from our past , present and future. In his thirty years of research, there are six main time zone that people live in: 2 focus on the past, 2 on the present , and 2 on the future. People now a days are future oriented. We are in a digital world and life is in a fast pace. We are busy in doing our careers and tend to forget why we work hard is for the family and for our self. There was a research 20 years ago that 60% of Americans has sit-down family dinner and then last year research was down to 20%. There is a big difference in our culture today than before; kids today are different than we were before because of the evolution of time. These are the facts that we are facing today. This is worth watching to help us realize what is our individual perspective.
202 words
"How to help every child fulfill their potential," by Carol Dweck has some invigorating and exquisite tips on how to help every child succeed in life. However, in this video, one significant set-back that causes a child to fail is a fixed mindset. Children with fixed mindsets are afraid to make mistakes, and they believe they don't need "effort," so by not trying hard they tend to lose interest and avoid difficult tasks, that's why they don't reach their full potential. Also, praising their intelligence harms them. It puts them into this fixed mindset, and gets turned off by a challenging learning curve. On the contrary, based on their research, children with growth mindsets believe that intelligence can be developed, and "effort" is what activates their ability to succeed with challenges. Moreover, those who are praised for the process remain engaged and confident. These are just some fragments of the video. I suggest you watch it, and I guarantee that you'll learn from it. - 165 words
The (honest) truth about dishonesty by Dan Ariely is an engaging lecture that causes it's listeners to re-think their daily actions and the small white lies they may tell themselves to justify them. It most certainly did so for me. The lecture begins with a clear subject topic of people in society benefitting from dishonesty versus feeling good about being honest, and continues on to further explain both of those ideas. He offers examples to support his ideas straight forwardly as well as in jokes to help his listeners understand his point. For example, he told a joke about a kid stealing a pencil from school and his father telling him not to do so, because he can get them for him at work. It offered comedic relief which in turn lead the listener to be more invested. Personally, from listening to this lecture it made me think about my daily decisions, my moral codes and whether or not I abide by them from day to day. After listening, I can say that it was an eye opening experience and suggest other people would benefit from listening as well.
189 words
Mahbooba Afzaly
English 12
RSAnimate homework
“The Truth About Dishonesty” by Dan Ariely is an interesting and thoughtful video. The truth visualization of this video persuaded me. Although it looks comical, it expresses our society’s habits. He clearly compares honesty and dishonesty in a person. He shows different types of cheating in different places as a bank, home, school, and a restaurant. He used the example of illegal downloading book in two days after he published his book. He believes everybody is thinking he is honest, but in fact, most of him or her cheats at every opportunity. Everybody does cheats in different ways, but it has quantity. Some of them cheat a lot and the rest of them cheat a little bit. In general, no one confesses he cheats, while he justifies that he is right. At the end of the video he suggests,” We expect people to overcome that.” In conclusion, “The Truth About Dishonesty” is a joyful video and it indicates the real face of people.
(169 words)
Jeremy Rifkin – The Emphatic Civilization
Do you thing the empathy could save the world ? If you want to find the answer, just watch Jeremy Rifkin's video about the evolution of empathy and its profound implications in the development of our society. The author shows us – based on studies - that the empathy is biologically proven , that we all have the ability to put ourselves in the others' shoes and to understand and share their feelings. The empathy starts from our infancy and it is very interesting what happens when the children discover the truth about life and death and about the fragility of life . Rifkin emphasizes the fact that our common origins should help us stop fighting with each other . Also he suggests that we should see beyond blood, religious and national identification ties and to extend our empathy to the entire human race as an extended family, to our fellow creatures and to the biosphere as our common home. He also said “To empathize is to civilize” and he advocates for an emphatic civilization . Thus, if you want to discover the power of empathy and how it can help us, presented in a funny animation, don't take my word for granted, convince yourself by watching the video.
(209 words)
RSAnimate: The Secret Powers of Time
“The Secret Powers of Time,” by Professor Philip Zimbardo, is full of surprising data and insightful ideas. Zimbardo categorizes the human concept about time into three groups: past oriented, present oriented, and future oriented. He focuses on education which transforms past oriented or present hedonistic children into future oriented adults. He also points out the fact that many American kids are dropping out of school because cannot fit into traditional school system. They spend most of their time on digital world such as video games and pornography, showing the typical life of present hedonist. Extreme future oriented people also tend to have more cardiac disease. I realize that I, extreme future oriented person, need to slow down my life and enjoy the present moment with people around me. “The Secret Powers of Time” is worth watching because it helps me to understand why people including myself act in certain way.
-157 words
How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential
It is interesting for me both as a parent and a student to watch the RSAnimate “How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential.” This is because it helped me to understand the two different kinds of student mindsets: fixed and growth. The fixed mindset students have a school goal that is “Look smart at all times and all costs.” Also, they don’t need effort to succeed. Moreover, they like to hide their mistakes. On the other hand, the growth mindset students have the goal of “Learn at all times and all costs.” Furthermore, their abilities are activated by effort. In addition, mistakes are a natural part of learning. Another thing that I learned from watching this video is how the wrong kind of praise actually can be harmful to young people. This idea is helpful for me when raising my son. I found the video to be fantastic and highly recommend to my classmates.
---163 words--
How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential
It is interesting for me both as a parent and a student to watch the RSAnimate “How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential.” This is because it helped me to understand the two different kinds of student mindsets: fixed and growth. The fixed mindset students have a school goal that is “Look smart at all times and all costs.” Also, they don’t need effort to succeed. Moreover, they like to hide their mistakes. On the other hand, the growth mindset students have the goal of “Learn at all times and all costs.” Furthermore, their abilities are activated by effort. In addition, mistakes are a natural part of learning. Another thing that I learned from watching this video is how the wrong kind of praise actually can be harmful to young people. This idea is helpful for me when raising my son. I found the video to be fantastic and highly recommend to my classmates.
---163 words--
Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Smile or Die” RSA had one central idea; that positive thinking can stop us for seeing the world and situations for what they really are. I found this idea quite fascinating as I tend to be a more optimistic thinker. Two of the main points Barbara Ehrenreich brings out in her talk, is that there is a social belief that you can change the physical world with your thoughts, or that whatever you think (whether positive or negative) is how the world is. She reproaches the viewer to try realism in their thinking. She states that “there is not one fixed truth of reality”. I find this statement to be profoundly true, as most people tend to look at only one side of a story.
Andrea Kirk
127 words
Post a Comment