This is a video I came across on a friend's Facebook page. Who do you think the intended audience for the video is? What is the speakers main argument? How does the animation work in this video? Does it enhance certain points? Does it appeal to the audience in some way?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
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This video is very intriguing to me. I have often heard people say that education or school just is not what they are good at. This could be a cry for reformation from the common people of our era. The speaker uses the animation to enhance the ability of his points by allowing us to visualize certain things as he wants us to, strengthening the feelings we have for it. I feel that the use of this visual communication in conjunction with the verbal argument helps to solidify his points and to persuade his audience.
This is a very interesting video because it argues against an education system that has been around for over a century. The video is intended to influence the public's perception of the current education system and to push for new ways of thinking on that subject. The speaker argues that the education system used today is harming students because everything is standardized and thinking divergently is not taught or encouraged. Instead, he states that schools are like factories in which students pass through in groups based on their age, not their intellectual level or interests. The animation adds immensely to the overall presentation of the video as it helps the viewer better visualize the topic being discussed. It paints a much clearer picture than words alone could and also makes the video much more inriguing and appealing to watch.
This is an really interesting video that shows what the education system has been like for hunderds of years and what is the problem of it. It states the relation between the education and creativity or what has changed in people's divergent thinking after years of education which focuses on the stardand answer. I am really suprised that the video describe the public education system as the industrialisation. It points out the characteristics of the public system which divides students by stubborn and simple standard principle which is ages. That may suit for some students but will kill students orginal gifts. This video combines lecture with comic like picture which makes lecture more vivid. It makes the lecture more logical connected and easy to get the key point.
This video is very interesting and vivid because it argues that the public education is flawed with an interesting animation. The speaker intends to attract public’s attention to public education system and wants to conceive a new educational paradigm. So the speaker argues that current public education system which is based on some intellectual ideals, fails children’s abilities, talents, present and future as well. There is one more point that appeals to me. The speaker states that public education system reflects our current culture which is modeled on institution and industrialism. School like a factory and students are educated by bathes. He thinks this system inhabits children’s innovation ability. The animation helps audience know and understand the lecture better in logical way. The animation also makes the lecture interesting and attractive.
Although this video is very intriguing, I don't fully support or recognize all of the arguments displayed. I accept the argument where he advocates children's thinking divergently, because I believe every student should have the opportunity to challenge everything they are taught, and that there are sometimes other correct answer for otherwise simple solutions. I thought it was interesting that 98% of the students were considered 'Genius' at the kindergarten age, and that the number decreased as they aged. But there could be so many other factors that could contribute to that, like he said, the amount of T.V watched, or video games, or even specific teachers in place, could be major factors. That being said, I wouldn't go as far to say the entire educational system is flawed just because of it's old age, or the structure of it's "factory". This system has been in place for a long time, and so far, it has worked out well for people who commit themselves, and who aren't subjective to popular beliefs or mainstream ideas. Although there are multiple examples I'm sure that prove me wrong on this, for the most part, I believe our system is in place for a reason, and America is doing just fine educationally, and creatively. I think the author of this video wanted to get his point across to the public(using YouTube) to try and spark individuals to think creatively, and to stop prescribing their children ADHD medicine.. The animation for this video was made so people could follow along easier, rather than just hear a voice telling them something. The video enhanced how the audience perceived this lecture in the persuasive demeanor the author intended. Further more, I think we could change our educational model, perhaps with early age specifications of interests. After all, as the great Albert Einstein once said: “Everybody Is A Genius. But If You Judge A Fish By Its Ability To Climb A Tree, It Will Spend Its Whole Life Thinking It’s Stupid.”
I thought the speaker in this video made some very interesting points not only about education and its history but also about our world and its economic status and future. He sounds like a highly educated man who has obviously taken his time and studied the topics he discusses. His thesis takes our conventional educational system that has been used for hundreds of years in many different countries and cultures and spins it 180 degrees. This video attempts to spread its message to, in my opinion, anyone who will listen. The extreme ideas the speaker has about changing our educational system overshadows the well thought out points he makes during the beginning of the video. The video hooked me in the beginning with the theme of economic shaping of our younger generations and the over-diagnosing of ADHD in America. He argues that our country has morphed into a medically induced state that has done more harm than good to our youth and does not show any signs of stopping its ways. He uses these points to try and sway his listeners to buy into his thesis for educational change. The animation adds a good source of comic relief and relevance to the topic. It was a lot easier for me to get into the facts and ideas of his speech with the animations guiding me every step of the way. Ironically, our speaker talks about this younger generation always being in front of a screen filling our minds with hundreds of television shows while, at the same time, using a channel of procrastination (Youtube) to broadcast his thoughts. Overall I thought the video provided excellent insight to our future possibilities and our need for change.
Not only was this video interesting i believe that it brought up a lot of strong points. Our education system does not study culture as much as we should. They force boring topics on us that most kids do not want to listen to. This leads to kids not fully paying attention to what is being said. Thus this brings up ADHD. We are forcing our kids to take these pills to focus when really we should try a different way of educating students that is more interesting to them where they will focus. I think another major point is the fact that there is no motivation to be successful. With or without a college degree there is not a guarentee that you will come out with a job. In our parents generation they were told if they went to college and came out with a degree that they would get a good job but thats not how it is today. Most people struggle to get into the next school be it grad school or med school. Most of the time you have to be at the top of your graduating class to achieve these goals. The animation that went along with this video made it much easier to follow and it really made you pay attention to what he was saying. I think it really helps prove his points that if you make education interesting that more people will pay attention to them.
I thought that this video was very interesting also and a great creative representation of Sir Ken Robinson's talk. I agree with almost all of his ideas. Our education system values standardized testing and conformity sometimes more than divergent thinking. I think that the education system in this country needs some reforms, from fixing the set in stone, factory-like school process, to rewarding divergent thinking and making school more stimulating like modern society. I would say that the intended audience for this video would be anyone involved in the education system in anyway, which is basically everyone. It would appeal to teachers, students, and parents putting their children through public schools. I think this video will appeal to a younger audience because of the playful animation and to older people because of the intriguing message. I feel that animating this speech was a great idea so that younger people will be more likely to pay attention to the message. The speakers main argument was that the public education system in this country is outdated and basically broken for our modern society. He says that the current education system designed during the enlightenment and the way we treat students is outdated and caused chaos. The animation definitely adds enjoyment and humor to an already captivating speech. It enhances many of his arguments by showing visual representations of his ideas and creating vivid images so that his ideas are easy to remember. The adding of animation makes this video appeal to a wide range of viewers, from high school students, to older teachers and professors.
After watching this video, I can say that the speaker in the video has influenced my views on our country's educational system. Sir Ken Robinson does a great job of getting his point across to the audience with the use of visual aid and concrete facts. The target audience of this presentation doesn't seem to be any particular group, but rather anyone who is interested in what he has to say about the state of academics in America. Robinson argues several key points in his speech, a couple of which I found very intriguing. One such point is when Robinson stated that society tends to separate everyone into a caste system based on their occupation, the "academic" and the "non-academic". We assume that everyone who makes a living by teaching, for example, is much more intelligent than someone who makes a living by doing physical labor, such as construction. Why is that the case? We notice that most blue-collar jobs don't require a college degree, so we automatically draw the conclusion that the blue-collar worker just wasn't smart enough. Another point that caught my attention was when Robinson questioned the "epidemic" of ADHD in the country. Robinson believes that students learn by being aesthetically stimulated, with our senses involved, but our generation seems to want to provide students with anaesthetics, which stifle your senses. He brings up the fact that ADHD might not even be a real disorder, but a false diagnosis due to the fact that kids these days have many distractions. The animation plays a huge role in the impact of this video. It provides some funny moments which ease the tension of the situation. The graphic of the animation draws comparisons to the subject matter of the speech. The use of a marker on a white-board is a common practice in today's classrooms, similar to a chalkboard. This connection makes it easier for the audience to be in an "academic" mindset throughout the presentation. Robinson has many profound theories about this generation's educational system, and as seen in the video, he possesses the rhetoric skills to have his voice heard.
This video was a first for me I’ve never seen anything like it. I think the intended audience is the educated as well as the educators. So I guess that’s most everyone. This video was very interesting and hit some points that really made me think. Some of the things he was saying I didn’t entirely understand but I feel like his main argument is that we are going about education all wrong. When Sir Ken Robinson said, “ we are trying to meet the future with what they did in the past.” He then explained that statement and made a point that I never even thought about. Back them it made sense for school if you do this this and this you will get a job. In today’s society you can work your hardest do everything right and still have no job and no solid ground to build a life. The animation made it easier to understand. Instead of just listening to a British guy talk you got to watch a cool animation to keep your attention. It enhances all his points because it gives you something to look at. For example the ADHD section with the map drawn it shows a very interesting point on how ADHD is mainly on the east coast. Just saying that is one thing but to whip out a colored in map makes you really notice his point. I am not an auditory learner so to be able to visualize it appealed to me and made me actually continue watching the video.
The speaker presents very interesting ideas. However, without the animations to go along with his dialogue, I do not think his argument would be nearly as effective or as easy to follow. I also think that the drawings emphasized that education should not be orthodox. He says that we should be waking kids up to what is inside of them and their own creativity and abilities rather than shutting them down and the animation strengthens his point. I think the audience is anyone involved in education. Whether you are a student, and educator, or a parent of a student, you are affected by the education system. If any of these people recognize the need for a change, they can take action or argue for that change to take place. I think the speaker does a good job at keeping any audience entertained through his drawings and well presented arguments.
It's a very interesting video to point out the existing problems of modern education using animations, which is vivid and impressive.The intended audience of this video are people have been influent by education, such as students, teachers, parents and educators. The speaker calms that modern education is like a factory to produce some students, which can't find the potential of students. I do agree with some problems such as smaller groups, and that the system is not ideal for every student. However, the current system does work for many students , and based on current education infrastructure and system. Also a systemic change in education would require to establish and entire new, and wider ranging set of standards in order to be fair to all students. It's not easy to find a perfect way and standard to evaluate every student. The modern education is suitable for general students. I have to say that speaker using animations to draw a clue to express his idea and draw audiences' attention.
This video is very intriguing because it presents obscure ideas using explicit and vivid animations. The intended audience for the video should be parents, educators and we children who are being educated now. The speaker argues that the social development made an illusion that diplomas equals to job and money, which built a standardized education. This kind of education makes people think less divergently and creatively. What people should do is to liberate children's mind. The animation works impressively in this video. It tells the complicated arguement clearly and also added some charts and examples for certain topics and make them easier to understand such as the chart of divergent thinking. It indeed appeal to the audience because I believe that most of people prefer animation to text-only speech.
Although this video is interesting with animation, I still don't agree with some of the speakers point. He talked about a kind of education system comes from social system but controdict to this social system. An education system is born to serve society how can it violate the development of society? This does not seem to make sence logically. I believe that there must be some underlying causes of the deteriorate of children's divergent thinking. There's one point I want to say is divergent thinkingis not always help, sometimes may do bad to a person's career. For example, math scientists need less divergent thinking that musicians and writers. Society offers different occupations and choices are made by individuals themselves.
I found this video unexpectedly entertaining so I believe that the intended audience would be for anyone around high school or college age and older. The speaker was arguing for a complete education reform. He believes the system America is currently using is outdated and not working properly. The animation is the portion of the video that grabbed my attention and held it. Without the animation I would not have been able to focus on the speaker and realize that I find the argument compelling. Whenever the speaker said a definition of a word, the animation helped me to completely understand the meaning of it. I believe that the animation helps the audience to feel more involved in the presentation.
This is a intriguing video by using the animation. This video introduces its main topic - Changing Education Paradigms by firstly analyze why should we change it. Sir Ken Robinson asked two questions: one is about economic and the other is about culture. Then, he move on. To solve these two problems, what people do is that they just tell children to work hard in school, go to college and get a job. However, this is not guaranteed, so this leads to the solution that we should raise standards. By using some historical facts, he finally reveal his opinion that our current education model is wrong which will cause chaos.
I think his analysis has very good logic and is very persuasive. We should learn to use this in our writing and it will help us organize our paper better.
Many people believe that cookie cutter children are what we should be producing in America, and that is who this video is produced for. The mothers and fathers and educators who want their children to be just like every other child, and their version of successful. This video shows an alternative view to the values that everyone I personally know has grown up with. He is trying to get across the fact that EVERYONE is different, some children are loud, some are more mature, some need extra help, some use divergent thinking and some don't, but the answer is not to drug them and put them on the assembly line to college, it is to listen to their needs, and educate them according to their current mind set. The animation really brings everything together, illustrating exactly what the speaker has to say, making every point extremely clear. I believe that it does appeal to the audience because it is using what he is trying to get across in his video, everyone has talents, LET'S CELEBRATE THEM, not destroy them.
This lecture is very interesting and applies to two different "types of learning." I am an auditory learner so I am better at remembering when information is told to me but others are visual learners...and this presentation does bot with the cool hip accent and the cartoons and speaking bubbles illustrating what the presenter is saying. I found it interesting how he wrote out the important words in orange. I once read or heard somewhere that out brain and memory pick up and remember the color orange over any other color in the spectrum. So this clearly was intentional so that the readers and listeners got the point he was trying to make even though some may have been distracted. In all, he makes an interesting point with the educational system and portrays how the kids are victims.
This is a interesting video since it's opinion is very different from our society's main idea.It described our education system as divergent thinking destroyer which is more like a factory and students are more like a product. I think the intended audience for the video is the people who can more or less change our society because the goal of this video is change our education system and make it better.The entire video is black and white however at last they fill the entire picture with color.I think the animation will make people interested in it's main idea.
The intended audiences for this video are the general public from my point of view. As the video used the plain language and visual images, such as cartoons, the citizenry can grab the ideas without difficulties. The main argument of the speaker is the paradigm of the current educational institution. All the problems raised in the video are targeting at the transformation of the educational system. The author mainly put forward the idea of divergent thinking, which provides the reformers a hint to reconstruct the education format. Audiences thinking a little beyond that, the speaker may imply that the ways of education is facing the dilemma of preserving the marriage of divergent thinking and acquiring reasons. Such is human natures that as people become more knowledgeable, they lose the senses of the imagination and turn into more rational animals for the knowledge can mold us, without noticing, in accordance in the rules and theories of science and nature. In other words, the regulations excise brutally the imagination for another strange and unlikely explanation on the same phenomenon. As the Martin Heidegger puts it, “thinking only begins at the point where we have come to know that Reason, glorified for centuries, is the most obstinate adversary of thinking.” However, the reason is also of great importance to us as it leaps a huge step in the evolutionary process of humanity. Due to this rationality, the beautiful democratic institution is created. The current education system should find a harmony way to harness the magic of divergent thinking and teaching rationality. The animation of the video is the speaker’s presenting speed. Contrary to the normal presentation, the speaker presents his speech at a staggering rate both in terms of his drawing and speaking. I try to ask myself the question why the author spoke in such a fast way. One possible explanation, based on my knowledge, is that fast speed can block the consciousness of the human mind. According to the evolutionary perspective, our ancestors had to rely on the sub consciousness to react to the attack by the tigers, lions and other dangerous animals. Sometimes, the ancestors suddenly woke with a start in the middle of the night and immediately left the dwelling cave without reason. Later, the tiger did come into the cave hunting for food. If they had calmed themselves down and thought carefully, they would have become the delicacy of tiger. Our ancestors had to trust their instincts and reacted as fast as they can. Another book, thinking fast and slow, written by the noble prize winner Daniel Kahneman this year for economics also explains the fast way of decision-making behaviors. The author’s speech, if explored seriously, is also a little irrational. Though it is irrational, this way of thinking, like the divergent thinking emphasized in the video, is the great treasure of human mentality.
While I find little support for the very sweeping claims put forward, I can't but admire the stylistic choices. The cartoonish appearance creates just the right blend of seriousness and flippancy which many people find appealing. The images are sometimes ironic, and the visual element keeps the argument from being stilted or overwhelming. At the same time, the images distract somewhat from the argument. Since the argument stands on so little evidence, this is actually probably good for the video.
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