Video Analysis: Ted Talk

What is the tone of this video? What is the purpose? Who is the audience? Did you like the video, or not? Why?

I learned how Ida B. Wells-Barnett started her life. Born as a slave, orphaned at 16, she became a teacher to support her surviving brothers and sisters. With the difficult circumstances brought upon her, it took an amazing amount of determination for her to fight for black civil rights and women’s rights in the 19th century. In a more civilized age, it’s harder to witness the courage she represented for the disadvantaged.

1) Based on this research and analysis, how did your perspectives change, if any? Explain your rationale whether your views changed or remained the same.

The first thing I liked about this clip was the girls’ confidence. This greatly had a huge impact on the overall video and on me because these girls were confident with what they were saying. Anybody can say claims and counterclaims regarding what they are speaking for but, if they don’t have a loud, clear and strong

this video has impacted me and what I will take away from this video. Also, what will be

Presenting is one’s way of telling others about a topic. Whether they be wish to be enlighten by the knowledge or be shown more about a topic that someone has already knowledge of, presenting gives information in different ways to captivate an audience. TED talk is one way of this, a website made of many presentations of different topics.

After opening the Ted.com website, trying to make the decision on which topic to choose was difficult. Coming across the video by BJ Miller was uplifting and felt like the best choice. The argument follows a claim of cause with an ethical argument. This talk is about what happened to the person telling the story and his realization about rethinking how death should be dealt with. Miller (2015) said in his podcast "Nowhere are the effects of bad design more heartbreaking or the opportunity for good design more compelling then at the end of life, where things are so distilled and concentrated. There are no do-overs".

I really liked this video. I agreed with most, if not all, of what the guy had to say. When he talks about “who am I” what he said about human beings given the highest intellect of all living things, it really makes you think. We are given this by God, and we choose to make decisions, which is actually really scary, because those decisions determine where we spend out eternity: with or without God. I think my favorite part of the “where am I.” This speaker really puts

what was your overall impression of the video? Was it a balanced/accurate portrayal of the issue/people? How? /Why not? Did your position and/or understanding of the issues change? How? /Why not?

Create a 5-6 minute presentation using PowerPoint visuals. Make sure your PowerPoint follows the guidelines discussed in class. The purpose of the presentation should be to inform the audience. Your presentation should reflect a topic, theme, or issue relevant to your major. For ideas of topics, you may consider looking at issues of Crains’ Chicago, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, cnn.com, The Huffington Post, NPR.org, Slate, Wired, or industry-specific papers/journals in your area of study.

Once again his overall posture and confident level was excellent. The speaker shows passion for the subject he is speaking on from the hand movements when he speaks on poverty and domestic abuse as being trivial (a means to an end). The speakers volume was just right he spoke high enough for the back of the room could here, and the speech was easy to understand. When given a speech a speaker should consider his audience in the wording of his speech, is he giving a speech to children for educational purposes or a group of college students, this is call no one left behind so the entire audience is on track.

Overall, I thought the video was good and the students expressed their opinions and feelings openly and honestly. The video is pretty old and I do think that people are more accepting of other cultures, interracial marriages, and biracial people now. I

My argument is based on our text book and personal examples. I have been very active in the community

I felt that it would have been beneficial for me to use more visual aids in presenting my topic. Rather than just talking about my topic and the music, I feel that if I showed some actual footage

This video was well planned. The speaker, Paul Gilding, was confident, calm, spoke clearly, and understood the topic he was addressing. Accordingly, these facts led to the video being easy to understand and decently persuasive. The timing was well used, he paused often enough that the audience could reflect on what he said, but not so long that they became bored. Gilding’s use of visuals, such as the screen going dark when he wanted to illustrate his point, were engaging and helped anyone watching from home to have that image in their heads. Gilding also ended the video well, he left no doubt that there was a problem, and he also allowed the audience to hope by assuring them it wasn’t too late, so long as they were willing to make real changes pertaining to the way they and the rest of the world behaves when it comes to the economy and resources.