Randy Pausch

What an amazing attitude. He is dying and still he takes pleasure in everything.
One of the most amazing things I found about his teaching methods is that he gave his students little to no direction and they still delivered excellence. In order to hand over all creative license you have to teach the basics until it goes beyond understanding.
He also allowed for creativity, he didn't say no or give a rubric. He also didn't set a time limit; in a year they had five projects.
He also did everything in small groups. In my experience small groups usually meant I am doing the work of four. That being said, he seemed to be able to bring the best in what a small group can produce. ( brain storming, collaboration, joint resources, balancing of virtues, taking shifts/sharing work, allocating tasks, acceptance of new/changing information, culture/new idea exposure, encouraging creativity.... the list goes on!)
Another thing he did was he didn't hide criticism. He viewed it as positive and it is, even if the student your criticizing are not receptive. He is also very right when he says when the criticism stops then the caring and teaching stops.
Lastly he wants learning to be fun. We shouldn't just test, we as teachers need to be creative. To learn verbs let them write a story about any thing they choose. Make it a "head fake"!!!