6809 - Interview with a young person

Questions for Interviewing a young person:

Shane - (pseudonym)

Do you have a computer /iPod/MPC playerWii/ ect....?

-I have a computer, an iPod, a Wii, an Xbox, and an iPhone.

What kinds of things do you use the computer for?

- I use social networks like Twitter and Instagram. 

What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?

- Instagram.

How did you learn to do that?

- I learned about it from my friends.  I learned how to use it just by playing around with it.  It just kind of came to me.

What are some other things you use the computer for?

- I play a lot of computer games like Toss the Turtle.

What is your favorite game? Why?

- Black Ops 2.  It is an Xbox game.  I like it because I am really good at it.  I also like it because you can play with people from all around the world.

Do you know other people who do this?

- Well, like I said, I have played with people all around the world.  But my friends also play it.

How do you use the computer at school?

- We have a computer lab.  Some of my teachers take us there to do research and things.  There are a few teachers who have us do other things like activities that deal with our classes.

How would you like to use the computer at school?

- I want to play more games.

Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?s

-I feel like the only way that they would let us use the computer to play games is if they had something educational in it.

Anything else you would like to tell me? Like what you do if you had no technology - if all of the things you mentioned were taken away?

- I would be so bored! But I feel like maybe I'd become more active - so that may be cool.