I chose the transcript about the gamer. I believe this transcript has a lot of real world connections. I think the research question for this transcript could be something like: How does video games affect the way we use real life technology?
This transcript has so much connection to our culture today. Many kids are first learning to use technology through games and other media. The gamer explains that when you start a game, you have to read through the menu to understand what you are supposed to do. And if you mess up in the game, you start over and you do not make the same mistakes that you first made. This is exactly the process that most people go through when they are learning new programs on a computer. A person would usually have to read a manual or directions to figure out what to do and if they mess up, they start over and do something different.
Questions that need to be answered:
-What similarities are there between video games and real life technology? Differences?
- How can someone be so competent in video game literacy and not in real life technology?... such as microsoft word or excel
- Do people ever read the manuals for microsoft word, etc. or do they usually just "wing it"?
Throughout the interview, I think the interviewer does a good job of getting specific answers out of the interviewee. The interviewee explains that because of the background knowledge he had from playing games, he learned easier how to use software on the computer. I believe that this is how a lot of people learn how to use things like that.
I know that mostly everything I learned to do on the computer I learned from either other experience or I taught myself. I believe thats one of the reasons our generation is so into technology because we have so much invested in it. When computers became more popular, we began teaching ourselves how to use them. Like the "chat rooms transcript" said, we had to teach ourselves what to do on the internet and what not to do. It was a complete learning curve. I believe I am so good with technology now because I had so much experience with it when I was younger.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this transcript because I could relate to it. I think a lot of other people my age could also relate to it as well. Just like the interviewer said in the transcript, we used "trial and error" to figure out how to use software and the internet.
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