Interview with Student
- Do you have a computer /iPod/MPC playerWii/ ect....?
Yes. My family has a laptop, Wii, and computer. I have an IPhone 4.
- What kinds of things do you use the computer for?
Facebook, Instagram, twitter, email, writing papers, look up stuff for school, look up videos on youtube.
- What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?
Connect with friends on Facebook, Instagram, and Twittter (posts, photos, etc.).
- How did you learn to do that?
I just figured it out myself. If there is something I don't know how to do something, a friend will know how to do it.
- What are some other things you use the computer for?
I write papers for my English classes. If I can't find an answer in my book for an assignment, I google it.
- What is your favorite game? Why?
Just Dance for the Wii because it makes me and my friends dance like idiots and laugh.
- Do you know other people who do this?
Other people my age. My mom does it sometimes and it is hilarious.
- How do you use the computer at school?
I had a health teacher that would take us to the lab to research a part of the chapter we were on and then we would make a PowerPoint with pictures and stuff. My English teacher would let us go to the lab a day to type papers. We would take these really hard tests on the computer a couple times a year in reading and math classes when I was younger, but I didn't do that this year.
- How would you like to use the computer at school?
I would like to submit stuff online (like papers- like people in college do) because it is annoying and wastes paper to print it off; there are always problems with the printer at our school. I would like to do something fun like create a YouTube video about a topic instead of writing a paper about it.
- Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?
No, not really. My English teacher likes "HARD COPIES" because I have asked about emailing stuff to her before and YouTube is blocked at our school.
- Anything else you would like to tell me?
No
Looks like her out-of-school literacy practices remove maintaining friendships with social media! Unfortunately her in school use of technology is typical does not resemble the kinds of skills and mindsets needed to succeed in our globalized and digitized world.
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