Interviews!
Assignment.
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Interview someone who is 66+ years old.
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Ask 5+ questions that require more than a sentence to answer.
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Each question should be "followed up" with another question.
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Record answers to questions. (direct quotes, summaries)
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Note the setting of the interview. (place, time, surroundings...)
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Describe the interviewee. (physical, voice, relationship,
attitude, background...)
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Letter or E-Mail is OK, but note the above two items.
Counts for 600 words, so keep track of dates.
Prequiz.
Conducting Your Interview. If the statement is true,
copy it. If it is false, fix it so it is true.
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True or False. Who, where, and when questions are more important
than how, what, why questions.
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True or False. It is important to begin the interview right
away, after you greet the person.
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True or False. As soon as possible, after the interview,
you should spend some time thinking about the person and his/her answers.
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True or False. Questions should be as short as possible.
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True or False. Your questions should all have something in
common.
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True or False. You should get permission before using a tape
recorder.
TIPS
for conducting your interview. (From MIT's
Media Lab.)
Not all of them apply, but the article has some very good tips.
60 Seconds Presentation.
You have 10 minutes to prepare.
60 seconds to deliver.
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Name ("I interviewed...")
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Relationship/Connection ("She's
my mom's...)
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Age. ("She claims to be 29, but...")
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5 word description of person --
looks and personality. ("I would describe her as _____, _____, _____, _____,
and _____.")
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Description of attitude. ("Her
attitude toward this was ________.")
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Setting. ("We talked after dinner,
in the ...")
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Share one "revelation" you learned
from the interview. ("The most interesting thing I learned was...")
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Change in attitude toward old
people? Why/not? ("Interviewing her confirmed my attitudes, because...")
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10 points.
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Turn in notecard when finished.