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Reactions Of The Children Were Mixed For Both Videos

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Reactions of the children were mixed for both videos. There seem too be a common theme of disappointment during the beginning half of the videos. Some of the reactions in the old cameras video were, “why things had to be so hard back then”, “ I hope there is a YouTube tutorial on this” and “ Who knew taking a picture was so much work”. They were all speechless, banging their heads and had big eyes. One girl admits that it is sad that the albums on our phones are named after the physical albums people use to have with physical photos. The biggest shock cam when they were told that they did not take any pictures and that after taking the picture you cant immediate see it unless you went to the store to develop it. In the VCR video the first question had the kids all confused, “ What is this?” The kids responded with “DVD player” and “ you put in tape and it will play music right?” Some other unusual responses were, it’s a CD player, alarm clock and even radio was said. The questions in both videos were very similar because both videos started of by asking the children what the item was and did they ever see it before. Then the questions asked were about the functions of the device and how to make it work. As the interview progressed the questions became more realistic and the child then realizes how the item connects to society today and how different things work now. In contrast to the old camera video, in the VCR video the children made more connections to certain devices

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