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''• Ask the class to respond to the question “What keeps me from interviewing my family members?” Make a list of the responses, and then as a class discuss ways to overcome the identified obstacles.'' | ''• Ask the class to respond to the question “What keeps me from interviewing my family members?” Make a list of the responses, and then as a class discuss ways to overcome the identified obstacles.'' | ||
==Appendix== | == Appendix == | ||
'''Appendix A'''<br>'''Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Recording Equipment''' | |||
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| '''Equipment''' | |||
| '''Advantages''' | |||
| '''Disadvantages''' | |||
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| Paper and Pencil | |||
| ''• Inexpensive.<br>• Less threatening to people who are nervous about being recorded.'' | |||
| ''• Impossible to record the interview wordfor–<br>word.<br>• Greater possibility of errors.<br>• Does not create an audio copy of the interviewee’s voice.<br>• Does not create a photo of the interviewee.'' | |||
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| Audio Recorder | |||
| ''• Relatively inexpensive.''<br>''• Can record the interview accurately.<br>• Enables immediate playback.'' | |||
| ''• Does not create a photo of the interviewee.<br>• Can make it difficult to determine who is<br>talking during group interviews.<br>• Recording equipment can be intimidating<br>to some people.<br>• Recording equipment can malfunction.'' | |||
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| Telephone Recorder | |||
| ''• Relatively inexpensive.<br>• Can record the interview accurately.<br>• Works well for elderly people who live<br>far away and who do not have the<br>energy to talk very long.'' | |||
| ''• Does not create a photo of the interviewee.<br>• Difficult to create the same rapport as faceto-<br>face interviews.<br>• Recording equipment can malfunction.<br>• Can be illegal if one of the persons being<br>recorded does not know that a recording is<br>being made.'' | |||
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| Camera | |||
| ''• Can create visual images of interviewee''<br>''as well as heirlooms.'' | |||
| ''• Does not create an audio copy of the<br>interviewee’s voice.<br>• Requires additional equipment to<br>accurately record interview.'' | |||
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| Video Recorder | |||
| ''• Can record the interview accurately.<br>• Can create visual images of interviewee<br>as well as heirlooms.<br>• Enables immediate playback.'' | |||
| ''• Expensive.<br>• Can be intimidating to the interviewee.<br>• More difficult to transcribe.<br>• Recording equipment can malfunction.'' | |||
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| Digital Audio or Video Recorder | |||
| ''• Records in digital format, which is<br>directly transferable to computer.<br>• Enables immediate playback.<br>• Can be easily edited electronically.<br>• More easily transcribed, since audio<br>and video tracks can be separated.'' | |||
| ''• More expensive.<br>• Can be intimidating to interviewee.<br>• Recording equipment can malfunction.'' | |||
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