Interview Questions

Justin Hopkins, Sandra Johnston, and Angie Carter's Interview Questions for Podcast

• Can you tell us a little about your job?
• How does literacy play into that? How does technology play into that?
• What types of technology do you use in your job?
• Do you enjoy working with technology? Please explain.
• When did you begin using technology?
• What changes have you seen to technology in your work? How have those changes impacted the work that you do?
• Which technology do you enjoy working with most? Which technology do you enjoy working with least? What are some of your frustrations in working with different technologies?
• What kind of social media do you use? Why those particular platforms?
• What differences have you noticed between how technology is used in Africa, Europe, and the United States?
• Can you tell us a little about your career? You have lived and worked overseas. Can you share a little about that?
• What are the limits of technology, particularly in other countries' context?
• In your work you travel, what are some of the issues of adaptability? For instance, how does using a cellphone change from place to place?
• How did Y2K impact your business?
• Where is your field going in terms of what technology will be used, what technology will fade out (become less important)?
• She has a device that allows her to access the Internet anywhere. It downloads more than she wants.
• What technology do you use for professional use? How do those compare for the ones that you use for personal use?
• What technologies do you see being applied to literacy issues?
• What technology does the average African have access to?
• Could you describe the literacy that you observe in the places where you travel? What benefits and challenges does literacy pose for a culture, or the cultures you've visited?