Blog 12

-Interesting language features in the transcript?

*B says like, just, and well a lot

*Ch seems to be dominating the conversation

*B seems reluctant to answer certain questions about gaming

*There is laughing

-What types of discourses do Ch and B seem to belong to?

*Gaming discourse

*Teacher discourse

*Education discourse

*Literacy discourse

-What evidence do you have that says they belong to this discourse?

*The line that states:  “It's not all playing the game it's a lot of process to prepare for it, there's like box, scripts, you practice it, and you're not playing with other people, you're just like fooling around,” is an example showing they belong to a gaming discourse.

*The line that states: “I wanted to talk a little, you  talk about your self as a hardware expert, you said software novice, although I bullied you into being competent, what software do you know how to use?” Is an example of a teacher discourse because Ch is beginning the conversation and asking the question to begin the topic.

*The line that states: “ that's literacy - you have the basic tools, the right basic set of assumptions for how to read, understand, interpret a program.  And so what I'm looking for is the connection between all the gaming experience you have and your ability to do that with the applications - the academic applications,” is an example that proves these two belong to an education discourse and a literacy one. 

-What research questions might you ask about what is going on in this transcript?

*Do the demanding questions from Ch scare B from giving his exact opinion?

*Is Ch too overpowering during this interview?

*What makes a game into something that is considered software?

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