Object Interview

1. Describe the object. Be very literal and descriptive.
This object is a 30g movie iPod. it has a purple cover on it that is covered with colorful dots. The dots consist of orange, purple, green, pink, light blue and blue, white and red. Only the front of the object has the purple covering; the back is black. It seems that the cover just slips right over the iPod.
2. This object is used to listen to music. It has a head phone all at the top so that she could listen to her music through the headphone and only she will here. It looks like she got this object about a year or two ago. it looks like she keeps it in her pocketbook or bag by the fact that there are a few scratches on the cover and the screen. i think she received this object for a birthday or Christmas gift.
3. from this object i think that this person loves to listen to music. i think she likes all types of music to have an iPod, because you can put any type of music on it that you may like. from the cover that was placed on the object she must like to be very protective of her things. however since she does have this purple colorful poka doted cover placed on this object it leads me to believe that she is a cheerful happy person. the cover of this iPod seems really happy and exciting. I think that this person probably lives on campus to have a iPod in her pocketbook so that she could listen to it on her way walking to class from her dorm.
Interview Questions
1. When and why did you decide to get this ipod? was it a gift? 2 years ago a gift for mom and aunt for feb 14 cause she needed it for school
2. What made you put a cover on the ipod? can plug into computer. it always stays on. first cover scratched bad and uses object often
3.why this one in particular? on clearance and really cute. easy to get in and out
4. Do you enjoy having this iPod? why? sometimes, cause hate batteries dying and head phone broken has to much on stuff on it. wants a ipod make over. headphone don't always work. mostly used for storage
5. When do you use this object the most? voice lesson and practicing music, when warming up
6. What type of things do you have on this object? pictures, movies, tv shows, rehearsals that have been in, voice lessons, classes that have been recorded, music
7. Do you think that it would be difficult for you if you were to lose this object? yes because alot of personal things are inside, auditions since freshman and used daily to warm up, history record of all progress, good reference tool.
8. question i havent asked? favorite thing: can take really good recording with one object but mostly used as a voice recorder.

Katelyn received her ipod as a gift about two years ago from her mom and aunt as a Valentine's Day present. She needed the ipod for school because it was very convenient to have. She store everything you could possibly think of on her ipod. She has pictures, movies, television shows, music, rehearsals, voice lessons and classs that have been recorded on it. She uses her ipod daily and decided to place the cover on it to protect it. The first cover she ever got was horrible and use to constantly scratch her ipod. This one is alot more convenient, allowing her to take it on and off easily and also allowing her to plug her headphones in and plug it up to the computer while the case is still on. She choose this purple colorful poka dotted cover because it was on clearance at the time and she thought it was cute.
Katelyn uses her ipod for everything. while you may think a ipod is normally used for storing music and listening to your stored music for entertainment well you are wrong. Katelyn uses her ipod to

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