Questionnaire on Development of Technology over Time

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Approximate Age: 60-70 _____. 50-60 ____, 40-50____, 30-40 ____, under 30____

Medical/Health:

1. In your eyes, what are the greatest medical achievements known to man?

2. Were the doctors who treated you in your youth different from today's doctors? In what way?

3. What medical developments have most lengthened life expectancy over the last decades?

4.      Do you feel that all the new medical technologies are for the best?  Why? Can you give some examples?

Education:

5.      What is the most significant contribution technology has made to the way you teach (i.e. overhead proj., photocopiers, word processor, audio/video aids, computer, calculator, etc.) ?

6.      How has technology changed the way you taught when you first started to how you teach today?

7.      In your opinion, have there been improvements in learning due to the use of technology in the classroom?

8.      Has technology aided you in teaching your content area?

Entertainment:

9.      When you were a child or teenager, on what medium did you listen to music?

10.  Do you listen to music more often now or when you were younger?

11.  What was the average cost of a television set when you bought your first set?Ê How much of your monthly or annual income did that represent (roughly)?

12.  What form of technology was available to bring entertainment to you in your leisure time when you were a teenager?

13.  What is your favourite form of entertainment technology now?

Communication:

14.  How has advanced communication developments affected your life?

15.  Has the internet eliminated any of your communication devices?

16.  What is your preferred means of communication with people that are at a long-distance? Does it depend on the type of your relationship with them?

17.  Does modern technology improve contact between friends and relatives or perhaps come between them?

Daily Living:

18.  Which everyday appliance has been most useful in your lifetime?

19.  Which technological invention have you benefited from the most in your daily lifestyle?

Work and Transportation:

20.  What is the most significant transportation innovation known to man?

21.  What are the technical innovations that make transportation more reliable?

22.  How has changing technology changed the way you do your work compared to the way you did it 20-30 years ago? Which way do you like more? Why?