Table 2. Technology Social Adoption Activity Devices Socially Adopted Not Adopted? Yes/No? Life Span? Current Scope of Use? iPad Activity 2.1 Technology Social Adoption Instructions Newton iPhone Pippin Portable GPS Paladin Laser disc Flip phone Citizens band radio Smartphone Atari 2600 Nintendo DS Robotic vacuum Tablet computer Tandy TRS-80 Pagers Floppy disk drive Flip video camera 8mm camera Other devices? Please review the following list of technology devices and note in which category you believe they belong. I have listed the devices in random order so that user recall is not facilitated by association of products. If based on your experience, devices are missing from the list, please include them under the label "Other devices." (Hint: If you do not know a product, that fact may be an important clue.) Activity Follow-Up The task of adding more non-adopted devices to the Technology Social Adoption Activity is not simple, because it can be difficult to remember devices that have fallen by the wayside! However, brainstorming such technologies can be an enlightening and entertaining group activity that taps shared history. Questions What did you learn about social adoption from this activity? Prior to the activity were you aware that so many technology-related products fail to be adopted by society? What characteristics separate those technologies that were adopted and those that were not? Do you know of any exceptions to the reasons you identified? If so, please describe why they might have been exceptions. Table 2. Technology Social Adoption Activity Devices Socially Adopted Not Adopted? Yes/No? Life Span? Current Scope of Use? iPad Activity 2.1 Technology Social Adoption Instructions Newton iPhone Pippin Portable GPS Paladin Laser disc Flip phone Citizens band radio Smartphone Atari 2600 Nintendo DS Robotic vacuum Tablet computer Tandy TRS-80 Pagers Floppy disk drive Flip video camera 8mm camera Other devices? Please review the following list of technology devices and note in which category you believe they belong. I have listed the devices in random order so that user recall is not facilitated by association of products. If based on your experience, devices are missing from the list, please include them under the label "Other devices." (Hint: If you do not know a product, that fact may be an important clue.) Activity Follow-Up The task of adding more non-adopted devices to the Technology Social Adoption Activity is not simple, because it can be difficult to remember devices that have fallen by the wayside! However, brainstorming such technologies can be an enlightening and entertaining group activity that taps shared history. Questions What did you learn about social adoption from this activity? Prior to the activity were you aware that so many technology-related products fail to be adopted by society? What characteristics separate those technologies that were adopted and those that were not? Do you know of any exceptions to the reasons you identified? If so, please describe why they might have been exceptions