Multitasking

but in many instances they have turned out to have a negative impact on the productivity of people’s lives. The invention of the mobile phone has turned out to have a negative impact on society by contributing to the distractions that lead to multitasking and creating unhealthy habits. Cellular devices began appearing during the late 1970’s but have really only become popular within the last two decades. The first cell phones were about…

Technology, where would people be without you? They would not be instant messaging the one they met at Casablanca three years ago or trawling through a photo album of their elementary school classmates. They would not be able to use emoji instead of words to craft a sentence. However, where would people be with technology? They would be no longer require bars, cafes, or clubs to keep in touch with others because they could do it anywhere and anytime by using portable devices. They would be no…

Multitasking has become increasingly popular among students. It is no longer uncommon to see student with their phones out while studying, in class, or doing school work. The article “Can students really multitask? An experimental study of instant messaging while reading” by Laura L. Bowman, Laura E. Levine, Bradley M Waite, and Michel Gendron, provides information from various studies as well as the authors’ own experiment to explore the effects of using Instant Message while reading and…

Studies targeting multitasking in college students reveal that the simultaneous studying and sending of text messages or posting on social media was rather common among college students. This behavior was identified as having negative effects on students GPA and their homework (Hingorani, Woodard, & Askari-Danesh, 2012). Studies have also targeted the effects of use of digital technologies on real time learning. Using participants that were randomly assigned to different multitasking…

foreign language has given me so much more than the opportunity to learn a second language. Taking a foreign language for four years has allowed me to experience cultures that I would’ve never experienced otherwise and it has granted me the skill of multitasking. In the future, my LANGUAGE studies will allow for the ease of communication in my career endeavors into the field of medicine. A four-year study of LANGUAGE has allowed me to immerse myself into cultures that I would’ve never…

They also like to do multitasking with the use of communication and information technologies. But, few studies have also investigated the effect of multitasking on the outcomes of education among different students. This study also fills the gap in such an area by utilization of web based large sample survey about use of communication technology for examining how multitasking and instant messaging affect the outcomes of perceived education. Since, multitasking is responsible for impeding the…

between different University class ranks (grade), the time spent multitasking with Facebook, and activities completed on Facebook (Junco, 2014). The experimenter investigates three questions related to the correlation between Facebook and University students. The experiment conducted a survey of over one thousand University students who varied equally in class rank, and asked them questions about how much time they spend studying, multitasking, using social media, activities completed on social…

retreat”(Turkle 278). The purpose to develop technology is to make life more convenient and effective than before. However, individuals find out that they are busier than before. In the past, people were busy with working, but now they are busy with multitasking. For example, Ellen can have facetime to her…

The text “Multitasking With Smartphones in the College Classroom” by Anne Bradstreet and Rishi Rajesh and the text “Digital Distraction: Shedding Light on the 21st-Century College Classroom” by Lynn S. Aaron, and Talia Lipton deal with the main topic of how smartphone technology has caused major distractions inside of the classroom. The authors want to prove that smartphones do not enhance learning and are very distracting. I would argue that the article “Digital Distraction: Shedding Light on…

Multitasking feels like a natural part of life, some people seem to master it better than others. However, perception can be deceptive in how well one multitasks. As a visual learner, trying to multitask two visual tasks is difficult. In contrast, attempting to multitask a visual and audio task is doable and gets done multiple times a day. From experience, when tasks have been accomplished without any secondary distraction, not only were they done more quickly but also proficiently. This is…