This is an article from the NYT on studying/multi-tasking in this technologically saturated era. It cites a divide between the “digital immigrants” (older people) and the “digital natives” (younger people). Even though I’m in the group of younger people who are supposed to be skilled at (and even need) multi-tasking, I totally don’t relate. The best I can do is do something mindless on the computer while watching TV. If I’m studying, writing a paper, or at work, I can’t have music or television playing. I’m not sure what makes me different from all of my fellow “digital natives”, but I’m still a one-at-a-time kind of gal. I feel so old…
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October 13, 2009
Texting, Surfing, Studying?