When filling out a job application, it is often a requirement to have a resume. One of the many qualities that I often see on resumes is the word ‘Multitasking’, because of the knowledge that every company needs a person who can handle multiple tasks at once. Someone in the office who can send an email while talking to a client on the phone. Whenever I write a resume, this word is always included not only in the resume itself but also in my cover letter because I need to make sure that the hiring manager knows that I have the capability to handle more than one task at a time. After all, that’s precisely how I see myself.
Rethinking and Possible Ditching The Old Habit Of Multitasking!
Reading the information in this article shocks the hell out of me. I would have never thought that multitasking can cause any negative effects; let alone so many of them. Trouble organizing thoughts, low IQs, and possible permanent cognitive impairment; just to name a few. I’m an individual who likes to multitask to the point that it has become part of my nature. I rarely find myself focusing on one thing at a time. And I always brag about the fact that I am able to do so because I think it’s a ‘special skill’ that I possess. To me, it’s just common sense. Why should I wait to separate the laundry after I’m finished cooking when I can juggle back and forth and get both of them done simultaneously? The article, Multitasking Damaging Your Brain and Career, New Studies Suggest, contradicts my judgment, however. It states that “ The Stanford researchers found that heavy multitaskers-those who multitask a lot and feel that it boosts their performance- were actually worse at multitasking than those who like to do a single thing at a time.” Ouch! Although it’s not mentioned in the article, another tragedy that is often caused by multitasking is accident. Sometimes even fatal. As a driver, I often see other drivers on the phone, putting on make-up, and not even paying attention to the road. Learning now about the negative effects of multitasking, I will definitely try my very best to stray away from the habit. Not that it will be easy.
Social Media Platforms In The Classroom?
As for the article“Four Things Social Media Can Teach You About College Writing- and One That It Can’t” by Ann N. Amacucci, borrowing certain features from social media as tools for the classroom can be helpful to some specific groups of individuals. For example, anyone who is at least in their late 40s to early 50s can possibly manage through life with the absence of technology if it comes to it. However, it’s a completely different scenario for those who are Generation Z (born between 1999 to 2012) and Generation Alpha, meaning those who were born from 2012 and later because they were born and grow up in an era of technology that is still evolving to this day and will still continue to do so. Especially when it comes to social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapshot, Instagram, and the latest phenomenon, Tik Tok. It’s part of their lives. Feel comfortable posting things and sharing their lively hood with the world. I agree that some aspects of social media are downright negative, however, it is a tremendous idea to use the positive part of it to help those students in school, especially with writing. I know a couple of technology teachers from my job. One who just makes the students type every day, but the other one is always on the lookout for the latest trend on social media so she can include them in her classroom. Needless to say that the teacher who gives assignments about different emojis, hashtags, how to do other things on the internet, etc, the students are much happier in the class, and they also get better grades.
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