While I was reading “Rethinking My Cell Phone/ Computer Policy”, by John Warner, I thought back to a history class I had my freshmen year of college. This professor banned phones. He said we couldn’t use it in class, and if he caught us, he tried to make an example out of us. What I never understood was we were still allowed to use our laptops. Majority of us just used our laptops to check social media or text messages. Wagner mentioned that his policy for his class was made because he needed the policy as well. He even mentioned how he checked twitter a couple of times while writing the article.
”The Effects of Chronic Multitasking on Analytical Writing”, by Danielle Lottridge et al, explained how being a chronic multitasker can make basic multitasking hard. There is no “practice makes perfect” when it comes to multitasking. You can’t get better at it! The easier the access is to social media, the easier it to multitask. If you are trying to complete three or more tasks at once, the end product won’t be positive. The end product won’t be positive because we are trying to complete three different things at once. No task has all of our attention.
Both articles made me think about school in a different way. In class, I choose to try and multitask. I will try to pay attention to the lecture, while completing an assignment for another class, and texting my mom back. Nothing has my sole attention, so I start to see I am missing notes, or my assignment didn’t get finished or I texted my mom the wrong thing. I need to learn to take time to focus on everything individually. If I do, outcomes will be better all around.
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