Multitasking

For this class, we read an article, Myth of Multitasking, and am interested in learning more about this topic, and how it relates to classroom learning. I believe that multitasking can help you in your daily life, and technology has definitely kept up on its part! I myself have an iPhone. It does everything and more - I can use it for a phone, I can use it for checking my email, I can add events on a calendar, I can set alarms, I can use it as an iPod feature and listen to music or audiobooks, I can check my stocks on it with one touch of the finger, I can take photos, and the list goes on and on. However, even with this great gadget, if I may say it is, I still find myself not getting done what I need to get done. Everything on that phone is useful, but meaningful. I really need to put my iPhone down, sit down at my desk, and read. Yes, read. Read on paper. I am so used to reading PDFs that I really dislike reading textbooks, or even printed journal articles for that matter. I really just need to read.
Christine Rosen, "The Myth of Multitasking," The New Atlantis, Number 20, Spring 2008, pp. 105-110.