norwichbulletin.com: Sharma Howard: Obsession with multitasking may hurt teens’ learning
Most people have become slack-jawed at the phenomenal rudeness of people at check-out counters chatting away with friends while they process a transaction.
But they never notice your irritation — instead, they become annoyed with you when you disrupt what is normally a process that doesn’t usually require their attention. You are simply part of a process they can do while multitasking.
Sharma Howard writes a compelling article to encourage teens to stop multitasking (switchtasking). I still believe that teens need to be given an immediate, personally compelling reason to stop switchtasking. What is the impact of switchtasking on their play time? When the switchtask on their friends, how does that impact their social standing?
