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The issue of multi tasking is a particular issue when it comes to children and their study habbits. Obviously students need to be paying attention to their studies but in an age where so much happens online it's impossible to ask them not to multi task.  Now i brought this up in class but i think it's important to reiterate that we do this all the time.  We, as college students, talk and study at the same time (i would argue that this might actually help us understand the subject matter) but we read and listen to music, we read and work out, at least there are those of us who do.  My problem with what Larry Rosen said at his talk is that there are some serious upsides to multitasking. http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=663726 will link you to a article that talks about how multitasking may improve our ability to integrate sensory information. while there will always be downsides to any arguement about our use of technology, click here for that http://www.awovi.com/is-multitasking-making-us-stupid/ , there must also be an upside.

multi-tasking will never go away.  It's apart of our world.  But Dr. Rosen should focus more on how to make it better, or how we can use it better rather than just telling us the negative aspects of the world.  What are the sociological impacts of Skype? how can we learn while multitasking better?  if i have a youtube video open that takes me step by step how to do long division and i'm doing long division shouldn't that help me?

I don't want to make it sound like he won't say anything good. He has a solution- tech breaks in class, tech tower at meals, and a return to parenting- knowing what you're kids are watching, listening to, and even what they're searching for.  and i've been telling people that for 18 years, because i'm anti FCC (or at least some of their policies).

on a different note: Can anyone explain the Harlem Shake?