#multitaskingmyth

Timing is Everything: How Prioritization Leads to Success

Incoming text. Snapchat alert. Netflix flashing in the background. Music blaring. A computer screen with flashing alerts from Instagram and Twitter and Vine. This is the life of the 21st century teen. They are connected. But there are different types of connections. There are connections of multitude and connections of depth. And sadly, many of our students don't know how to connect with depth of attention. They depend so much on constant stimulation that they are often convinced that their brains work best with multitasking. If, however, you know anything about multitasking from a cognitive standpoint, you know that it is largely a myth. We cannot attend to more than one cognitive stimulus at a time. And, many argue that this insistence in multitasking does some real damage to the learning process.