This week, you watched Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier Chapter 1: Distracted by Everything and Chapter 2: What’s It Doing to Their Brains?
Discussion:
Professor Turkle believes that students are wrong to think that a “multitasking learning environment” will help them succeed as students. She believes that in order to learn certain things, we need to be still, quiet and focused on one thing at a time.
Question #1:
Do you agree with the professor’s opinion? Is it possible to learn while multi-tasking? Why or why not? NOTE: The focus here is learning and multitasking while using digital media.
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 1: Distracted by Everything http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 2: What’s It Doing to Their Brains? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view/