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Michelle Krill

Multitasking May Not Mean Higher Productivity : NPR - 0 views

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  • Michelle Krill on 21 Sep 14
     
    "A new study says so-called "heavy multitaskers" have trouble tuning out distractions and switching tasks compared with those who multitask less. And there's evidence that multitasking may weaken cognitive ability. Stanford University professor Clifford Nass explains the work."
Michelle Krill

Multitasking: Switching costs - 0 views

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    "Doing more than one task at a time, especially more than one complex task, takes a toll on productivity. Although that shouldn't surprise anyone who has talked on the phone while checking E-mail or talked on a cell phone while driving, the extent of the problem might come as a shock. Psychologists who study what happens to cognition (mental processes) when people try to perform more than one task at a time have found that the mind and brain were not designed for heavy-duty multitasking. "
Michelle Krill

To Multitask Effectively, Focus on Value, Not Volume - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 04 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 04 Oct 11
     
    "Rather the answer is to shift our mindsets from a focus on volume to a focus on value. " - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
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Today's Teens Can Be Adept Multitaskers, Study Suggests - 0 views

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  • Michelle Krill on 14 Oct 14
     
    "A new study conducted by high school students finds that some youngsters do equally well on tasks when moving between their laptops, smartphones and other devices, compared to less media-obsessed teens."
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The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation -- New York Magazine - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 04 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 04 Oct 11
     
    Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama's BlackBerry, and the benefits of overstimulation.
Michelle Krill

Interviews - Clifford Nass | Digital Nation | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 04 Oct 11 - Cached
  • As a professor and as a teacher, we think a lot about how do you teach kids who can't pay attention or are distracted by irrelevancy or don't keep their memory neatly organized? It's a scary, scary thought.
  • So what we're seeing is less of a notion of a big idea carried through and much more little bursts and snippets. And we see that across media, across film, across, in Web sites, this idea of just do a little bit and then you can run away.
  • anytime you switch from one task to another, there's something called the "task switch cost," which basically, imagine, is I've got to turn off this part of the brain and turn on this part of the brain. And it's not free; it takes time.
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  • One of the biggest delusions we hear from students is, "I do five things at once because I don't have time to do them one at a time." And that turns out to be false. That is to say, they would actually be quicker if they did one thing, then the next thing, then the next. It may not be as fun, but they'd be more efficient.
Michelle Krill

Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains - 1 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 20 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Brain activity of the experienced surfers was far more extensive than that of the newbies, particularly in areas of the prefrontal cortex associated with problem-solving and decisionmaking.
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 20 Oct 11
       
      Interesting
  • The evidence suggested, then, that the distinctive neural pathways of experienced Web users had developed because of their Internet use.
  • The depth of our intelligence hinges on our ability to transfer information from working memory, the scratch pad of consciousness, to long-term memory, the mind’s filing system. When facts and experiences enter our long-term memory, we are able to weave them into the complex ideas that give richness to our thought.
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 20 Oct 11
       
      Key fact from the text.
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  • And that short-term storage is fragile: A break in our attention can sweep its contents from our mind.
  • Imagine filling a bathtub with a thimble; that’s the challenge involved in moving information from working memory into long-term memory. When we read a book, the information faucet provides a steady drip, which we can control by varying the pace of our reading. Through our single-minded concentration on the text, we can transfer much of the information, thimbleful by thimbleful, into long-term memory and forge the rich associations essential to the creation of knowledge and wisdom. On the Net, we face many information faucets, all going full blast. Our little thimble overflows as we rush from tap to tap. We transfer only a small jumble of drops from different faucets, not a continuous, coherent stream
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 20 Oct 11
       
      This analogy would be great to use with students.
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