...I am a professional at juggling multiple tasks at one time! Being a wife, mother of three, and dog owner of 4, there is not enough time in the day to complete all the tasks I have on my agenda, so I do many things at once. For instance, I clean, cook, and watch my children all while washing laundry and holding a conversation with my husband! However, this requires my attention to be everywhere and that can cause problems. When something comes up that takes a little more of my attention than I can afford to give, I wind up getting mixed up and put the dish soap in the milk and the chocolate syrup in the dishes. There are times which multitasking can be very helpful, yet there are time in which multitasking can be a bad idea. If someone is driving,...
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...I have mixed views on multitasking. In today’s environment I feel it is critical for an individuals to be able to perform multiple tasks at the same time. Yes I am aware that it is not possible to physically be doing multiple task at the exact same time. There have been multiple days where I am working on numerous tasks roughly at the same time, multiple emails come through to my attention seeking information on the shipping status of orders. Although I cannot actually look into these request all at the same time I do however pull all the needed files required for all the questions at the same time while at the file cabinet, and at the same time I will answer and help my coworkers and there are even times that I need to complete a transaction....
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...Though rarely mentioned or discussed, multitasking effects people of all ages in one way or another. Whether it’s doing schoolwork while watching tv, or skyping someone while in line at the bank, modern society and technology allow user to do virtually anything they want at any time. This immediately raises the question, “just because you can, should you?” All of my research done so far has been in an attempt to find an answer to this question in regards to multitasking in everyday life. Every article I have found seems to have something different, and often contradictory, to say about multitasking. Of the sources I have found so far, the most substantial and concrete of those have all had similar views on multitasking. As of now, I am aware...
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...English 101 5 Oct. 2015 Multitasking In a generation where multitasking has become a part of our lives, I like many others have become drawn to that lifestyle. These days it’s rare to find someone who does not multitask and isn’t able to multitask very well. Multitasking for me is helpful when the amount of work I need to get done increases. From being in school full time and also having to run a house it takes much of my time and being able to multitask effectively makes my day easier. I think multitasking is great when it comes naturally, for some it might even be an advantage. Although some might believe that splitting your attention into different jobs causes work quality, I think it all depends on the task and what requires more attention. For me it’s all about time management and how my day is split and what my priorities are. I’m married and although school is important my husband comes first. Before it was so much easier to get home, eat a hot pocket and wait till my mom got home to cook but that’s not my life anymore and I get home to do what she did and what everyone takes for granted. My multitasking is caused by my busy schedule and the thing I most want to get to at the end of the day is my family and for that reason it’s just easier for me to get multiple things done at once. Multitasking at home means I can get more things done at a certain amount of time. At home I can wash dishes while...
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...Denise the author of the book Doing School has three main claims about multitasking, cheating, and scheming. The author has selected multitasking as one of her claims because she took the time to research and find what were the success of these students, and what they used to complete their year. Students had practiced how making schools management through their experience, and the workload they had received made them to find a way to complete their work on time. Of course cheating was another way to complete their work by copying off of other students from the same class. Above all, scheming was a way to obtain higher grades by changing answers when correcting your assignment or test; it resulted a lower grade to a higher grade. After all...
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...Saunders MAO 203 Multitasking Skills and knowledge Multitasking Skills and knowledge Alex Saunders MOA 203 April 15, 2016 Multitasking Have you ever heard of multitasking and what it is? Well today we will look at the positive and the negative side of it. Multitasking means ability to complete more than one task at the time with the best ability you can. An average person multitasks every day without even knowing. I am sure that as you are reading this paper you have some apps or tabs open on your computer or even possibly have a phone next to you that just can’t stop buzzing, that is an example of multitasking with everyday tasks and challenges that come our way. Did you know that many professions use multitasking and able to handle it with extremely important documents. According to Dr. Travis Bradberry, ”You’ve likely heard that multitasking is problematic, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain”. (Bradberry, 2014) No worries, practice makes it perfect, at least that’s what we were thought since young age. Most research on multitasking tell us that is ineffective. Often switching between two tasks divides our focus and depletes our mental resources quicker. This leads to a greater risk of making a mistake and less quality work overall. Multitasking is especially ineffective if we are juggling between tasks that use up very similar resources in our brain. However, there is a certain kind of multitasking called task-layering that...
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...Distraction, an issue that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else, happens to everyone, every day whether it is realized or not. Multitasking, the handling of more than one task at the same time by a single person, also an everyday issue that most people do not even think about being an issue to their everyday life, but little do they know without this type distraction they could get forty percent more of their work done. Distraction is everywhere, and with distraction comes multitasking, this combination is something that should be avoided if possible. Focusing on one task has been the biggest issue with the creation of the internet and smartphones. Dewatripont mentions in his paper, “focusing on the two-task case for...
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...The topic I have decided to research on is based on the productive work environments for millennials. I shall focus on this topic by looking at how managers can manage and retain the millennials in the workplace. I find this topic interesting and relevant to research in the business context because as a millennial, I find it interesting how; based on the numerous research articles (which shall be further explained in this paper), there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding managing and retaining millennials and due to the research I discovered that managers can use Theory Y; also known as the behavioral theory approach (more people centered) to manage millennials. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRPAHIES 1- Kilber, J., Barclay, A., & Ohmer, D. (2014). Seven...
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...RAEBURN: Now, I'm betting you have a real reason, besides the fact that we can barely understand what he says sometimes, for saying that he's - wouldn't be very good at GPS. But before you answer that, let me just remind people I'm Paul Raeburn. This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News. All right… Dr. NASS: Okay… RAEBURN: …so why would Dylan be a bad idea? Dr. NASS: The problem is that our brains are built that when we hear a voice, we associate with that voice - especially if it's a person's voice we know - all the characteristics and benefits and negatives associated with that voice. Now when it comes to navigation, we want someone who's known as being very precise, who's careful, who is alert and attentive to detail, and that's certainly not the image that Bob Dylan portrays. So generally, in fact, the idea of using famous people - unless those people are famous for exactly the things we would want in a GPS. So, if anyone knew what Hiawatha's voice sounded like… (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. NASS: …that would be a great voice for a GPS. But Bob Dylan is best served in other ways. RAEBURN: Now, tell us just a little bit more about - just briefly tick off a few of the other things you've done in machine-human communications. Then, we can talk about one or two. Dr. NASS: Well, we have a lot of recent work in the car space, having to do, for example, showing that the voice in the car as being about Bob Dylan. But for happy drivers, they drive much better with the happy voice...
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...There has not been much research done, on the effects that Netflix has on students, specifically those in college. Although, there have been several studies done on the effects media has on secondary students, as well as college students. Our study will try to determine whether watching Netflix while doing schoolwork will effect the efficiency, and accuracy of the task given to them. In order to get a better understanding of what we might expect from our study, we chose to analyze five studies that discuss media and technology in regards to secondary and college students. Watching Netflix, and working on homework is an example of multitasking. Multitasking is simply splitting attention, between two or more items. How can multitasking affect the everyday student? We believe that all media and technology can affect a student while he or she is trying to complete homework outside of the classroom. The studies below discuss data based on students multitasking with media and technology....
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...Discrete Structure To be submitted to: Mr. Roger Intong Faculty BITE DEPARTMENT CATHERINE PIANO BSIT2 DESIGN * ------------------------------------------------- Device type: * Tablet * ------------------------------------------------- OS: * Windows (8) * ------------------------------------------------- Dimensions: * 11.97 x 7.46 x 0.39 inches (304 x 189.4 x 9.9 mm) * Weight: * 26.46 oz (750 g) the average is 17.4 oz (496 g) DISPLAY * ------------------------------------------------- Physical size: * 11.6 inches * ------------------------------------------------- Resolution: * 1366 x 768 pixels * ------------------------------------------------- Pixel density: * 135 ppi * ------------------------------------------------- Technology: * LCD * ------------------------------------------------- Colors: * 16 777 216 * ------------------------------------------------- Touchscreen: * Multi-touch * Features: * Light sensor MULTIMEDIA * ------------------------------------------------- Music player: * Filter by: * Album, Artist * Features: * Album art cover, Background playback * Speakers: * Stereo speakers TECHNOLOGY * Data: * LTE, HSPA (unspecified) OTHER FEATURES * ------------------------------------------------- Sensors: * Accelerometer * Voice recording ...
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...Social networking sites reduces the net worth of children and teens The 21st century undoubtedly has become the era of technology; creating a global village of tremendous communication, research and inventions. Today, the global north is easily linked to the global south opening up a range of opportunities in the transport industry, economic interaction, media and publicity, cooperate governance and even socialization through social media. The concept of social media has revolutionized the way children and teenagers communicate and stay in touch with friends, relatives and close families, learning, information sharing, making virtual friends and creating a diverse world of people from different cultures around the globe and would never have met in a lifetime. The proliferation of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter has enabled children and youth to express themselves and make new beneficial connections quickly. It seem appropriate therefore to mention in few lines about how I personally feel about social media and what it has done for me. I definitely love being in my own space most of the time, within my own space, and alone, in this sense social media has provided the opportunity for me to interact without being in physical proximity with the person/persons. I appreciate this type of interaction as it saves me the awkwardness and strain I feel when meeting new people face to face. Moreover I can now shop online without leaving the confines...
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...Part A: Section 1: 1. Group A: mean= 26+38+19+51+58+19+61+34+68+21/10= 39.5 Group B: mean= 24+18+11+16+22+8+10+22+21+16/10= 16.8 Group C: mean= 39+44+42+34+37+38+41+31+33+44/10= 38.3 Group D: mean= 98+80+86+71+90+86+94+92+82+73/10= 85.2 2. Group A: mode= 19 since it is the only one to occur twice Group B: mode= 16 and 22 since they both occur twice Group C: mode= 44 since it is the only number to occur twice Group D: mode= 86 since it is the only number to occur twice 3. Group A: Median= The fifth and sixth numbers are 34 and 38 to find the median we take the middle of those numbers which is 36 Group B: Median= the fifth and sixth numbers are 16 and 18 to find the median we take the middle of those numbers which is 17 Group C: Median= the fifth and sixth numbers are 38 and 39 to find the median we take the middle of those numbers which is 38.5 Group D: Median= the fifth and sixth numbers are 86 and 86 to find the median we take the middle of those numbers which is 86. 4. Standard Deviation Group A: (26-39.5)^2= 182.25 (38-39.5)^2= 2.25 (19-39.5)^2= 420.25 (51-39.5)^2= 132.25 (58-39.5)^2= 342.25 (19-39.5) ^2= 420.25 (61-39.5)^2= 462.25 (34-39.5)^2= 30.25 (68-39.5)^2= 812.25 (21-39.5)^2= 342.25 Total= 3146.25 Standard deviation equals √3146.25/10-1= √349.61) = 18.70 Standard Deviation Group B: (24-16.8)^2= 51.84 (18-16.8)^2= 1.44 (11-16.8)^2= 33.64 (16-16.8)^2= 0.64 (22-16.8)^2= 27.04 (8-16.8) ^2= 77.44 (10-16.8)^2= 46.24 (22-16.8)^2=...
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...This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. In most cases authors are permitted to post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Computers in Human Behavior 26 (2010) 1237–1245 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computers in Human Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comphumbeh FacebookÒ and academic performance Paul A. Kirschner a,*, Aryn C. Karpinski b a Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies (CELSTEC), Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419AT Heerlen, The Netherlands The Ohio State University, The College of Education and Human Ecology, The School of Educational Policy and Leadership, 29 West Woodruff Avenue, 210 Ramseyer Hall, Columbus, OH 43210 b article info Keywords: Facebook Social networking software Grade point average Academic performance abstract There is much talk of...
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...supported by all my chosen subjects. Chemistry helped me understand the molecular structures while Physics and Mathematics helped me understand the dynamics and statistics that we were provided with. Being an avid reader, has led to the formation of many ideas which I feel can be expressed on gaining more insight. A degree in Biological Sciences will help me reach my dream. Earlier this year, three of my friends and I participated in NTU Science Symposium. We had to write a research paper in any field of science. The four of us love biology and felt that we would be able to express our skills and knowledge through the paper and came up with the topic 'External Factors Affecting Bacterial Growth'. The research paper certainly tested our abilities to work as a team. We had to submit the paper in May and all of us had many other commitments apart from the research paper. Like every group has someone to keep all the interpersonal relations intact, this task was an added responsibility to me. The research paper helped us understand as well as apply many of the already learnt concepts. I realised the importance of understanding and applying the knowledge procured during theory classes. In12th grade, it is...
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