In this video, M.I.T. students are researched in multitasking. It is a proven statistic that America, especially young adults such as college students, are becoming more and more relient on technology. During almost every minute of every day, students have some sort of screen in front of them, whether it is a cell phone, iPod, or laptop. Students find themselves having to multitask while they are doing homework or just lounging around on their laptop. For example, they could be doing a homework assignment on their laptop while texting on their cell phone. The student could even get distracted by random curiosities and procrastinate by researching that curiosity with Google or another search engine.
I found this video to be extremely realistic. Although M.I.T. is a very prestigious school and is known for being a very smart institute, this multitasking does not only happen to them, but to all college students. Here at Sacred Heart University, I cannot walk to class without seeing at least five people texting on their cell phones. When they're not texting on their way to class, they are sitting in front of either a laptop or a powerpoint screen in class. When class is over, they are back in the halls texting again.
Our society today has become very dependent on technology whether it is communicating or teachers lecturing students. I believe this has caused a decline in communication skills because people rely on technology to communicate more now. Person-to-person communication is slowly but surely deteriorating. Technology is also the culprit of procrastination, multitasking, and distraction.
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