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Multi Tasking and K12 Resources for TEACHER

MYTH OF MULTITASKING - MAKE IT STOP

MYTH OF Human
MULTI TASKING

 

 

NPR on Multitasking According to NPR, multitaskers are terrible at all sorts of cognitive tasks -- but in their defense, they're terrible at them at the same time. (05:03)

Lord Chesterfield said in 1740

 

 

 

In one of the many letters he wrote to his son in the 1740s, Lord Chesterfield offered the following advice:

"There is time enough for everything in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time." To Chesterfield, singular focus was not merely a practical way to structure one's time; it was a mark of intelligence. "This steady and undissipated attention to one object, is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind."

YOUR ARE NOT A MACHINE !
The essence of a multiuser multitasking system is that users have no access to the computer hardware. Users - and their applications - cannot access the computer screen directly, access the keyboard directly, access peripherals directly, or any of that. Their requests go through their application code to the system APIs which in turn send them to the kernel, which in turn talks to the drivers.

Multitasking is a word that describes operating systems in internet history. See Turing Award-winning implementer of multitasking operating systems.

The Internet is a dangerously powerful impetus to groupthink, multitasking makes people "more likely to rely on conventional ideas and solutions rather than challenging them with original lines of thought.

CONSTANT EMAIL LOWERS YOUR IQ
The distractions of constant emails, text and phone messages are a greater threat to IQ and concentration than taking cannabis, according to a survey of befuddled volunteers.

Tips for What Makes Healthy Teenagers
Generation M - MULTI TASKING IS A MYTH OUCH! Automaticity: The Impact of Distractions on Work and Driving

MYTH OF MULTI TASKING
People whose work is interrupted make 50 percent more mistakes and take twice as long to finish it.

Childhood Development chart. Early Development Benchmarks. How To Keep K12 Kids Healthy.

MYTH OF MULTI TASKING
Brain Based Learning and Brain Development
About the TEENAGE - ADULT Brain AND BEYOND
When peopole try to do 2 or more related tasks at the same time or go back and forth quickly between them errors go way way up and it takes longer often TWICE AS LONG. The bottom line is you CAN'T simultaneously be thinking about something and do something else / do 2 things at once. You will never ever be able to overcome the brain's limitations for processing information. Humans can't do it.
Brodmann's area 10 located in the anterior prefrontal cortex is used for multitasking. It helps you switch from one thing to the next thing then back to the first thing again. It is one of the first areas in your head to develop and one of the first to deteriorate as you age.

 

CLASSROOM ADVICE

CREATIVITY, PLAY, DREAMS, MOTIVATION, LEADERSHIP
The Importance of Creativity, Dreams, Play and Leardership in K-12 Education

K12playground: Creativity is the least important, most important attribute and totally absent in the U.S. Federal Department of Education. ~ Karen Ellis

 

Resources and Advice for New Teachers

Classroom Management Tips and Discipline - Especially for the new teacher.

Integrate the Arts this strategy will help all K - 12 Children stay interested in the subject you teach.

Why Music Makes You Smarter Hard Science on how the Brain works.

K-12 Copyright Law - Primer What can & can't you do in the schools?

Teaching to Standards

Test Taking

TECHNOLOGY AND
SAFE SCHOOLS

Beginners - New to the Net Tutorial you need to use technology.

Child Safety on the Internet - Copy and Place the link below onto your
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com//morestuff4.html
classroom homework website page for the parents. They will be grateful. Parents need and want advise on how to handle their kids and technology in the house. Parents want to know what the rules they should set and how to know what the kids are doing. Everything is covered, just send this link home in the beginning of every school year.

Child Safety in the School and Classroom

Your Public Private & Parochial School Nurse.
What you can expect from your school nurse regarding nursing, school health, vaccinines and more.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
State level school nurse organizations
K - 12 Teacher Find venues offering either seasonal flu shots or H1N1 shots
Category 5 Pandemic - U.S. Issues Guidelines in Case of Flu Pandemic February 1, 2007 Cities should close schools for up to three months in the event of a severe flu outbreak.

Does your school have a disaster plan? Do you know what it is? This is what your school needs to do to protect you, the kids, and the community.
There are 8 things to know, where to get it, and what to do.