Time Saver or Distraction??

While watching Digital Nation, it brought up a main question or whether technology is being a distraction or really an act of multitasking/ time saver. The times for students are different from students in the 70s, 80s, and even the 90s. We have so much technology at hand, that it has become naturally a BIG part of everyday life. Everyone of the "multitaskers" felt that they were excillent at it and that they would be wasting time by doing just one thing. But studies in the video actually showed that they are doing the multiple tasks slower than they do on one.

As not only students, but people, we have become reliant on the latest technology to keep us interested and stimulated about simple tasks at work and in class. We read books and check email accounts. We listen to lectures and we're emailing another professor. We are chatting with one friend and instant messaging another. We get bored with just one thing. This is happening with all age groups. Being online is being compared to drinking and driving with risk, as well as video games when it comes to be additive. When we will we be able to do one task at a time so that we can focus on accuracy and clarity more? Will we ever? I don't think so. I even found myself watching this video, typing this blog, and checking my Facebook at the same time. I think everyone needs to monitor their internet usage instead of trying to pause or slowly eliminate it, like I felt the video was suggesting. Want to watch the video? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/