Betty Gilgoff

Vancouver, Canada

Betty signed the petition | 5 months ago

Tell Mastercard: Stop Supporting the Live Dolphin Trade
Betty signed the petition | 6 months ago

Tell Verizon: Stop Attacking the Middle Class
Betty signed the petition | 6 months ago

Dolce & Gabbana: Stop the Killer Jeans
Betty signed the petition | about 1 year ago

Ask the Super Bowl Host Committee to Stand Up and Protect Children
Betty signed the petition | about 1 year ago

South Africa: Take Action to Stop 'Corrective Rape'
Betty signed the petition | almost 2 years ago

Pledge to Help Save The Oceans
Betty signed the petition | almost 2 years ago

Demand Equal Rights for Mississippi High School Prom Guests
Betty commented on the article | about 3 years ago

Snark Attack: Does UCLA Research Dissing Technology Bomb?

Bravo Clay. I too found my blood boiling as I read the article. Like you I have not yet read the original study but will do so to see what the article missed. Clearly if we are to believe that "peer review" means anything, the article had to have missed something in the study. Luckily Sharon Peters (twitter: speters) had sent me the link to this post where you've done an excellent job of identifying some key concerns.

I would add that with the growing interactivity of the web, I have become more and more a proponent of multi-tasking as a way of fostering and increasing critical thinking and engagement. Now understand, I have long fought a against enabling "multi-tasking" as per my initial foray into blogging on livejournal at http://bgilgoff.livejournal.com/ where I wrote a post about multi-tasking versus flow. More recently though I have had opportunities to participate in web casts and even live lectures (note the word "participate" here!) where the audience/participants have been engaged in a live chat during a presentation. Clearly it requires the ability to multi-task. One has to follow the lecturer and the chat at the same time, and then is encouraged to also add to the chat, and often engage with the speaker as well. By participating in that, one is constantly thinking, questioning, engaging. In fact it takes real concentration and focus in ways that simply attending a lecture, watching a powerpoint or reading a book does not.

Thanks for your post.