So I have a window open in NeoOffice to draft my blog; I have my blogger page open; I have my Moodle open, with several windows going there; and I have the Article “Hypertext in 36 Nodes”open. And this is when I get overwhelmed and feel like signing out, closing out of everything. This has happened a few times since I started taking the “Digital Writing” online class.
I think of “Digital Nation” that I watched last week, and I have to say that I get overwhelmed very quickly by multi-tasking with technology. I know that for many of my students, this multi-tasking is second nature. They text and type and facebook and do homework. I found it very interesting that college professors are seeing students writing differently, more paragraph by paragraph than whole essay. I can see why.
So my plan is to read “Hypertext in 36 Nodes” and blog about it in NeoOffice, and for the moment, ignore all those other windows open in the background. Wish me luck. Forgive the choppy nature of this post, I'm multi-tasking.
Andrea,
ReplyDeleteI am right there with you. I spent the entire, beautiful, fall day in front of the computer yesterday. I wanted to take my laptop and throw it in the trash. I get nervous and fidgety when they internet goes down and then I'm frustrated and overwhelmed when I do have access. Your entry spoke to me. You did a great job of putting into words (about all the tabs) what I am feeling.