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Assignment #01 - Multi-tasking and Homework
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- Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com

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Available online: Monday, January 16, 2012

Upload due date:
    Upload answer file before 14:00 on Tuesday January 24, 2012
    Late assignments or wrong file names may not be marked.  Be accurate.

Submission method:
    Create a plain text file using the *exact* name:  lab01.txt
    You only get one chance to get the name correct.  Be accurate.
    Upload the file via the assignment01 "Upload File" facility in Blackboard.
    Use "Attach File" and "Submit" to upload your plain text file.
    No wordprocessor documents.  Do not send email.  Use only "Attach File".
    Do not enter any text into the Submission or Comments boxes on Blackboard.
    Use only the "Attach File" section followed by the Submit button.

Use the *exact* file name given above.  Upload only one single file of plain
text, not HTML, not MSWord.  No fonts, no word-processing.  Plain text only.

Did I mention that the format is plain text (VIM/Nano/Pico/Gedit or Notepad)?

NO WORD PROCESSOR, PDF, RTF, or HTML DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED.

No marks are awarded for submitting under the wrong assignment number
or for using the wrong file name.  Use the exact name given above.

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Assignment:
    In the Course Notes, read the "This is your Brain" essay excerpts
    (or the original essays from which they are taken), answer the
    following questions, and upload your answer.  Do not upload the
    essays as part of your answer.  Only upload your answer itself.

Did I mention that the upload format is plain text (Notepad)?
NO WORD PROCESSOR, PDF, RTF, or HTML DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED.

Three Questions to answer:

1.  Given that studies show that multi-tasking makes it harder for
    your brain to remember what you have been doing (see the readings),
    in what ways does your method of doing school homework suffer from
    multi-tasking?

2.  How would it be possible for you to single-task your schoolwork, to
    remember it better come exam time (and job interview time)?

3.  Do you find that your brain has been trained to "process information
    rather than understand or even remember it"?  (As an example: When
    given an assignment question, do you Google for the answer every time,
    or do you remember the answer and write down what you remember?)

Write and submit your own answers to the above three questions.
There are no "right" answers here.  You decide your own answers.

Minimum length: one feeble, insubstantial, wimpy paragraph.

Maximum length: five single-spaced pages (plus optional bibliography
and/or references).  (Nobody has yet written anything this detailed.)

Do not upload the essays as part of your answer.  Only upload your
answer itself.  Did I mention that the uploaded format must be plain text
(Notepad)?  Did I mention that you should *not* upload this file or the
essay text with your answer?

Plain Text Only.  NO WORD PROCESSOR, PDF, RTF, or HTML DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED.

READ ALL THE WORDS.

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