Sure, I can multitask. I can eat breakfast and think about lunch at the same time.

Technology allows us to multitask: you can surf the web, message a friend, type up a report, listen to music and check emails all at once

Children often multitask by juggling a text messaging conversation, listening to a song on an iTunes playlist, surfing the Web, and reading a classic book for homework—all at once.

Science suggests that when students multitask while doing schoolwork, their learning is far spottier and shallower than if the work had their full attention.

We should not multitask while driving, for the same reason we would not tolerate our pilot texting while landing a plane,