Chapter 6 Now You See It

Summary:
This chapter talks about how the workplace has continued to change. Worker productivity has increased, and not decreased. Cathy also says that we need a workplace makeover just as bad as we need a classroom makeover. She says that most workplaces don't allow "distractions" like the internet, because they believe that it will cause workers to not get their work done as efficiently as they could be. Cathy Davidson thinks the opposite. She also talks about  how in the twenty-first century, we need to be able to be able to solve problems in many ways, not just one. Classrooms and most workplaces don't prepare us to do this. Cathy talks about Gloria Mark, who studies multitasking and the mind. Mark says that almost half of our distractions are internal.

Critical Commentary:
I agree with Cathy Davidson when she disagrees that the internet would stop us from getting work done at work. I think that just knowing, I couldn't check my email or get on Facebook would distract me, because that would make me want it even more. Cathy provides many good examples in this chapter, as well as the others, to support her argument. When she talks about Gloria Mark and how she discovered that almost half of distractions are internal, this helps prove Cathy's argument, because it's saying that not all distractions are caused by the internet or technology, therefor it should be allowed in the workplace. I agree with Cathy when she says that the workplace needs a makeover just as bad as the classroom. It is very true. If the workplace doesn't allow "distractions" from the internet, then it makes it seem outdated. We use technology everyday, so it should never be banned. If it can be proven that distractions can help us learn or think better, then that should prove that it should be encouraged in the classroom and in the workplace. This is what Cathy is proving in this chapter and she does a good job of it by giving examples, showing good ethos and providing facts from specialists.