Discuss the views of Barbara Kurshan, executive director of Curriki, on students in the technological era

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With so much information available through such a large variety of media, today's students have become masters of the art of multitasking. Barbara Kurshan, executive director of Curriki, a global community of educators, learners, and education experts who are working together to create high-quality online materials for teachers and students, refers to a recent experience she had with a group of middle-school students she encountered in a friend's basement. Some students were on the computer, some were sending text messages via their mobile phones, and others were on Facebook. She asked them what they were doing, and they responded, "Studying." They had been given a problem set and were collaborating on how to find the answers, working together, and reaching out to other friends to see who had the knowledge they needed.
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Some people believe that when students are multitasking, they are not learning as well. Kurshan disagrees with this and states that students are learning the same way how people work in the business space. If there is something people do not know, they find it and they do a lot more critical thinking and problem solving. She feels that, at the moment, kids may be learning more outside of schools than they are inside them.