High school students first day in the computer lab

It was no surprise that in between short, online classroom tasks, these students checked their myspace and facebook pages, email, and cell phone text messages without skipping a beat. It was not noticeable visually and I knew for sure only by asking them. I mean I knew they were from experience with many other HS students,but I didn't want to just assume that here. These kids are as comfortable with multitasking with online social networking as their parents are with their TV remotes. Interestingly, and somewhat problematically were the few students who resorted to using other other online resources when their only task was to ask questions without knowing the answers. Our main task is to teach them to improve their questioning skills, so it'll be interesting to see how this same exercise goes at the end of the program.