ABSTRACT
The conventional understanding of multi-tasking is that of a computer running a number of programs simultaneously. The surveys of student computer use from 1995 onwards showed the extent to which a significant number of students used personal computers. Student comments indicated the range of activities for which these machines were used. Indeed, many students commented that they regarded schoolwork, learning and computers as synonymous. The image of the cyborg as a super-human combination of the mortal and technology has been part of popular culture for more than twenty years. Cyborgs can be seen as the tangled networks of meat, metal and technologies that people have become: creatures in a world that is post-gender. 'Cyberspace' describes a range of aspects of everyday life connected with computers and the Internet. Those who see themselves as part of cyberspace have a sense of power, endowed by the exclusivity of the skills and concepts shared by the global community.
