Beyond Digital Distraction

“An engaging narrative about learner and teacher perceptions of root causes and responses to digital distraction provides readers not only a set of practical findings that advise current pedagogy, but also encourages future investigation into this phenomenon that is ever-changing on the educational landscape.” —Jack W. Denny, Associate Professor, Teacher Preparation and Doctoral Programs, National Louis University, USA “In an environment that, for the past 25 years, has enthusiastically opened the doors to virtually every new technology, Dr. Schuett’s voice and those of frustrated students and colleagues are vital contributions to the discussion of what works in today’s classrooms and what is getting in the way.” —David Narter, Adjunct Faculty, Concordia University Chicago, and Contributor and Presenter, National Council of Teachers of English, USA This book shares a wealth of educational stakeholder viewpoints about digital distraction from a 1:1 technology integrated high school. Data was collected before, during, and after the start of COVID-19, which provides a unique view into integrated learning and its transformation since the pandemic. The author conducted interviews with both teachers and students who also provided logs of their technology use, allowing for a qualitative and quantitative understanding of digital distraction. Through this insight, the author explores the triggers of digital distraction and strategies to help mitigate the phenomenon. Kurt C. Schuett is Adjunct Instructor of Education at Concordia University Chicago, USA. He has taught high school for twenty-six years, including classes in German and English. He has also published short stories and poetry widely, as well as the novel Insurgency (Bad Day Books, 2014).