Beyond Digital Distraction

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.  

“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 National Council of Teachers of English Contributor and Presenter, USA)

“Beyond Digital Distraction is a comprehensive and authoritative guide tothe manner in which digital distraction plagues the progress of today's students. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand today's learning obstacles in depth. Kurt Schuett's exhaustive research and years in the high school classroom make him an expert not only in the philosophical aspect, but in the practical one, as well. This is an essential resource for students, researchers, and practitioners.” (Gena Khodos, Adjunct Faculty, Northern Illinois University and Global Key Talent Design Management and Development Advisor at Abbot, USA)

 

 “For the better part of three decades, Dr. Schuett has been keeping high school students attentive, curious, and engaged. At a school that adopted 1:1 computing early on, he has observed the progress of digital technologies closely. Educators will benefit greatly from his ideas about how to maintain technology's potential while avoiding its perils.” (John Rossi, Department Chair of English, Journalism Adviser, and PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs Consultant, Leyden High School, USA)

"Dr. Kurt Schuett is one of the most passionate educators I know. He cares deeply about his student-athletes and only wants the best for them. He is always giving and he's driven to give his students and athletes the best experience possible. With this book, Dr. Schuett wants to help educators better understand today's students and the times we live in." (Dion Martorano, Sports Editor and Reporter for Journal & Topics Media Group (Rosemont Journal and Des Plaines Journal), USA)

 

 

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).