Join colleagues for a discussion centered around Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It (2020), by James M. Lang. Our book group this fall will meet virtually, in order to expand access. There will be 2 sessions: 

• Friday, 10/11 @ 9:30am: conversation focused on Part I
• Friday, 11/8 @ 9:30am: conversation focused on Part II

This invitation is open to all. You do not need to have read the relevant portion of the book in order to join us in either meeting. 

A limited number of copies of this book are available for participants through the TLC. Please email Alexis (clifton@geneseo.edu) to request a copy. 

About the book: 
"Distracted argues that the debates we are having about the distracting power of our devices point us in the wrong direction. Rather than thinking about how to ban distractions from our easily distractible minds—since our minds have always been easily distractible—we should focus our work on creating learning environments that support and sustain attention.

The book draws deeply from research in education and the science of attention to support its arguments, as well as from classroom observations and the works of poets and philosophers alike. The book’s accessible writing style and diverse and unexpected array of sources will help teachers think about the challenge of attention in creative ways, and spark entirely new directions for research and conversation about the role of attention and distraction in the education of our students."