Technology and Deviant Teacher-Student Interactions

The marriage of technology and education is complex and laced with features that are both desired and despised. Technology used in and out of the classroom is a useful apparatus for facilitating learning, enhancing teacher-student immediacy, and recruiting and retaining students. However, technology can also adversely affect the educational experience through compulsive smartphone use, reduced work ethics and subsequent grades, deindividuation, flaming, miscommunications, expectations of immediate and constant access, indecorous messages and posts, and a legion of classroom distractions. Housed in a clear recognition of technology's educational advantages, this chapter unveils the pedagogical deviance that can emerge from a technologically saturated classroom environment.