Books
This is a list of books on subjects that are important to my current vision and professional development.
1. The Digital Age – Understanding Trends
2. eLearning
3. Personal Organisation, Communication and Effectiveness
4. School Development
My recommendation system is purely personal:
***** = reread several times/made notes *** = Good * = wouldn’t have bothered / unfinished
I haven’t bothered with links or ISBNs - just cut and paste the titles into Google …
Currently on my “To Read Pile”
Teaching Happiness and Well-being in Schools: Learning to Ride Elephants
Ian Morris
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel H. Pink
Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing and Delivering E-learning
by Helen Beetham, Rhona Sharpe
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
By: Don Tapscott
Growing Up Digital: Rise of the Net Generation (Oracle Press Series)
By: Don Tapscott
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
By: Daniel Goleman
Working with Emotional Intelligence
By: Daniel Goleman
The Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook
By: Margaret Chapman
The Digital Age – Understanding Trends
****Outliers: The Story of Success
By: Malcolm Gladwell
***A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
By: Daniel H. Pink
*****The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything -
By: Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica
see audio donwoload at http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/the-element
and previous video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mddD1yGREKQ
***Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
By: Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
**** Rule the Web
By: Mark Frauenfelder
**** The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
By: Barry Schwartz
Are you a Maximiser or a Sufficer? – similar ideas to my oft-repeated question “How much is enough?” in a capitalist world.
**** Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
By: David Weinberger
Explains how we organise information in the digital age is very different. Some really good examples.
**** The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
By: John Battelle (Author)
Lessons from Google. Search is the new interface of Commerce. *I* think that ICT is the new interface of learning…
*** The Long Tail: How Endless Choice Is Creating Unlimited Demand
By: Chris Anderson (Author)
*** Crossing the chasm – Geoffrey a. Moore
Marketing and selling technology products to mainstream customers
**Lessons from the future - Stan Davies
How to try to predict the future …
**Perfect e-mail - Steve Morris
Tips on e-mail
****The 10 seconds Internet manager - Mark Breier
The one-minute manager meets the Internet…
***The art of war for executives - Donald G. Krause
Sun Tzu for business…
***The hungry spirit - Charles Handy
Justifying a capitalist society
****The tipping point - Malcolm Gladwell
How little things can make the difference… how ideas and trends spread
***High-tech high touch - John Naisbitt
Technology vs the human spirit
***Business at speed of thought - Bill Gates
Bill Gates changes his mind about the Web… out-of-date now…
***The Road Ahead - Bill Gates
All about the information highway… out-of-date now…
****Weaving the Web - Tim Berners-Lee
How the Web was invented, and the lessons therein.
eLearning
**** The Non-Designer’s Design Book – Robin Williams
Design for Non-Designers!
***** Dust or Magic, Secrets of Multimedia Design
Human creativity in the Digital Age
**** Multimedia : Making It Work – Tay Vaughan
Key Book for understanding Multimedia
**** Mind Maps for Kids – Tony Buzan
Mind maps explained with examples for school.
Personal Organisation, Communication and Effectiveness
***** Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play - Mark Forster
The best book IMHO as it deals with effective time management
***** 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
Outlines the seven habits – particularly good for time management
*** Rewarding relationships – Shay and Margaret McConnon
The value of an organisation can be measured by the expertise of its staff and their ability to work together…
**** Getting Things Done - David Allen
Efficient personal organisation methods
** Unshrink
Interdependence – following on from the seven habits.
*** Communicate clearly - Robert Heller
Practical techniques.
*** One Minute Manager - Kenneth Blanchard
Top tips for managers
**** Put it in Writing - Albert Joseph
All about how to write clear reports.
School Development
***** Leading in a culture of change – Michael Fullan
Moral purpose, understanding change, relationships, knowledge building, coherence making…
**** It’s about learning (and it’s about time) – Stoll. Fink and Earl
Useful summaries about learning in a changing world.
? Strategic direction and development of the school – Bren Davies and Linda Ellison
Haven’t read it yet but it’s on-the-shelf if I need it…
? Inviting school success - Purkey and Novak
Haven’t read it yet but it’s on-the-shelf if I need it…