My professional readings include articles and books from my Master’s Degree in degree in Educational Technology as well as other professional readings that have helped me to grow as a teacher, a leader, and director of educational technology:

Technology & Teaching

• The Technology Fix: The Promise & Reality of Computers in Our Schools by William D. Pflaum
• Technology Matters by David E. Nye
• Spotlight on Technology by Nancy Walser
• Culture and Technology by Andrew Murphie & John Potts
• Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas by Seymour A. Papert
• Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching by M. D. Roblyer & Aaron H. Doering
• It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by Danah Boyd
• Learning From Cyber-Savvy Students by Anne Hird
• Making the Transition to E-learning: Strategies and Issues by Mark Bullen & Diane P. Janes
• Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell & Matt Kuhn
• How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers by Gregory S. Smith

Teaching & Learning

• Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
• Making The Difference: Differentiation In International Schools by William Powell & Ochan Kusuma-Powell
• The Teacher’s Toolkit by Paul Ginnis
• Learning for the Future: Rethinking Schools for the 21st Century by Gabriel Rshaid
• In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks &, Martin G. Brooks

Planning, Budgeting & Education Management

• Managing Technological Change by Anthony Bates
• The Art Of The Longview: Planning For The Future In An Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz
• The Ten Day MBA by Steven A. Silbiger
• The Daily Drucker by Peter Drucker
• The New Law Of Demand And Supply by Rick Kash
• Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds Of Strategic Management by Henry Mintzbert, Bruce Ahlstrand & Joseph Lampel

Leadership

• The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins
• The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team by Patrick Lencioni
• Dealing With People by Robert Heller
• Interviewing Skills For Managers by Tony Pont & Gillian Pont
• How To Think Like A CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top by D.A. Benton
• Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way From Confrontation To Cooperation by William Ury
• Working Together: 12 Principles For Achieving Excellence In Managing Projects, Teams, And Organizations by James P. Lewis

Culture of Change

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip & Dan Heath
• Change Forces The Sequel by Michael Fullan
• Changing Minds by Howard Gardner
• Who Moved My Cheese? – An Amazing Way To Deal With Change In Your Work And In Your Life by Spencer Johnson
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Outliers: The Story Of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

Master’s Degree in Educational Technology Readings

During my MET studies I had the opportunity to read a number of articles on a wider variety of educational technology topics, including:

• Norman, D.  (1999). Affordances, conventions and design. Interactions, 6 (3), 38-41.
• Dick, W., & Carey, L. (1990). The systematic design of instruction. New York: Harper Collins. Chapter 1: Introduction to instructional design (pp. 2-11).
• Reigeluth, C.M. (1999). What is instructional-design theory and how is it changing? In C.M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional-design theories and models: A new paradigm of instructional theory, Vol.2 ,. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Jonassen, D. (1999). Designing constructivist learning environments. In C. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional design theories and models: Volume II. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures.  Harvard Educational Review. 66 (1), 60-92.
• “Introduction: Computers and Children” and “Chapter 1: Computers and Computer Culture” in Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas. New York: Basic Books.
• Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1994). Computer support for knowledge-building communities. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(3), 265-283.
• Lax, L., Taylor, I., Wilson-Pauwels, L., & Scardamalia, M. (2004). Dynamic curriculum design in biomedical communications: Integrating a knowledge building approach and a knowledge forum learning environment in a medical legal visualization course. The Journal of Biocommunication, 30(1), 1-10.
• Barab, S., & Duffy, T. (2000). From practice fields to communities of practice. In D. Jonassen and S. Land (Eds.), Theoretical foundations of learning environments. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Alexander, B. (2006). Web 2.0: A new wave of innovation for teaching and learning?  Educause Review, 41(2),  32-44.
• New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures.  Harvard Educational Review. 66 (1), 60-92.
• Lankshear, C., & Knobel, M. (2008). The “twoness” of learn 2.0: Challenges and prospects of a would-be new learning paradigm. Closing keynote presented at the Learning 2.0: From Preschool to Beyond, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
• Gee, J. (2003). Semiotic domains: Is playing video games a “waste of time? Chapter in: What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York: Palgrave.
• de Castell, Suzanne, & Jenson, Jennifer. (2003). Serious play. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35(6), 649-665.
• Anderson, T.  (2008). “Towards and theory of online learning.”  In Anderson, T. & Elloumi, F. Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Athabasca University.
• Bates and Poole. (2003) “A framework for selecting and using technology.”  In Effective Teaching with Technology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Pages 75-105.
• Anderson, T. (2008). “Teaching in an online learning context.”  In: Anderson, T. & Elloumi, F. Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Athabasca University.
• Jenkins, M. (2004).  “Unfulfilled promise: formative assessment using computer-aided assessment.” Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.  1, 67-78.
• Beasley-Murray, J. (2008). Was introducing wikipedia to the classroom an act of madness leading only to mayhem if not murder? Retrieved: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbmurray/Madness
• Halavais, A. (2005). Weblogs and collaborative web publishing as learning spaces. In J. Weiss (Ed.), The international handbook of virtual learning environments. Dordrecht, NE: Springer.
• Bruns, A. and Humphreys, S. (2005). Wikis in teaching and assessment -The M/Cyclopedia project. Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Wikis.
• Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On The Horizon, 9 (5), 1-6.
• Papert, S. (1984). New theories for new learning. School Psychology Review, 13(4), 422-428.
• Boyd, d. (2008). Why youth (heart) social network sites: The role of networked publics in teenage social life. In David Buckingham (Ed.), Youth, Identity, and Digital Media (pp. 119–142). The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
• Keats, D., & Schmidt, P. (2007). The genesis and emergence of Education 3.0 in higher education and its potential for Africa. First Monday, 12(3).
• Gay, L.R., Mills, G.E., & Airasian, P.W. (2009). Educational research: Competencies for analysis and application (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.
• WikiEducator: http://www.wikieducator.org/Main_Page
• Middleton, J. A. (2000, February 1). From manuscript to multimedia: How technologies transform education research. Current Issues in Education [On-line], 3(2). Available: http://cie.ed.asu.edu/volume3/number2/
• Sipe, L. & Constable, S. (1996). A chart of four contemporary research paradigms: Metaphors for the modes of inquiry. Taboo, The Journal of Culture and Education, 1, 153-163.
• Beck, N., & Fetherston, T. (2003). The effects of incorporating a word processor into a year three writing program. Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 139-161. [pdf]
• Sandwell, R. (2003). Reading beyond bias: Using historical documents in the secondary classroom. McGill Journal of Education, 38(1), 168-186. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3965/is_200301/ai_n9228199/pg_1
• Hart, C. (1998). Doing a literature review. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 172-183.
• Hart, C. (1998). Doing a literature review. Excerpts entitled “The Role of the Literature Review,” Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 12-14; 26-29; 49; 88-90; 110-111.
• Lauman, D. J. (2000). Student home computer use: A review of the literature. Journal of Research on Computing Education, 33(2), 196-203. (in Custom Course Package). [pdf]
• MacArthur, C. A., Ferretti, R. P., Okolo, C. M., & Cavalier, A. R. (2001). Technology applications for students with literacy problems: A critical review. The Elementary School Journal, 101(3), 273-301. [pdf]
• Hayse, K. (2003). A comparison of fifth graders’ frequency using web-based activities versus traditional activities for self-directed enrichment. Retrieved November 20, 2006.
  http://www.smsd.org/custom/curriculum/ActionResearch2003/Hayse.htm
• Miller, L.M., Schweingruber, H, & Bradenburg, C.L. (2001). Middle school students’ technology practices and preferences: Re-examining gender differences. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 10(2), 125-140. [pdf]
• Tatar, D. & Robinson, M. (2003). Use of the digital camera to increase student interest and learning in high school biology. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 12(2), 89-95. [pdf]
• Sample Research Proposal: “A Case Study of Teachers’ Experiences Participating in a Ministry Technology Initiative”. [pdf]
• Peshkin, Alan (2000). The nature of interpretation in qualitative research. Educational Researcher, 29 (9), 5-9. [.pdf]
  http://www.jstor.org/view/0013189x/ap040289/04a00030/0
• Flinders, David J. (1992). In search of ethical guidance: constructing a basis for dialogue. Qualitative Studies in Education, 5(2), 101-115.
• Diotalevi, R.N. (2003). An education in copyright law: a primer of cyberspace. Library philosophy and practice, vol. 6 (1). Retrieved from www.webpages.uidaho.edu~mbolin/v6n1.htm
• Feng, F. & Petrina, S. (2005). Technology guide for media production. University of British Columbia.
• Lamb, B. (2007). Dr. Mashup, or why educators should learn to stop worrying and love the remix. Educase review. Retreived from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0740.pdf