Books to read

For a short while earlier this year, I was able to pursue reading some of the books I said I want to finish, such as Tom Clancy's Command Authority, Support and Defend, and non-fiction (not associated with Tom Clancy) Where do You Stand?

Recently, again, due to work load, I cannot even finish the latest Tom Clancy book, Full Force and Effect. So this post is about books that I want to pursue reading, hopefully when I get some relax time (or maybe even squeeze in my schedule, in addition to blogging):

• Crisis Rooms - relative to a topic of personal interest to me 
• Quantitative Analysis for Management - ensuring my management technical skills are not lost
• Work Rules!
• Techniques for Effective Communication - Reading up on interpersonal communication skills 
• Marketing Management 
• No Easy Day 
• Tom Clancy's Net Force series
• Tom Clancy's Op-Center series
• Tom Clancy's Shadow Warrior 
• Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies
• Play to Win: The Nonprofit Guide to Competitive Strategy

In addition to these books, I also want to continue my personal learning on business-oriented information technologies, particularly databases and web applications (in the meantime). As such, I hope to be able to continue reading these books:

• Beginning Database Design
• Databases Demystified
• Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS & HTML5

In the future, when I get myself a DSLR, I also hope to be able to practice photography.

These are just a few of my favorite things.... 

Book: Technology for Teaching

I mentioned in my previous post about writing a book. So, after many reasons to do so but not having the time, I decided to make time for writing my book.

(I cannot say first, because my real first book, although never published, has been written.)

I will write about existing technological opportunities to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Without the jargon.

In that short book (which I will create as an e-book first for feedback of my teacher friends and graduate course classmates), I will discuss the technology, when to use, and some issues related to using technology in the teaching functions.

Of course, when I say 'teaching,' I mean all responsibilities expected of a teacher: Develop curriculum, instruct, research, link, and develop professionally.

This book, by the way, is a long-delayed book. I had this idea since first month of working as information officer in the college (For those who can look at my desktop at the Dean's Office, you may have seen at one time my mind map for the idea.). This is just actually a small section for a broader book on training, which I and my former co-trainers at eSynergy (now working at Business Processing Association of the Philippines and ePerformaxx) were planning to publish. In 2008.

What do you think should the technology for teaching book contain?

I want to write a book

No. I want to write many books. I want to write books on topics that I know some unique perspectives about. For example, I want to write about my experience in planning, organizing, promoting, implementing, evaluating a conference. I want to document this unique experience and lessons I have learned about organizing a conference. Maybe, other people would be interested.

I also want to write about using technology for teaching. I am really frustrated with seeing the premiere university of the country not being able to take advantage of technology, all the while complaining about the limited resources present. I want to show how educational institutions and learning facilitators can utilize offline and online technology to create a better, more enabling learning environment.

I want to write about training, based on my experience as a trainer and with new perspectives from my graduate education. I want to underscore ethics in training and how training functions in business and how it can be a business.

I want to write about crisis management - selling the idea for institutions which think it is a waste of time. It is critical - like development.

Of course, I want to write my old books - ZAIJE, 6SAR and Blue Light.