Books on Games, Virtual Worlds, Simulations, Cognitive Studies, and Performance Improvement

In the cue-

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal

Reading-

Neuromancer by William Gibson; an old science fiction/cyberpunk book, but where much of the thinking on VR/VWs got started. I guess Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson would come next.

Read-

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education by Karl Kapp

Fun Inc.: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century by Tom Chatfield

Infinite Reality by Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson
Note: great book. Well worth the read. Will post a blog once I digest my thoughts on this.

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration (Essential Knowledge Resource (Pfeiffer)) by Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll

Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds: Strategies for Online Instruction (Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning) by Clark Aldrich

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48 Hours: Get Ready for the Storm!

Closed Published December 17th, 2010 in Uncategorized

If you had only 48 hours to save your business during an emergency, would you be prepared?
For many businesses and organizations, the answer is “No.”

I’ll be conducting an audience driven, highly interactive webinar with an expert panel of emergency management professionals (NYC OEM and others) using the backdrop of a mega- storm hitting the NYC area.

Don’t believe that it can happen here in NYC? See the following links; it has happened twice in the past couple of centuries and we are due for one soon. Oh, and we were reminded with the post Christmas snow storm on the need for preparedness; What would happen in a Hurricane or Nor’easter? Imagine 18-24 inches of rain and 50+PMH winds hitting NYC in a 24 hr. period?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_New_England_hurricane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893_New_York_hurricane

And if that is not enough, we did have two tornados in the past 4 years that hit NYC proper (right in my neighborhood). We all need to get ready for all types of hazards on an individual household, company, and community level. Don’t have a “Go Bag” (or don’t know what one is)? Then find out and get prepared by visiting http://www.ready.gov/

Better yet, join us on Wed., Feb 2, 2011 12-1 PM EST by going to sps.cuny.edu/twodays

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