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Book Recommendations List

BY SESSION ORDER

PLAY/TIME: the power of play
GAME/PLAY: inside the games we play
PLAY/SCHOOL: the design of play in learning
PLAY/CHANNELS: media hybrids and experience
PLAY/INC: beyond the infinite game in business
DESIGN/PLAY: the shape of play to come
MISC/PLAY: anything along the rules

ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR

Abbott, Edwin Flatland: A romance in many dimensions

Alexander, Christopher A pattern language

Alexander, Titus Family Learning

Anderson, Philip W., Arrow, Kenneth J. and Pines, David The economy as an evolving complex system

Bachelard, Gaston The poetics of space

Bolton, Gavin Acting in Classroom Drama: A Critical Analysis

Brockman, John The third culture: beyond scientific revolution

Brosterman, Norman, Togashi, Kiyoshi (Photographer) Inventing Kindergarten

Brown, Shona L. and Eisenhardt, Katheen M. Competing on the edge

Busch, Akiko Design for Sports: The Cult of Performance

Callois, Roger and Barash, Meyer (translator) Man, Play and Game

Calvino, Italo, Archibald Colquhoun (translator) The Baron in the Trees

Carse, James P. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

Cassell, Justine, and Jenkins, Henry eds From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games

Castells, Manuel The rise of the network society

Ceppi, Giullio & Zini, Michele Children, Spaces, Relationships

Cowam, James A mapmaker's dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice

Courtney, Richard Play Drama and Thought

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly Beyond Boredom and Anxiety

Davis, Stan and Meyer, Christopher Blur: the speed of change in the connected economy

De Landa, Manuel A thousand years of nonlinear history

Dovey, Jon Fractal Dreams-New Media in Social Context

Druin, A. The design of children's technology

Engelander, Rudy and Klaic, Dragan Shifting Gears

Fleming, Dan Powerplay: Toys as Popular Culture

Fouts, Roger, Mills, Stephen, Tukel and Goodall, Jane Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees

Friedrich von Braun, Christoph The Innovation War. Industrial R&D...the Arms Race of the 90's
Gibson, William Neuromancer

Hagel III, John and Armstrong, Arthur G. Net gain: Expanding markets through vitual communities

Hampden-Turner, Charles and Trompenaars, Fons Mastering the Infinite Game

Hargreaves, David The mosaic of learning: schools and teachers for the next century

Hargrove, Robert Mastering the Art of Creative Collaboration

Heathcote, Dorothy, O'Neill, Cecily, Johnson, Liz Collected Writings on Education and Drama

Heller, Steven and Drennan, Daniel The digital designer

Heller, Steven, Heller, Steve, Guarnaccia, Steven Designing for Children; Art of Graphic Design in Children's Books, Posters, Magazines, Etc.

Herz, J.C. Joystick Nation

Herz, J.C. Surfing on the Internet. A Nethead's Adventure On-line

Hickey, Dave Air Guitar

Hinte, Ed van Eternally Yours. Visions on product endurance

Hofstadter, Douglas R. Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language

Huizinga, Johan Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

Huxley, Aldous The Doors of Perception

Hyde , Lewis Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art

Inside the Mouse: work and play at Disney world

Kafai, Yasmin and Resnick, Mitchel Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, Learning in a Digital World

Kao, John Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity

Katz, Donald Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the corporate World

Kelly, Kevin, New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World

Kennedy, Edward M. and Sundquist, Don Teachers & Technology—Making the Connection

Kerr Cameron, David The English Fair

Kline, Stephen Out of the Garden

Lanham, Richard A. The Electronic Word

Laurel, Brenda Computer as Theatre

Manguel, Alberto A History of Reading

Morrison, Ian The second curve

Mulgan, Geoff Connexity. How to live in a Connected World

Murray, Janet H. Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

National Science Resource Center, National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution Science for All Children A Guide to Improving Elementary Science Education in Your School District

N¿rretranders, Tor The user illusion

O'Neill, Cecily Drama Worlds : A Framework for Process Drama

Oldenburg, Ray The Great Good Place and How They Get You Through the Day

Opsomer, Geert City of Cultures

Orr, John and Klaic, Dragan, Eds. Edinburgh: Terrorism and Modern Drama

Paley, Vivian Gussin The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter: The Uses of Storytelling in the Classroom

Papert, Seymour The Children's Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer

Peppers, Don and Rogers, Martha Enterprise one to one: tools for competing in the interactive age
Perelman, Lewis J. School's Out: Hyperlearning, the New Technology, and the End of Education

Phillips, Adam The beast and the nursery

Postman, Neil and Asher, Marty The Disappearance of Childhood

Postman, Neil The End of Education - Redefining the Value of School

Quinn, James Brian, Baruch, Jordan J. and Zien, Karen Anne, Innovation Explosion

Resnick, Michael and Resnick, Mitchel Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

Roberts, Paul Images: the piano music of Claude Debussy

Robertson, George, Mash, Melinda, Tickner, Lisa, Bird, Jon, Curtis, Barry and Putnam, Tim Future Natural. nature/science/culture

Rushkoff, Douglas Playing the Future: How Kids' Culture Can Teach Us to Thrive in an Age of Chaos

Schön, Donald A. The reflective practitioner

Sorkin, Michael (ed.) Variations on a Theme Park

Stafford, Barbara Maria Artful Science; Enlightenment, Entertainment, and the Eclipse of Visual Education

Stafford, Barbara Maria Body Criticism: Imaging the unseen in Enlightenment Art and Medicine

Stephenson, Neal The Diamond Age

Tapscott, Don Growing Up Digital

Ten Cate, Ritsaert Man Looking for Words

Vitra Design Museum Kid Size; The Material World of Childhood (catalogue)

Ward, Colin The Child in the City

Wilson, Edward O. Consilience. The unity of knowledge

Winnicott, D.W. Playing and Reality

 

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