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What's on Your Nightstand? Jim Gerry Edition


We have asked Jim Gerry, Innovation and Intrapreneurship Director at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, to list the top ten books he'd recommend to the AALF community. In no particular order, here's what he said:


1. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

2. Transforming Schools with Technology by Andrew A. Zucker

3. Innovation Nation by John Kao

4. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

5. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things by Miliam McDonough and Michael Braungart

6. Never Mind the Laptops by Bob Johnstone

7. One-to-One Learning by Pam Livingston

8. The Power to Transform by Stephanie Pace Marshall

9. Cool Hunting: Chasing Down the Next Big Thing by Peter Gloor and Scott Cooper

10. Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams


Jim Gerry is the Innovation and Intrapreneurship Director at the Illinois Math and Science Academy. He is currently in the process of setting up an online "place" for innovation in STEM education called 'CoolHub'. Through a combination of physical and virtual meeting spaces, cool.hub.imsa will provide opportunities for collaboration and resources that accelerate research, rapid prototyping and program development. To learn more about Cool.Hub.imsa, click here.