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Far too much of education revels in knowing rather than not knowing. Sitting fastidiously in a place of not knowing is one of the hardest, most rigorous, parts of learning. But this is rigor of a different color. Learning is not something we can script in advance. Syllabi should be living documents, co-created with students. Full of possible paths. Not a barrel of predetermined outcomes, carefully crafted to be specific, measurable, loved by our accrediting bodies. Outcomes, and rubrics or assessments we design, should be wild-eyed and tentative. Assessment as an act of agency, a learning activity in and of itself not something delivered ex post facto by an external authority.

Starting with the familiar story of the hare and the tortoise, this video goes beyond to explore different ways of leading to ultimately focus on teamwork.

n her SXSW EDU keynote, Jennifer Gonzalez explores the Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools. In any school, just as in air travel, different forces impact our progress: some of these forces push us forward and lift us up, while others pull us back and drag us down. The success of our schools depends largely on how well we manage these forces. By applying wisdom from change management theory, instructional coaching, the tech industry, and even the fitness world, we can learn how to fight weight and drag, increase lift and thrust, and make our schools truly exceptional.

Mark Ray is changing the conversation from "shh..." to "How can I help your with technology?" Mark has helped to overhaul libraries in Vancouver Public Schools in Washington state. A future focused presentation.

VIDEO: What makes good LEADERS

"As a person finally acknowledges that doing the same thing will not bring about a different desired outcome, a reflection emerges as "How do I get unstucked from where I am now?" Donna Howes shares her workshop experience on Dr. Robert Kegan's behavior improvement approach to "Immunity to Change". The good things ahead start with a rigorous adherence to the step-by-step process of recognizing where one is at the moment and where one desires to be in the future. The change process works at the individual as well as at the organizational level. "

School libraries are the hub of the school, librarians are heavily involved in education, and changing technology means the library is actually more relevant than ever. Elementary, middle and senior school teacher librarians talk about their roles and contributions to the teaching, learning and reading of the teachers and students. Emphasis on the exploration of 21 century skills and learner needs.

The 21st century leader with influence: "owning your space" with "micro authority" and "gravity", being "authentic to gain trust" and "the most influential when you are the most quietest".

Students are the future, but what's the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn. Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these educators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student?

I found this interesting in how many of the presenters shared Sir Ken Robinson's views on education. That as it began out of the Industrial Revolution, it's now time to adapt to the skills that our current students need. Dr Mitra's list of what students really need: Reading Comprehension skills and the ability to search and retrieve from the internet I found particularly relevant to my role as a teacher librarian.

How can the libraries of the present and future be influenced by those of the past? 'Ted Colegrove bases the concept of the libraries we need in the future on the libraries from our distant past. How does the Ancient Library of Alexandria and other ancient libraries relate to the libraries we need in the 21st century and beyond? They had huge stockpiles of written knowledge, but their greatest contribution was that they were places of learning with lessons facilitated by the great thinkers and teachers of the day. Great ideas like the Pythagorean theorum were developed, tested, debated, and taught in those spaces. ' (summary comment by HeatherParrish)

Thanks for sharing, this has challenged me to expand my scope of thinking on community partnerships.

Blended Library is a joint research project with the Human-Computer Interaction Group University of Konstanz, Library of the University of Konstanz, the work group Databases and Information Systems University of Konstanz, the Knowledge Media Research Center Tuebingen and the university library of Tuebingen.

Doug Johnson presents the past focus on school libraries and compares to future expectations to encourage teacher librarians to reconfigure their libraries to meet current and future learning needs for students of this century.

This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.

I found this very thought provoking, and reflected upon it on my blog http://thinkspace.csu.edu.au/katharine/ More than anything it raised a lot of questions at both a global and local level