1 hr 09 min video Infiniti is proud to host Stefanie Gaspari from Trinity Grammar School. Stefanie is Director of Library Services and over the past year has transformed the Arthur Holt Library into a 21st century library and collaborative learning space. Join Stefanie as she shares her experiences on the road to being ranked one of the top 40 innovative schools in Australia

Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries For Today's Complex World, David Lankes walks you through what to expect out of your library. Lankes argues that, to thrive, communities need libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar, and beyond books and literature. We need to expect more out of our libraries. They should be places of learning and advocates for our communities in terms of privacy, intellectual property, and economic development. The book is now available as a free download from this web address.

Makerspaces - the hot trend right now in schools, libraries and education - but what is it about. A further contribution by Kay Odone on Makerspaces and how the support educational needs and future workplace requirements for innovative problem solving

Ongoing, updated essay that encapsulates 21 C learning as part of a commercial website that provides professional support for schools - US based but with strong correlations to Australian setting.

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.

Education and political leaders in countries around the world have recognized the imperative to prepare their youth for the 21st century, a goal that many believe requires the fundamental transformation of educational opportunities together with the integration of technology into teaching and learning. But educational change is complex. It takes place within an ecosystem of influences that range from national policies, programs, and supports to local community contexts and school-specific professional cultures. Part of Microsoft's commitment to education, ITL Research is a multiyear global research program designed to investigate the factors that promote the transformation of teaching practices and the impact those changes have on students' learning outcomes across a broad range of country contexts.

EY report on megatrends - large, transformative global forces that define the future by having a far-reaching impact on business, economies, industries, societies and individuals. We live in a world in constant motion. Goods, capital and labor are traveling globally at a faster pace than ever and moving in novel patterns. Technological innovation, including digital, is rewriting every industry and the way in which human beings manage their lives. In this world, the ever-increasing acceleration of change is one of the few constants.

Article by Terri Hayes, 2014. Abstract: The old-fashioned library model is no longer healthy for teachers or students. Converting your school library to a learning commons is one of the best recipes for school success in the current climate of educational reform. The library-as-learning commons functions as the hub of the school, where teachers and students collaborate, inquiry-based learning is promoted, and teacher-librarians provide instructional support to every teacher in the school while fostering a thriving reading culture.

The Canadian Learning Commons Network provides a network for communication, professional development and advocacy for those who are involved with a Learning or Information Commons on their campus.

Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada, 2014 presents a model for the development and implementation of the school library as a library learning commons. It provides educators with a common set of standards of practice for moving forward. This publication offers a vision and provides practical approaches for all those engaged in creating successful 21st century school libraries in Canada. Downloadable pdf

Personalized learning is steadily revolutionizing teaching and learning, both during the school day and the time students spend outside of the classroom. The proliferation of quality digital tools and platforms that facilitate exciting new ways for students to learn-such as through self-guided or blended learning-has dramatically expanded the possibilities for where and when students can access educational content and what they can do with it.

Are there computers in the classroom? Does it matter? Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection examines how students' access to and use of information and communication technology (ICT) devices has evolved in recent years, and explores how education systems and schools are integrating ICT into students' learning experiences. Based on results from PISA 2012, the report discusses differences in access to and use of ICT - what are collectively known as the "digital divide" - that are related to students' socio-economic status, gender, geographic location, and the school a child attends. The report highlights the importance of bolstering students' ability to navigate through digital texts. It also examines the relationship among computer access in schools, computer use in classrooms, and performance in the PISA assessment. As the report makes clear, all students first need to be equipped with basic literacy and numeracy skills so that they can participate fully in the hyper-connected, digitised societies of the 21st century.

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)

Practical classroom strategies to reinforce each of these four qualities: autonomy, competence, relatedness, relevance

Today's organizations are faced with an increasing need to adapt to new realities that almost always result in some organizational change. The process of implementing change in organizations is often complex and challenging for most managers. To help managers successfully implement change, it is recommended that they use some version of a change model to increase their chances of successful implementation. While there are many models for change management, most of them originate from the work of John Kotter's eight-step change model. Specific steps in the model include: establish a sense of urgency, create the guiding coalition, develop a vision and strategy, communicate the change vision, empower broad-based action, generate short-term wins, consolidate gains to produce more change, and anchor change in the organization's culture.

Distributed leadership is primarily concerned with the practice of leadership rather than specific leadership roles or responsibilities. It equates with shared, collective and extended leadership practice that builds the capacity for change and improvement.

The NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition examines key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in technology for their impact on academic and research libraries worldwide.

We asked the world's most innovative companies in education to school us on the future of the classroom, with predictions for the next five years. Points explore: Students will interact with others remotely, Success of tech will still rely on skilled teachers, We'll think differently about diplomas, Students will have a voice and Educators and institutions will be forced to adapt.

Social media-networked digital media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and wikis-enable people to socialize, organize, learn, play, and engage in commerce. The part that makes social media social is that technical skills need to be exercised in concert with others: encoding, decoding, and community. I focus on five social media literacies: Attention, Participation, Collaboratio,n Network awareness and Critical consumption

Teacher-librarians at VPS (Vancouver Public Schools) play a crucial role in this digital transformation and other strategic initiatives. As a result, they are expanding their role to spend more time in the classroom, curating digital content and lesson plans with teachers, teaching digital citizenship to students, and even emerging as technology experts within their schools.