Makerspaces
littleBits STEAM Student Set Review
I’ve admired littleBits as a company pretty much since I got started with the Maker Movement. So when they asked me last week if I’d like to try out...
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Diana Rendina
Diana Rendina, MLIS, is the media specialist at Tampa Preparatory School, an independent 6-12 in Tampa, FL. Previously, she was the media specialist at Stewart Middle Magnet School for seven years, where she founded their library makerspace. She is the creator of the blog RenovatedLearning.com. She was a monthly contributor to AASL Knowledge Quest from 2015-2018. Diana is the winner of the 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Award, the 2015 ISTE Librarians Network Secondary Award, the 2015 AASL Frances Henne Award & the 2015 SLJ Build Something Bold Award. She is an international speaker on the Maker Movement and has presented at conferences including AASL, FETC & ISTE. Diana co-authored Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace with Colleen and Aaron Graves and is also the author Reimagining Library Spaces: Transform Your Space on Any Budget.
Makerspaces, Professional Growth
How to Start a Makerspace When You’re Broke
You CAN start a makerspace even if you’re broke In my recent post on AASL Knowledge Quest, I decided to revisit and revamp a popular article that I wrote for the ISTE...
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March 07, 2016
Book Review, Professional Growth
Read This Book: Essentialism
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, is not a book written specifically for educators, yet out of all the books I’ve read so far this year, it’s had the most...
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February 29, 2016
Makerspaces
Make & Takes: Let Students Own the Learning
Make & Takes Build Excitement & Engagement A few weeks ago, I was meeting with a group of girls to plan activities we want to do with our STEMgirls club...
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February 22, 2016
Professional Growth
Can We Rethink Our 100th Day Celebrations?
This post has nothing to do with makerspaces or libraries, but it’s something I feel strongly about, so I’m addressing it anyway. Full disclaimer here: 100th day celebrations seem to...
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February 15, 2016
Makerspaces
Teaching the Design Process in Makerspaces
Stewart Middle Magnet is a STEM magnet school, and part of our curriculum comes from Project Lead the Way, including classes in engineering, robotics and aerospace. The Design Process is...
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February 08, 2016
Book Review, Makerspaces
Read This Book: The Art of Tinkering
The Exploratorium & The Tinkering MOOC The Exploratorium is an amazing hands-on science museum in San Francisco. They created a makerspace for their patrons called The Tinkering Studio. I participated...
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February 01, 2016
Learning Spaces
6 Active Learning Spaces Your Library Should Have
6 Active Learning Spaces My latest post over on AASL Knowledge Quest focuses on six different types of active learning spaces in school libraries. The post was inspired by a section...
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January 28, 2016
Book Review, Stories, etc
An Ode to the Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual
The Complete Do-it-yourself Manual When I was growing up, the 1973 edition of the Reader’s Digest Complete Do-it-yourself Manual sat on a shelf in our garage. I was born in...
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January 25, 2016
Makerspaces
The Value of Guided Projects in Makerspaces
Learning How to Knit I’ve been a knitter since my best friend in college first gave me a set of needles and taught me the basic stitches. This was back in...
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