Makerspaces
Making Doesn’t Have An Age Limit
Making Doesn’t Have an Age Limit @DianaLRendina @jhunderhill @venspired Went to a session & speaker said making should only happen at elem. level after that it was too late....
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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 & is also a monthly contributor to AASL Knowledge Quest. 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
Tinkering Fundamentals: Week 1 Reflections
Tinkering Fundamentals: Week 1 Tinkering Fundamentals is a massive open online course (MOOC) put on by San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum every summer. I’m going to be chronicling my six...
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July 27, 2015
Libraries, Makerspaces
Building Curriculum Connections Into Makerspaces
Curriculum Connections in Makerspaces In an article I wrote for Florida Media Quarterly, I describe ways that I’ve built curriculum connections into my makerspace. I get this question often, so...
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July 22, 2015
Professional Growth
Reflecting on ISTE 2015
ISTE 2015 I can’t believe it’s already been over two weeks since ISTE 2015 wrapped up! For me, the conference was a whirlwind of connecting with my network of friends...
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July 16, 2015
Professional Growth
10 Tips for Surviving and Thriving at Conferences
How to Survive & Thrive at Conferences In recent years, I’ve had the pleasure of attending a variety of both state and national conferences, including several trips to FETC...
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June 19, 2015
Learning Spaces
3 Ways Whiteboards Can Make Your Space More Awesome
Towards the beginning of this school year, we created a whiteboard wall in our library as a part of our Makerspace. Around the same time, we gave our instructional space a...
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June 01, 2015
Makerspaces
Stewart MakerFair 2015: How We Shared Our Makerspace
The Stewart 2015 MakerFair In April, we held our second annual Stewart MakerFair during our final parent conference night of the year. Last year’s Mini Makerfaire was focused more on introducing...
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May 18, 2015
Professional Growth
Sharing Your Awesome: Why we need to move past the discomfort
I was raised not to brag about my accomplishments. Do good deeds in secret. Don’t broadcast your good grades to the world. Take leadership positions, but always be humble about...
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May 07, 2015
Makerspaces
Gulf Coast Maker Con 2015
Last year, I attended Gulf Coast MakerCon just as our makerspace was gaining momentum. That was where I first connected with The Hive (then called Community Innovation Center), FreeFab 3D, and Tampa...
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May 04, 2015
Libraries, Makerspaces, Professional Growth
Hillsborough Women in Tech
Last month, I had the honor of giving a Pecha Kucha talk at the Hillsborough Women in Tech event. A Pecha Kucha is an ignite style talk, with twenty slides that...
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