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Hi, I’m Diana!  Welcome to Renovated Learning.

Maybe you’re curious about this makerspace thing.  Or maybe you’re looking to redesign your learning space to work better for our modern students.  Or maybe you’re an educator (or someone who cares about education) who’s tired of the status quo and wants to see schools transformed with creativity.

I’m here to help.

I transformed my school library and started a makerspace from scratch and I want to empower other educators and librarians to do the same.

Here at Renovated Learning, I share my experiences in starting and running and makerspace and redesigning our learning space.

Whether you need help starting a makerspace or growing a makerspace you already have, there will be something here for you.  Let’s work together to make learning awesome again 🙂

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Popular posts:

Defining MAKERSPACES: What the research says: After receiving criticism that my space was not a "real makerspace", I decided to draft my own definition and take a look at how research defines makerspaces.
6 Ways to Rethink Your Library Space and Make it Amazing | Over the course of five years, I've worked to renovated and redesign the library at Stewart Middle Magnet. Here, I share what I learn in six lessons that you can apply to your own library or classroom.
How to Build an EPIC LEGO Wall | Follow along with this detailed tutorial to create your very own EPIC LEGO Wall. Great for libraries, makerspaces, classrooms, bedrooms, offices or anywhere awesome. Bonus printable in post too! | RenovatedLearning.com

Recent posts:

5 Tips for Starting a Manga Collection From Scratch: Developing a manga collection can seem daunting, but these tips will help you to work through the process and get the books your students want.

5 Tips for Starting a Manga Collection from Scratch

Way back in my early days as a media specialist at Stewart, I created a manga section.  It was by far the most popular section of the library, and I would have students come in to check out multiple books every day as they worked through a series.  When I started at Tampa Prep, I … Read more

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De-emphasized Dewey: How I Changed Up my Non-fiction Section - A detailed step by step explanation of the approach I took in my school to de-emphasize Dewey

De-emphasized Dewey: How I Changed Up My Non-fiction Section

When I decided to de-emphasize Dewey in my library collection, I wanted to come up with an organization system that would make sense to me and make sense to my students.  I decided to divide the non-fiction collection into nine different categories (many of which are Dewey aligned) with sub-categories (done as sublocations in Destiny) … Read more

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De-emphasized Dewey: Finding a Balanced Approach

De-emphasized Dewey: Finding a Balanced Approach

Over the last several years, I’ve been working on changing up my non-fiction section.  I already genrefied my fiction collection a few years ago, and I knew I needed to tackle my non-fiction section next.  I got the push I needed to get started with my school’s adapted schedule in the 2020-2021 year for COVID … Read more

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