Flexible Furniture Archives

10 Jan

6 Ways to be Environmentally Friendly in the Classroom

6 Ways to be Environmentally Friendly in the Classroom Whether you’re a teacher or administrator, improving the sustainability of your school can be beneficial. A focus on sustainability can help you can create a healthier learning space, as well as engage students in important environmental principles. Educating students to be more eco-friendly gives them a...

08 Nov

MiEN Company’s New KIO Tinker Table Quickly Switches from a Bookcase to a Workstation and More

New table adapts to multiple learning needs in classrooms, media centers, makerspaces and STEAM labs GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Nov. 9, 2021 – Schools’ limited space means that they need furniture that can adapt to multiple situations. For this reason, MiEN Company has created the KIO Tinker table, a 360-degree mobile bookcase that doubles as...

13 Oct

Benefits of Whiteboards in the Classroom

Benefits of Whiteboards in the Classroom Teachers face the challenge of keeping students engaged every day, but one solution to this problem is one of the simplest learning tools in the classroom: the traditional whiteboard. Writable surfaces can be easily integrated into the learning space by adding mobile whiteboards, mini handheld whiteboards, whiteboard tabletop surfaces,...

06 Oct

Transforming a Nearly Century-Old School Building into a Modern Learning Space

Transforming a Nearly Century-Old School Building into a Modern Learning SpaceWith MiEN’s help, the staff at Robert D. Johnson Elementary School replaces a nearly 100-year-old building with a modern, collaborative learning space that its students and teachers love. Open since 1923, Robert D. Johnson Elementary School of Fort Thomas, Ken., will soon hit its 100-year-old...

30 Sep

Learning Anyplace, Anytime in Student Centered Spaces!

Learning Anyplace, Anytime in Student Centered Spaces! Learning spaces are moving beyond the four walls of the traditional classroom to take advantage of every opportunity for student-centered learning spaces in K-12 and higher education. As curriculum and instructional delivery models adapt, so does the design of the spaces needed to support learning. Here are 3...

16 Sep

Cumberland Trace Elementary School Creates Active Teaching & Learning Spaces

Cumberland Trace Elementary School Creates Active Teaching & Learning SpacesWorking with MiEN, the school outfits its newly-constructed building with seating, tables and fixtures that support active teaching and learning for groups of all sizes. When Cumberland Trace Elementary School in Bowling Green, Ken., set out to construct a new school building this year, it wanted...

21 Jun

MiEN Company Releases New Guide on Creating Active Learning Spaces

MiEN Company Releases New Guide on Creating Active Learning Spaces GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – June 21, 2021 – During the pandemic, schools rapidly adopted technology and flexible learning models so they could better support students. Now, many district administrators are deciding to keep those flexible models when the pandemic ends. To help educators make the...

17 Jun

4 Benefits of Active Learning Environments

4 Benefits of Active Learning Environments Traditional classroom design is in transition, with the integration of technology, personalized learning, collaboration, and the implementation of a learner-centered approach being at the core of the conversation. This shift in design mirrors the needs of the modern workplace, helping to prepare students for next-generation careers and empowering them...

12 May

JetCo Federal’s New Collaborative Workspace is Inspiring and Motivating

JetCo Federal’s New Collaborative Workspace is Inspiring and MotivatingGovernment contractor works with MiEN to design a new, inviting space for its growing workforce. Founded in 2007, JetCo Federal is a supply chain management and logistics firm that works with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Focused on developing efficient warehouses, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based organization...

27 Apr

3 Key Elements of Future Ready Science Labs

3 Key Elements of Future Ready Science Labs Gone are the old, stuffy, and institutional-looking labs of the past, and now in their place are bright and airy future ready spaces that support collaboration and student-centered learning. Students benefit from working in spaces that are designed for their comfort and to support their learning, and––in...

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6 Ways to be Environmentally Friendly in the Classroom

MiEN Company’s New KIO Tinker Table Quickly Switches from a Bookcase to a Workstation and More

Benefits of Whiteboards in the Classroom

Transforming a Nearly Century-Old School Building into a Modern Learning Space

Learning Anyplace, Anytime in Student Centered Spaces!

Cumberland Trace Elementary School Creates Active Teaching & Learning Spaces

MiEN Company Releases New Guide on Creating Active Learning Spaces

4 Benefits of Active Learning Environments

JetCo Federal’s New Collaborative Workspace is Inspiring and Motivating

3 Key Elements of Future Ready Science Labs

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