School Design Archives

19 Jan

5 Tips for Building an Esports Program in Your District

5 Tips for Building an Esports Program in Your District A unique opportunity to capitalize on after-school activities and get students involved with extracurricular activities, esports’ competitive, organized video gaming has been gaining in popularity in the K-12 sector. Not only is an esports program a great way to engage students through an activity they...

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...

15 Dec

A Year in Review: 2021 at MiEN Company

A Year in Review: 2021 at MiEN Company Author: Dr. Christina Counts Every year with the arrival of December, it’s hard to believe the year is actually coming to a close. And this year is no exception. As schools have reopened for in-person learning again in 2021, learning spaces have seen great transformations––from improved technology...

24 Nov

5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space

5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space When building a new school, it’s important to design a building that not only fits the academic needs of modern learners, teachers, and administrators, but that also is equipped with features to support the school’s mission. Many schools are now focused on incorporating active learning principles into...

19 Nov

4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments

4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments Many schools face steep challenges on the road to creating collaborative, modern learning environments that students, teachers, and staff can enjoy and thrive in. One of the biggest barriers to developing these learning spaces is the state of aging school buildings, which often haven’t been updated and reworked...

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...

20 Oct

Introducing the 2021 MiEN Showroom

Introducing the 2021 MiEN Showroom Author: Kevin Ecarius When designing new school and/or office spaces, it’s important to choose furniture solutions that will best serve the people who will use the space. For the designers of these spaces, it can be challenging to imagine exactly how a product will function for a specific purpose or...

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...

Tags: School Design

5 Tips for Building an Esports Program in Your District

6 Ways to be Environmentally Friendly in the Classroom

A Year in Review: 2021 at MiEN Company

5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space

4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments

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

Introducing the 2021 MiEN Showroom

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!

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