[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="New table adapts to multiple learning needs in classrooms, media centers, makerspaces and STEAM labs" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706974767587{margin-top: 30px !important;}"]GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Nov. 9, 2021 – Schools’ limited space means that they need furniture that can adapt to multiple situations. For this reason,…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Introducing the 2021 MiEN Showroom" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Author: Kevin Ecarius[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Benefits of Whiteboards in the Classroom" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Transforming a Nearly Century-Old School Building into a Modern Learning Space" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row" el_class="about us" css=".vc_custom_1591303075066{background-color: #da1032 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="MiEN and Staff at Robert D. Johnson Elementary School transformed a learning space out of a nearly 100-year-old building." font_container="tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_column_text]Open since…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Learning Anyplace, Anytime in Student Centered Spaces!" use_theme_fonts="yes" font_weight=""][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Integrating Tray Storage Systems into Your Classroom Ecosystem" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Research has found that if a teacher creates a positive learning environment, they also develop an efficient classroom setting alongside an emotional setting that boosts student performance (Bailey, Beasley, & Swafford, 2014). Designing positive…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Cumberland Trace Elementary School Creates Active Teaching & Learning Spaces" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row" el_class="about us" css=".vc_custom_1591303075066{background-color: #da1032 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Working with MiEN, the school outfits its newly-constructed building with seating, tables and fixtures that support active teaching and learning spaces for groups of…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Inclusive Design to Support Equity and Diversity" google_fonts="font_family:Ubuntu%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal" font_weight=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]Diversity in universities is rapidly expanding, and the current generation is known as the most diverse generation in history in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, and more. So many of the needs of…
