Student Engagement Archives

19 Jan

Q&A with Christian and Claire: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products

Q&A with Christian and Claire: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products Welcome to the MiEN Environments Top 5 Series, where our regional directors, account managers, and designers share their favorite MiEN products. Here we will breakdown the value our employees and our customers find in the solutions designed with specific products and why those products meet...

15 Dec

MiEN Company Releases White Paper on How Flexible Furniture Creates Active Learning Environments

MiEN Company Releases White Paper on How Flexible Furniture Creates Active Learning Environments GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Dec. 15, 2020 – Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. But one commonly overlooked factor in this transition is classroom design....

08 Dec

Q&A with Kim and Marissa: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products

Q&A with Kim and Marissa: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products Welcome to the MiEN Environments Top 5 Series, where our regional directors, account managers, and designers share their favorite MiEN products. Here we will breakdown the value our employees and our customers find in the solutions designed with specific products and why those products meet...

02 Nov

Creating Flexible Environments in a Learner-Centered Classroom

Creating Flexible Environments in a Learner-Centered Classroom Author: Kevin Ecarius Along with the implementation of technology and new learning approaches, there has also been a shift away from traditional classroom design and toward more flexible learning environments. These flexible environments deviate from the status quo by focusing more on active learning, collaboration, and self-led learning....

27 Oct

What Does a Modern Computer Lab Look Like?

What Does a Modern Computer Lab Look Like? Author: Dr. Christina Counts The prevalence of personal devices in the classroom has resulted in the computer labs of the past losing much of their value as spaces for digital and online learning. Laptops and tablets have made it possible for students to take digital learning anywhere––both...

21 Oct

A Seat for Everyone and More: New Products for Flexible Spaces

A Seat for Everyone and More: New Products for Flexible Spaces MiEN offers a wide variety of seating options that can accommodate use in many spaces––from K-12 and higher education classrooms and common areas to corporate and in-home offices. This week, MiEN introduces five new seating options which can be paired with MiEN’s vast range...

21 Sep

Classroom Design with SEL in Mind

Classroom Design with SEL in Mind Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a critical skill set that all K-12 students should learn and master. SEL competencies include self-awareness, self-management, decision-making, social awareness, and relationship skills and give students the ability to manage emotions, set and achieve goals, create positive relationships, and more. These skills help students build...

10 Sep

Designing Learning Spaces for Today’s Students with Their Futures in Mind

Designing Learning Spaces for Today’s Students with Their Futures in Mind Author: Dr. Christina Counts The jobs of the future are much different from what students experience in the classroom on a daily basis. Technology will change and become more complex, working in the office will be a completely different experience after COVID-19, and students...

25 Aug

Five Advantages to a 1:1 Learning Environment

Five Advantages to a 1:1 Learning Environment Technology is an increasingly important part of a successful learning environment, particularly with the recent expansion of blended learning to K-12 curriculum all over the U.S. While schools have brought technology into the classroom with computer labs and laptop and tablet carts for many years now, it’s becoming...

04 Aug

5 Steps to Designing a New Esports Space

5 Steps to Designing a New Esports Space Academic esports, or competitive video gaming, is a unique extracurricular that has recently taken hold in the K-12 education space. While video games have had a history of bad reputations for distracting children, academic esports have had an amazingly positive impact on students of many ages, benefitting...

Tags: Student Engagement

Q&A with Christian and Claire: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products

MiEN Company Releases White Paper on How Flexible Furniture Creates Active Learning Environments

Q&A with Kim and Marissa: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products

Creating Flexible Environments in a Learner-Centered Classroom

What Does a Modern Computer Lab Look Like?

A Seat for Everyone and More: New Products for Flexible Spaces

Classroom Design with SEL in Mind

Designing Learning Spaces for Today’s Students with Their Futures in Mind

Five Advantages to a 1:1 Learning Environment

5 Steps to Designing a New Esports Space

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