In today’s educational landscape, the crucial role of classroom furniture in student success is becoming more and more prevalent. Traditional classroom setups, with their rigid rows of desks and chairs, can pose significant challenges for students with specific learning needs, especially those with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Read MoreTopics: Human Development, Active Classroom, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Thrive, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Educators
It's widely known that students benefit from schools swapping out desks with more comfortable seating arrangements. Adaptive, mobile, foam soft seating is the ultimate tool for creating a flexible, inclusive, active-learning environment. MooreCo's three new lines of lightweight, durable, All Foam Soft Seating encourages choice and fosters autonomy, allowing students and teachers to create personal spaces or collaborative breakout spaces. Students become agents in their learning and begin to place value on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Let MooreCo help you meet the needs of your students with flexible seating!
Topics: Design, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Teacher's Favorites, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Special Education, Learning Styles, Media Centers, foam seating
Open Air. Open Minds. Open Doors.
Phoeby is a truly unique line of indoor/outdoor modular soft seating inspired by the remarkable adaptability of amphibians. Just as amphibians effortlessly move between aquatic and terrestrial environments, Phoeby effortlessly blurs the boundaries between indoor comfort and outdoor freedom, revolutionizing the way users connect with nature and improve their mental health and well-being.
Topics: Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, New Products, Well-being, Thrive, Higher Education, mental health, sensory needs, Experiential Learning, outdoor
Back to school is fast approaching and it's the perfect time to optimize your learning spaces so every student has the tools they need to succeed! The key to creating a space that meets the needs of a diverse set of students is flexibility. But just like your students, this can be a little complicated!
Topics: Collaboration, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Back-to-school, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Well-being, Thrive, mental health, sensory needs, Experiential Learning, Learning Styles
From a flexible environment that allows them to shape their own workspace, to immersing themselves in communities that reflect who they are, Generation Z is revolutionizing the way we construct educational and professional spaces. Gen Z is a generation that deeply cares, and they want the places where they learn and work to share those same values. They deserve ergonomic furniture that assists in curating those environments.
Read MoreTopics: Collaboration, Design, Active Classroom, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, generation z, CTE
Akt by MooreCo is a family of tables, chairs and soft seating designed for Gen Z. We designed Akt with intention of creating pieces that are active, kinetic, and tectonic, key ingredients that Gen Z needs in order to thrive. Akt was designed to morph, reinvent, and transform itself allowing users to feel they are in control while they move in, through and with the space they are in. Conceived under our Thrive philosophy, which focuses on the six key facets of human development from adolescence and into the workforce, the Akt collection puts the spotlight on soft seating and surfaces that are active, kinetic, and tectonic.
Akt: Active. Kinetic. Tectonic
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During our Thrive Webinar, we had the chance to speak with Dr. Lisa Harris of Healthworks Ergonomics, who taught us the importance of sensory and physical experiences that Gen Z has in the classroom and the workspace. “People are more often now considering sensory needs to be just as important as physical needs,” Dr. Harris said. “There is a lot that goes into creating an environment that brings out a physical response in your body.” The Akt family of furniture is specifically designed in response to physical and sensory needs that Gen Z is experiencing. Akt Tables reduce contact stress, Akt Chairs promote good posture, and Akt Lounge seating guarantees a cleaner environment, all with the goal of creating sensory-friendly environments that also support physical wellness for Gen Z as they further their education and enter the workforce.
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Gen Z is already famous for doing things differently. At school, empathy is popular. As they enter the workforce, they put a higher emphasis on people than profits. They form tighter and more diverse communities than ever before, primarily because their generation is the most diverse than previous ones. Workplaces and schools should also emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion in order to appeal to Gen Z. In the wake of a global pandemic and the reality of school shootings, Gen Z is very focused on their physical and mental wellbeing. Enter Akt: a family of furniture designed in response to these needs and takes into account Gen Z’s call to action. The Akt collection was created to facilitate change, support diverse communities, and can be configured to build collaborative workspaces where Gen Z feels mentally and physically safe.
Read MoreTopics: Design, Active Classroom, Clean Living, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, mental health, generation z, Educators
8 Ways to Stay Mighty
MooreCo has been committed to providing environments where people can thrive for over 3 decades. But what does it mean to thrive? Once all of our survival needs are met (safety, food, shelter, water), we can focus on the higher range of needs. Hierarchy by MooreCo was inspired by Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs. We imagined a world where students were not only stimulated, but supported, encouraged, and set up to succeed in all their learning endeavors.
Read MoreTopics: Design, Active Learning, Active Classroom, Designer's Corner, hybrid classroom, Teacher's Favorites, Well-being, Educators
