How to Create a Workspace with Direction
It's estimated that 1 in 4 Americans are currently working from home due to COVID-19. That's nearly 40 million Americans who have grown accustomed to the comfort of their home offices, the trials of videoconferencing, and multitasking home and work responsibilities. But what does this mean for employers who plan to bring them back into the office in the coming year?
Read MoreTopics: Collaboration, Human Development, Designer's Corner, Working from Home, Technology, Covid-19, remote, hybrid, Compass
Topics: Color, Collaboration, Active Learning, Active Classroom, Designer's Corner, quick ship, Compass
The Value of Hands-On Learning in 2021
New research is showing that 2020 has been a difficult year for our nation’s students. Many are falling behind due to problems with access to remote learning and experts are saying it may cause devastating repercussions. At MooreCo, we’ve been dedicated to following the needs of students and teachers to create ideal learning environments for over 35 years. With that goal in mind, we held our second webinar, Thrive Together: Creating the Classrooms of Tomorrow, in late October. We’ve been continuing to highlight what expert presenters offered in terms of research and solutions for how to keep kids learning through the pandemic and beyond. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at the value of hands-on learning and STEM education, and how we can help students to keep learning through difficult circumstances.
Read MoreTopics: Collaboration, Active Classroom, Learn from Home, Technology, Covid-19, Back-to-school, learning from home, remote, hybrid, quick ship, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Top 10 Things Teachers Want in Their Classrooms
Do you ever wonder how teachers would design the classroom of their dreams, if given the opportunity? We did! That’s why we interviewed gifted, passionate teachers to ask what’s on their wish list. We took their answers to educational designers Sylvia Kowalk and Robin Randall of Legat Architects so they could work their magic and render the dream classrooms. Using the Compass line by MooreCo, Sylvia and Robin created ideal STEM spaces and displayed their render-to-reality presentation during the fourth session of Thrive Together: Creating the Classrooms of Tomorrow webinar. Click here to watch the session!
Read MoreTopics: Insider, Collaboration, Case Studies, Design, Active Learning, Active Classroom, Designer's Corner, Covid-19, Back-to-school
Full STEAM Ahead: Prioritizing Inclusion and Discovery in Tomorrow's Classrooms
How can we help all students learn, given the events of this year? 2020 brought problems with traditional models of learning to the forefront, further widening existing learning gaps and leaving groups of students behind.
Read MoreTopics: Collaboration, Active Learning, Human Development, Active Classroom, Designer's Corner, Technology, learning from home, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5 Changes in Classroom Design to Expect in 2021
It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year of great change for many. Students, parents, and teachers have been affected by the fluctuations of school schedules caused by COVID-19. Some are learning remotely, some are learning in a hybrid model, and some are back in school full-time.
Read MoreTopics: Insider, Collaboration, Active Classroom, Designer's Corner, Working from Home, Technology, Back-to-school, learning from home, hybrid classroom, hybrid, quick ship
Social-Emotional Development in Times of Uncertainty
How to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty, Part 1: Social-Emotional Development
Read MoreTopics: Collaboration, Active Classroom, Covid-19
Topics: Collaboration, Active Learning, Active Classroom, Technology
7 Predictions on Going Back to School in A Post-Covid World
The United States has been largely on lockdown for the last several weeks due to the global pandemic of Covid-19, causing schools and business to close temporarily. This has been done to slow the spread of the virus, and studies are showing it's working. The good news is that soon we’ll be able to resume daily activities like working and learning. But life won’t be exactly like it was, at least not for a while.
Read MoreTopics: Collaboration, Human Development, Active Classroom, Clean Living, Covid-19
Taking The School Library From “Brick and Mortar” to “Click and Mortar”
Learning Commons
Did you know many schools are no longer calling the library a library? Nowadays it’s becoming more prevalent to call this multi-use space a “learning commons” or “media center” or “technology hub.”
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