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5 KEYS TO CREATING THINKING CLASSROOMS WITH DRY ERASE PAINTED WALLS

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Countless educators around the world have come to realize that using individual student desks in the classroom fails to support the idea and practice of collaborative, interactive instruction. For this reason, many schools are now investing in tables as an alternative to desks for student use during the school day. While tables do promote collaboration and can open up new opportunities for learners, they share a common limitation with desks — users have to look down to work on them. When students write and draw at tables, especially during group activities, they tend to crowd over the tables, blocking the teacher’s view of the learning that needs to be observed and monitored. However, if students work on the large non-permanent vertical surface (NPVS) of a top-quality  dry erase wall  for problem-solving, brainstorming, and other class-related tasks, their thinking, and learning become visible to the teacher and everyone else in the classroom. Using an NPVS such as a dry erase wall ins...

HAVING A DRY-ERASE WALL IN YOUR CLASSROOM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

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Having a Dry Erase Wall in Your Classroom Can Change Your Life No matter what your experience as a teacher may be, and whether you teach at any level from preschool to college, in a private or public school setting, applying top-quality dry-erase paint to your classroom walls can significantly change your life as an educator and also the lives of your students as learners. From doing daily lessons to brainstorming ideas for class projects to creating storyboards for the upcoming class play, the immense, durable, and easy-to-use surface of a dry-erase painted wall allows for infinite levels of personal and professional transformation. Many Teachers Find Their Classroom Walls Need Serious Upgrades On your first day at your current school, when you entered your classroom for the first time, you no doubt looked around and had a variety of first impressions about the room’s interior decor, ranging from “That looks good” to “Wow, this really needs some improvement!” Generally speaking, the a...

Whiteboard Paint Reduces the Need for Electronic Devices

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Whiteboard Paint Reduces the Need for Electronic Devices Of the many environmental benefits of applying ReMarkable dry erase paint, one of the greatest is that it reduces the use of electronic products such as tablets and laptops, which generate an enormous quantity of waste that has devastating effects on Earth’s environment. As the amount of e-waste dramatically increases year by year, solutions for its proper recycling have lagged far behind. Although it is essential to give e-waste items to a certified recycling company that meets strict requirements for handling these materials, many individuals and businesses fail to do so. Their old electronics end up in landfills, producing toxic results for our air, water, and soil. The main hazardous substances to be found in discarded electronic products are lead, mercury, cadmium, zinc, yttrium, chromium, beryllium, nickel, brominated flame retardants, antimony trioxide, halogenated flame retardants, tin, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and phtha...

HOSTING AN EFFECTIVE MEETING WITH A WHITEBOARD WALL

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Hosting an Effective Meeting with a Whiteboard Wall Holding a successful business meeting is a bit like landing a space module on the planet Mars. Keeping track of the seemingly infinite variables involved in the process appears hopeless, and conducting the perfect team gathering never seems to work out quite as you had planned. But unproductive company meetings aren’t as inevitable as they may seem. With the right communication tools and a touch of inspiration, you can conduct the meeting of your dreams every time you and your team members get together. One such communication tool is the premium  whiteboard wall , which offers a highly durable and virtually endless space for presenting facts, expressing opinions, and coming up with creative ideas for product launches, marketing schemes, and the like. Make meetings a team activity To have your meetings become more than personal lectures by you, the organizer, it’s a good idea to take regular advantage of the distinctive viewpoints, exp...

Balancing Job Duties and Daily Life in the Work-from-Home Environment

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Balancing Job Duties and Daily Life in the Work-from-Home Environment Working from home can be a daunting experience, even for long-time telecommuters, and it often requires a period of adjustment to develop a productive daily routine. In the work-from-home setting, distractions invariably come up throughout the day, so balancing job duties, health, family, and personal interests can seem impossible, and the boundary line between work and personal life can easily become blurred. In the current global environment, most people lack the time to make an easy transition to working from home and planning an organized home work schedule, with pressure from household duties being high and timelines to finish remote projects short. Many who work remotely also have to care for children or parents, creating a situation in which people are doing two jobs at once. This can lead to burnout if telecommuters don’t take the time to focus on their own needs and plan their lives efficiently. With the wor...

Dry-Erase Wall Quotes for June 2021

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June: The Beginning of Summer and a Time for New Growth For many people, June is the most pleasurable month of the year. It signals the start of summer and brings sunny days, trips to the mountains, fun at the beach, and a host of other warm-weather activities. June is named after Juno, the ancient Roman goddess associated with spring, new growth, and women’s wellbeing. Juno was also the deity linked with marriage, so June is considered an auspicious month to tie the knot. Below is a collection of wise, perceptive, and sometimes humorous quotes about June for posting on your dry-erase painted wall. Let them provide you with a bit of inspiration while operating in your home office, classroom, business office, or other area, and offer you ideas for school writing assignments and the like. The Positive Effects of Inspirational Dry-Erase Wall Quotes Research has shown that such inspirational quotes have a positive impact on our emotions and attitudes. Since humans are generally optimistic ...

PROPER SURFACE PREPARATION FOR A DRY ERASE PAINTED WALL

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Your Wall Must Be Smooth One of the most critical parts of achieving a successful dry-erase paint application is providing an absolutely smooth substrate beforehand. Make sure that your wall is as smooth as possible prior to starting your application. This is one of the sometimes overlooked aspects of properly prepping a surface to be covered with premium dry-erase coating. Any holes, cracks, or cuts on the wall must be filled in with spackling paste, otherwise known as spackling compound, a plaster-like substance that resists shrinking and is formulated mainly for use in filling in smaller holes and other imperfections in drywall or plastered walls. If the smoothness is questionable after a thorough inspection, give the wall a quick sanding with some 220-grit sandpaper once you fill in any dents and holes with spackling compound, then wipe it off with a microfiber cloth. This step is so important we’ll say it another way: Make sure your wall’s surface is nice and smooth from top to bo...

WHITEBOARD WALLS BOOST CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT

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Because whiteboard walls are by nature large, multi-purpose, easy to use, and completely open-ended, they have immense potential for stimulating children’s innate creativity and engagement in homeschool learning. For this reason, they quickly become popular teaching resources for homeschooling parents, who encourage youngsters to use the walls to release their imaginations in independent or collaborative school work and recreational activities. There’s a great deal that a top-quality open-ended teaching medium like a whiteboard wall can offer to foster free-thinking and inventiveness in young people’s minds. Due to their large, inviting surfaces and unlimited potential uses, children feel inspired to return to whiteboard walls again and again during the school day to doodle, create spontaneous artworks, write poetry, and do other activities. This inspirational quality is not as common with writing and drawing surfaces like notebook paper, flip charts, and traditional whiteboards, whose...