by Bridgitte Alomes | Sep 4, 2023 | 2020 New Year, 2023 Best Stories, Inspiration
Recently I’ve been re-reading the MDR research report ‘The Impact of Learning Spaces on Student Success’ to further and deepen my understanding of how I can lead Natural Pod to better serve students and educators. This research is such a great resource – it was...
by Bridgitte Alomes | Oct 21, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
With all the global climate strikes that have been happening over the last few weeks, it feels like the perfect time to speak up about a sensitive and related issue. First, I’d like to acknowledge the incredible mobilization of nearly 7 million young people and...
by Anuk Harvey | Oct 8, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
The education community, understandably, often tends to think about learning as a product of our education system, though according to research by Dr. Joshua Eyler, learning is, in fact, evolutionary and simply part of our genetic make-up. Therefore, schools should...
by Anuk Harvey | Jul 15, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
There has been some interesting research carried out recently named ‘Humans Wanted’. It looks at the quiet crisis happening in job markets all around the globe. The research acknowledges that yes, automation is taking over many roles: mostly ones that are highly...
by Anuk Harvey | Jul 3, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
Why, when there is now so much evidence that students engage and focus better when they aren’t stuck in rigid rows of desks, is mainstream education still full of those rows of desks from the industrial era?Well, there are a few reasons. The first is obviously cost:...
by Anuk Harvey | Jul 3, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
Part Three of this Three Part Series: This is the last section of sharing our manifesto with you, and diving deeper into how it guides our company vision and purpose, and how that can positively impact your work and your students. Manifesto: a public declaration of...
by Anuk Harvey | May 7, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
When talking about climate change, it’s our children and their children’s children that are going to be most impacted and yet many know very little about it, if anything. So who is teaching them about it? Parents or educators? One of the first surveys of its kind was...
by Anuk Harvey | Apr 23, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
Researchers intentionally set out to discover whether classroom displays affected children’s ability to maintain focus during instruction and to learn the lesson content. “Young children spend a lot of time — usually the whole day — in the same classroom, and through...
by Anuk Harvey | Apr 18, 2019 | 2020 New Year, Inspiration
To create a classroom space that is more student centered here are some guiding principles that can really increase student participation and engagement:Be more deliberate about furniture configurationThe aim is to have the flexibility to create both independent...
What do texture, shape, size, color and furniture have in common in a classroom?
Yes! You can order new learning furniture in time: Quick Ship Bundles for the win!
The impact of choice on a learner in their environment
Repurpose, refresh, or replace — what does your learning environment need?
Your essential learning furniture in time for the new school year
Listen: Empowering Education – Bridgitte Alomes Talks Sustainable Design
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Let’s bring your learning space vision to life – Experience the difference of collaboration
Teachers can experience trauma, too
A mother’s ingenuity: Crafting resourceful learning environments
Trauma in the Classroom: What Are The Triggers?
An equitable future requires conferences to serve as inclusive spaces for all… including childcare spaces
More than just where to put the furniture – The Brain-SET Environments Formula©
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