David Johnson

If you’re a teacher who has a premium  dry erase painted wall  in your classroom, you’ve undoubtedly been in front of it many times taking notes during a problem-based learning (PBL) session, drawing a diagram to supplement a verbal explanation, or simply listing the main points presented in a lesson. In such cases, your dry erase wall serves as an invaluable tool for recording and communicating ideas and images to your students in a large, easy-to-see format. Regrettably, however, the ways in which dry erase walls are used in the classroom are often not especially original or creative. Generating mind maps, writing lists and outlines, and making drawings and graphs are the go-to dry erase wall activities for most teachers and students during the typical school day. However, it’s possible to use this classroom staple in much more imaginative and unusual ways to enhance the process of teaching and learning. Here are six novel dry erase wall strategies for your consideration that can add...

December: A Bewitching Month Something about December brings out the reflective side in people. Although for many of us, the month is all about preparing for the Holidays, there’s a lot more about December to be valued. Its quiet, reflective character is an aspect to take pleasure in just as much as the bountiful energy and colorful flowers of spring. Hopefully, after posting them on your  dry erase painted wall , these December quotes will show you some other features to treasure about the month and provide a little motivation, inspiration, and food for thought as well. Reflections on December “Of all the months of the year, there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year.” ― Charles Dickens “Spring is too busy, too full of itself, too much like a 20-year-old to be the best time for reflection, re-grouping, and starting fresh. For that, you need December.” ― Vivian Swift, When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler’s ...

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 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...

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 ...

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...