Schoolrooms these days can be classified as, among other things; overcrowded and under-utilized. With budgets being stretched and student populations consistently growing, districts are looking for ways to make every dollar spent on education count. This is where IdeaPaint steps in. When you have the opportunity to incorporate boundless writing surfaces for students, you have the opportunity to engage an entire class of children and spark collaboration. You have the ability to prompt students to help each other and actively participate in the topics of the day.

IdeaPaint fits into schools (and school districts) in countless ways. Besides the obvious benefits of creating learning space wherever you have a flat surface (old chalkboards, doors, tables, walls, lockers), you are now encouraging kids to get up out of their seats and tackle problems. Don’t ever underestimate the power of thinking on your feet – active learning is something to behold.

On the flip side of the coin, organizations are looking to save money wherever possible - and an amazing starting point is simply re-coating old chalkboards, turning them into the highest performing dry-erase surface available, for a fraction of the cost it would take to replace them with a traditional whiteboard. Think of the money (and trees) saved by becoming a paperless classroom!

 

Installing IdeaPaint is also a unique opportunity to contribute to a greener learning environment for students. It’s an incredible undertaking to tear down old boards, truck them to landfills, ship in new ones, utilize multiple personnel to hang them … and then go home at the end of the day thinking about the environmental footprint that was just stomped into the earth with millions of pounds of old boards sitting in a pile. IdeaPaint is the greenest alternative to traditional whiteboards and other dry-erase surfaces.

 

Another important consideration for schools is eliminating chalk dust. Chalk dust consists of tiny particles that are easily breathed in and scattered across the classroom. Switching to a dry-erase surface can help protect students with allergies and asthma and keep dust from damaging your electronics. 

 

IdeaPaint schools include:

 

• MIT Entrepreneurship Center, Cambridge MA
• Warren Prescott Elementary School, Charlestown MA
• Milford High School, Milford MA
• Clemson University, Clemson SC
• University of Texas, Austin TX
• Bedford High School, Bedford MA

• Babson College, Babson Park MA 

• Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business,  Pittsburg PA

 

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It’s funny, someone once told us “when comparing products, there are three things that are inter-related: Good; Cheap; Fast. Now, as you decide, you can only pick TWO…” In other words, you can get something Good, and get it Fast, but it won’t be Cheap… Or you can get something Cheap, and get it Fast, but it won’t be Good… you get the idea. Well, IdeaPaint has all but shattered that paradigm by solidifying itself as the least expensive commercial dry erase option -  that also performs the best – and is easy to apply. A freak of nature? Nah – we just like to think of it as one of those eternally impossible problems that took a moment of clarity to solve. 

 

See how easy it is to resurface your worn-out chalkboard. 

 

Where would you use IdeaPaint in your classroom? Learn more.