Technology Integration
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Survey: Pretty Much Every Student Wants to Use Smartphones in Class
Phoning it in? Not really. A recent study is unlikely to surprise college professors: 94% of college students want to use their mobile phones in class for academic purposes. The survey found that a substantial number of students (58%) use their phones to take pictures of lecture slides, and similarly... -
Classroom Design for the Modern World
The "Lampe de Marseille" (1949-52) is a characteristic lighting fixture by Le Corbusier, and shows the importance of aesthetic illumination in office and classroom design. “Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city,” famous Swiss architect and designer Le... -
Designing the Classroom for Academic Honesty
Students are constantly faced with academic dishonesty. Unfortunately, although technology has become a powerful learning asset both inside and outside the classroom, it has also become an additional tool for cheating. According to major higher educational studies, an average of 75 percent of students admitted to at least one form... -
Announcing our New Line: Fit-at-Office!
We live in an ever-increasingly health conscious world, with fitness bracelets and apps to track calories and weight loss with the click of a button, and SMARTdesks has now joined the trend! We now offer a complete line of LifeSpan® treadmill desks and bike desk workstations designed for the home and... -
Workplace Productivity? Try Community + Engagement
Results from a 2013 Gallup study provided a surprising (and rather dismal) statistic: of 25 million workers polled, only 30% were actively engaged in their work, and the other 70% fell short of their productivity potential. According to the same study, employees who are engaged in their work are enthusiastic, committed participants...
