How a Teacher Can Use a Painted Dry Erase Wall in the Classroom to Increase Student Engagement
While a great many classrooms utilize a sort of “white board” to make visual learning easier for the students, the use of dry erase paint that everyone can use even more helpful in increasing student engagement. Dry erase paint can be used (and has been used) to provide space for any kind of creativity, imagination, and the coming together of ideas. In a classroom setting, it can be used to its maximum capacity for creative, visual, and maybe most importantly fun learning. How Does it Work? Dry erase paint works similarly to any other paint job. Expressions dry erase paint comes in 1 single unit and can be applied by teachers, school faculty, or professional installers. Once poured, the paint needs to be applied within an hour, and then given several days to cure. If instructions are not followed correctly, the paint will not work. If it does, however, the surface that has been painted on will be essentially transformed into a dry wall, which means that any white board markers and other erasable forms of writing can be applied onto the wall, and then taken off with a cloth, or, at most, some white board spray. An entire wall in the classroom can be easily transformed into a communal white board for anyone to use. Increasing Engagement The paint mixture is already commonly used in areas such as science labs and boardrooms. It is a highly useful tool for bringing ideas together. Collaboration is simple when any surface can be a canvas for brainstorming; anyone with a marker can make their mark. In a classroom setting, this means heightened visual learning, an easy way for students to demonstrate knowledge, and an ultimately more interactive learning experience for students who have an easy outlet for both their own creativity and their academic prowess. Bought the Paint; Now What? The ways a properly placed coat of dry erase paint can be utilized are about as limitless as the uses for the paint itself. Some schools have painted entire hallways, which are quickly filled with student interaction, games, and fun. Others use desks and tables, so students can practice their learning without using paper. Others paint their doors this way, and use them as a place to post schedules and reminders for classes. However, the easiest and perhaps best way to encourage interaction with the dry erase is to just replace a blackboard or use as much space at the front of the classroom as can be used as an interactive area for the instructor to demonstrate material, and for students to demonstrate learning. The potential for a material that turns any surface into an outlet for ideas and learning is incredible, especially in a school environment. By applying this paint to the inside of a classroom, students are encouraged to learn visually and demonstrate their knowledge through a creative, purposeful outlet that almost could not be better suited for school.
