Friday 23 August, 2013
Unclutter Your Art Studio – Part 3
Supplies for three-dimensional art can be stored in craft carts with drawers, just like paint supplies. You can even purchase craft carts on wheels to increase the ease with which you can relocate your supplies if you work in multiple rooms. These carts have numerous plastic bins which you can use to store beads, cord, […]
Wednesday 21 August, 2013
Unclutter Your Art Studio – Part 2
You can purchase separate bins for each type of supply you have. One bin can be used for oil paints while another can be used for acrylics, which keeps you from mixing up your paints and using the wrong one on mistake. You can use another bin to store colored pencils, another for pastels, and […]
Monday 19 August, 2013
Unclutter Your Art Studio – Part 1
As every artist knows, one byproduct of art is chaos. Art supplies are messy, and when you’re busy trying to create something, the last thing you may be paying attention to is how messy your surroundings are getting to be. After a while however this can take a toll on your creative process. Once you […]
Friday 16 August, 2013
Tips for Classroom Organization – Part 3
If you stack containers but don’t purchase the kind that are open in front or transparent, you’ll need to label them clearly so that you don’t have to dig through them every time you want to find something. This will save you a lot of time in the future. Store the most important boxes on […]
Wednesday 14 August, 2013
Tips for Classroom Organization – Part 2
Start out by organizing your paperwork, and also provide ways for students to sort their own paperwork. Provide plastic bins which students can use to turn in assignments so that they don’t get mixed up with the rest of your paperwork. Also keep lesson papers and materials sorted in colored storage boxes so you can […]
Monday 12 August, 2013
Tips for Classroom Organization – Part 1
If you’re a teacher in charge of organizing and running an efficient classroom, you’re faced with a dual challenge. On one hand, you have the challenge of organizing the space you’re in (which often doesn’t seem like enough), and on the other, you have the task of managing your students. These two tasks can be […]
Friday 09 August, 2013
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 4
If you’re going to be using home or office recycling bins for old food containers, make sure that you rinse them off before you put them in the bins so that you don’t have problems with odor, fruit flies and other insects. Regularly put your recycling out for the trash removal people to pick up, […]
Wednesday 07 August, 2013
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 3
Another cause of noncompliance with recycling bins is that people often find them confusing. Many people deposit their waste in the trash can by default since they don’t know which recycling containers they should be using. Help these people to figure it out by clearly labeling the plastic bins for recycling which you choose. You […]
Monday 05 August, 2013
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 2
First you’ll need to decide on a logical location for your recycling center. There are a couple of factors to consider. Figure out how much space your system will take up. How much waste do you generate? What size of bins for recycling will you need? Will you need different sizes for different materials? The […]
Friday 02 August, 2013
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 1
If you want to have a positive impact on the world, one great way to do so is actually to reduce your footprint by recycling. Recycling protects environmental resources, which is increasingly important on a planet where the population is rapidly growing. How can you do your part to protect the environment in your home […]
Wednesday 31 July, 2013
School Storage Bins for Elective Classrooms – Part 4
Elective classrooms are unique educational environments because they often require more of a hands-on approach to learning where students participate directly and create concrete projects. Art and technical drawing classrooms, science classrooms and labs, and many other types of elective or hands-on classes require extensive classroom storage systems as a result. Clear plastic bins and […]
Monday 29 July, 2013
School Storage Bins for Elective Classrooms – Part 3
Another example of an elective classroom which would benefit from educational storage units would be a class for technical drawing. While much of drafting is now done on computers, these classes usually include a component based on paper, for which many supplies are needed such as rulers, compasses, special pencils and papers. With a classroom […]
Friday 26 July, 2013
School Storage Bins for Elective Classrooms – Part 2
If you run an elective art classroom, you have many supplies to keep track of such as paper and canvas, paints and brushes, crayons, markers, charcoal, pastels, jars, clay, and more. Keeping an organized classroom is important so that not only you will know where supplies belong, but also that students in your classes know […]
Wednesday 24 July, 2013
School Storage Bins for Elective Classrooms – Part 1
While many K-12 and college classrooms can use school storage supplies such as educational storage bins, cubbies, cabinets, shelves and more, elective classrooms often stand more to benefit since they tend to have more actual supplies which need to be stored. While grade school classrooms traditionally have games, toys and small objects to keep track […]
Monday 22 July, 2013
Running an Efficient Retail Stockroom – Part 4
Keep your items organized according to what they are. For example, if you run a large department store, have shelving areas for each of the categories in your department store. Clothing should be in one area of the stockroom, housewares in another, hardware in a different location, and so on. Organize each item according to […]
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