I love a well-organized notebook. I can't help it...all those tabs neatly arranged, fresh holes punched, easy access to information. Notebooks are my favorite!
As an Instructional Coach, I am frequently given, or find, articles of interest to read. It's also great to be able to pass along new research or ideas to teachers I work with. Over the past year I have amassed a huge collection of articles that were sitting in file folders. The problem was that I could never find what I was looking for. Today was the day to get organized! I spread all the articles out on a table and sorted them into like groups. As I was working I realized I had duplicates of a few articles. I also decided to create two notebooks rather than one. I used sticky notes to keep track of topics while I was working. Once I had all my groups, I made sure everything was hole punched, wrote on my divider tables and put it all together.
The whole project only took about an hour and now I can easily access and share the information. Of course I made cover inserts and binding labels so that I can find the notebook on my shelves later. It was a great Friday morning project...it's so nice to leave the office orderly and ready-to-go for Monday morning. These are the shelves in my office...I love a well-organized notebook almost as much as I love being surrounded by books. It's a happy work corner!
The whole project only took about an hour and now I can easily access and share the information. Of course I made cover inserts and binding labels so that I can find the notebook on my shelves later. It was a great Friday morning project...it's so nice to leave the office orderly and ready-to-go for Monday morning. 
In the military we actually had a regulation in a 3" binder that not only commanded retention time but the name you had to call it. Problem is, we could never remember the milatary's name for a file we wanted to look at. Everybody had a different guess and you had to search through the file drawers to find something. We ended up using a flip top address book to write the real name on each missed guess alphabatized page. We had a lot of names for it but the address book would always point you to the right name.
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WOW!! I love the organization!! I wish i could be better at it!! I just need more space!! LOL!!
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