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advice needed
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Dear teachers, could you please, give me a piece of advice on how to keep better my paper give outs ( both copies and originals) ? I am absolutely not an organized person. So to invent a system of keeping my papers in a handy way is just beyond my power. Please, help me out!
Thanks in advance
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23 Jun 2014
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FrauSue
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A big ringbinder with polypocket wallets is the best way.
I write a red O for "original" on the top corner of all my paper printouts before photocopying. That way you don �t end up giving away the original and photocopying a poorer quality photocopy every subsequent year. |
23 Jun 2014
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MoodyMoody
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I have to admit for most of my papers, I keep a copy on my computer and print as needed when I need a new original. That works very well for all the ESLP materials I have accumulated!
For photocopies from books, I usually keep folders and put a paperclip on the original photocopy. But again, I own most of my books and can go back for a new original if needed. The notebooks sound pretty good, though. |
23 Jun 2014
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Pretty3
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Simply, put them in a ringbinder. Divide it into parts for grammar, vocabulary, speaking ...etc.
Hope that helps.
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23 Jun 2014
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Jayho
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I�ve gone digital. It �s much easier.
Prior to this I would keep my �masters� in plastic sleeves in two ring binders. But it takes up a lot of space. I only have my desk and hutch at school and there is not much room. I share classrooms with other teachers and we can�t leave anything in there. So it all then comes home with me. The bottom of my wardrobe is full of boxes of masters that I never look at now.
I keep one file for my current subjects only, with plastic sleeves, and when that subject is over I discard it and rely on my digital records. If I do that subject again, I create a new file.
My advice, go digital. Scan your masters from books and save any documents you download. The trees will thank you.
Cheers
Jayho |
23 Jun 2014
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Hazza
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I draw a long line or cross with yellow highlighter across the original page (does not copy when printing) and also use sleeves to store but try and keep a copy on computer.
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23 Jun 2014
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ttuffl
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Sorry its not a solution but I just want to say that I have the same problem.
I have documents in English folder (the top folder) on my zen book and my old laptop. Of course there are sub categories underneath but it �s hard to manage so I just keep storing everything by date order (folder names are month of the year). Some of files are stored in Google drive some are in different web cloud. I also have bunch of paper handouts out of the files I have.
It �s a kind of personality so the tips from organized people aren �t much helpful. I gave up dreaming of having my own well organized filing system.
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23 Jun 2014
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karagozian
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I went digital. It �s much easier as i work in the same conditions as Jayho and also in two different schools. |
24 Jun 2014
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Dear friends! thank you so much for your tips! I can use all of them I guess - getting digital ( in my PC I �m the same mess), marking the "master" page ( I cut off a corner of it), files, subfiles etc. all you have advised. If someone has anything else to offer - I will also appreciate it.
Yes, Ttuffi, it �s a kind of personality, but I have to do something about it. :)))))
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24 Jun 2014
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ueslteacher
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I have printed materials that go with particular courses for several grades (self made or matching ones taken elsewhere). I store these activities in ring binders labeled with the number of the grade. I use 1 ws per pair (except for the tests) and the students do the activities in their notebooks so I collect the wss when the activity is done and they go back to the binder again and can be reused many times and, because the curriculum is more or less the same for each grade, I can use them for years. I have to say that I usually get small groups 8-12 students in general so a set for a group would be 4-6 wss. I have bigger groups in Business English - 16-23 ss. I also have a couple of binders that have a name to store wss for a certain topic like "English-Speaking Countries", "Songs", "Leisure", etc. You �d think that the binders take too much space, but actually they take up just 2 shelves in a bookcase in my classroom. |
24 Jun 2014
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