Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

10 Awesome Keepfiling Back to School Products that You Should Buy

Being organized is an important characteristic to have if you want to be successful at something, for example like school.  Throughout a school year, teachers will give out dozens of handouts like school materials or even administrative documents for parents.  If you don't have a system for your kids or yourself to keep these papers organized then you could be in a lot of trouble.

Being organized is important and helpful because it saves a lot of time.  If you have a binder to put the handouts in then you won't lose them, or you will know where to find them when you need them for studying.  You might also consider using sheet protectors as well to protect these handout and prevent them from getting dirty and ruined.

An 'organizing system' does not have to be complicated.  It can be as simple as having different binders for different subjects, but if you don't want so many binders then you can have indexing system for one binder and split it's contents into different subjects.  For example you can have 5 individual binders for English, Math, History, Science, and Social Science, or you can have one binder and use indexing tabs to divide the different subjects.

Keepfiling has always emphasized the importance of being organized, and all our products are aimed to help make organizing easier for our customers.  This time of the year is important for parents who are preparing their kids to go back to school, so we came up with 10 of our products that we think you should get for your kids for the upcoming school year and help them keep things organized.

Here are the 10 products:


Binders

1. Mini Binders 2. Letter Size Binder 3. Letter Size Landscape Binder
http://www.keepfiling.com/Mini-Binder-for-5-1-2-x-8-1-2-inch-documents-p/30500.htm http://www.keepfiling.com/Letter-Size-Binder-with-Label-Holder-p/30740.htm http://www.keepfiling.com/11-x-8-1-2-Landscape-Binder-with-label-holder-p/30985.htm
Fits:
5.5 x 8.5 paper or sheet protectors
Fits:
Standard letter size documents - 8.5 x 11
Fits:
Landscape letter size documents - 11 x 85
Sheet Protectors
4. 5.5 x 8.5 Sheet Protectors 5. Clear Standard Weight Sheet Protectors 6. 11 x 8.5 Sheet Protectors
http://www.keepfiling.com/5-1-2-x-8-1-2-Sheet-Protectors-p/15500.htm http://www.keepfiling.com/Crystal-clear-standard-weight-sheet-protectors-p/11740lt.htm http://www.keepfiling.com/11-x-8-1-2-Landscape-Sheet-Protectors-p/11985.htm
Organize:
Classical Conversation Timeline cards, or other homeschool materials
Organize:
Standard handouts, homework, and other loose papers
Organize:
Drawings, graphs, tables. etc
Index Tabs
7. Multicolor Sheet Protector Index Tabs 8. White Sheet Protector Index Tabs 9. Point Flags
http://www.keepfiling.com/Multicolor-Sheet-Protector-Tabs-p/18300.htm http://www.keepfiling.com/White-Sheet-Protector-Tabs-p/18304.htm http://www.keepfiling.com/Adhesive-Pointing-Flags-p/18003.htm
Use for:
Indexing binder contents. Write onto tabs, or can use as color codes
Use for:
Indexing binder contents.  Write onto tabs different categories
Use for:
Highlight important points on your documents

10. Color Edge Sheet Protectors
http://www.keepfiling.com/Color-Edge-Sheet-Protectors-p/13325lt.htm Shop Now for Keepfiling Back to School Products
Use for:
Organize letter size paper with color coding edges to index and sort subjects

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Benefits of Being Organized - Part 2

Being organized offers different benefits in different situations.  Last time we looked at how being organized helps in the workplace, now we'll look at how it can help with school.

Organizing For School

Better Grades 
When it comes to school and organizing, the obvious benefit is it helps with getting good grades. Having a binder to organize your notes and handouts will make it so much easier when it’s time to study, especially when there are so many different subjects. Have separate binders for Math, Science, English, History and all the other subjects and you won’t have to worry about misplacing notes or handouts.  Alternatively, you can have one binder with colored dividers to separate subjects.

*Note: You may want to use sheet protectors to help keep your note from wear and tear!

Better Time Management
Being organized will help save a tremendous amount of your time. Rather than spending time finding your loose notes or handouts, if you had them organized in the first place then you could spend more time studying.

One of the important things to learn in school is how to manage your time.  In high school, time management means how you split your time between studying for different subjects or working on school projects, and joining extra curricular activities after school.  There needs to be a balance between work and play, and so it starts with being organized for school so you can give yourself enough free time to play and be more successful with your studies.

In University, time management is even more important because you might have to juggle between different part time jobs, and going to classes and working on school projects at the same time.  The workload in University also increases significantly and so it becomes more important to be organized in order to manage your time between different subjects. Being organized definitely helps with improving your time management skills.