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With the left hand/right hand rule I am always trying to keep all the written information on one side (left hand) but sometimes there is just too much information and I can't contain it to one small side of the book. In cases like this I adapt (see pictures above).
Picture 1 and 2 - I used Microsoft Publisher "catalog" template to create a mini booklet. I deleted all of the publisher information that pops up automatically with the template and replaced it with my own. I gave it a title page and wrote all my information on the inside and glued the back cover to the book. This gave me a lot more space to add information.
Pictures 3 and 4 - I just used the standard Word document (see my post on formatting word documents for composition notebooks) and folded it in half. I had students design a title for it and then we glued the back side to the book.
Picture 5 - I just typed in Word without formatting for the notebook and folded it in half and glued it in the book.

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ahilliman said…
Where did you get your info and such for this section? I love the idea and would like to use it during my tutorials this spring.
February 17, 2013 at 12:37 PM
Chemcaid said…
I teach high school physics and will take 3 full size pages of notes and chose "booklet" on my copy machine output options and it will reduce all 3 pages so each will fit on one half of the paper and the 4th half is blank to glue into the spiral.
August 2, 2014 at 9:42 AM
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