Meetings begin today

This morning, I'm about to sit through two days of meetings. I'm near the back of the room, so there is definitely the temptation to stay on my laptop through the meeting. I've watched my students do that in class, and I can tell when they are not "taking notes" on their computer. So I should probably not try it...

The meetings today and tomorrow are my department's annual "retreat." Today, our chair will give a "state of the division" speech and we'll talk about assessment through the afternoon (far too long, in my opinion). Tomorrow, we'll be learning how to "podcast" our classes so that students that skip class can easily get caught up. It'll be a fun-filled time of sitting.

The nice thing about today is that it's great to see people again. After being separated all summer, it's nice to reconnect.