Totally need to be organized. Students totally know when you are not. Using interactive activities, it is necessary to be prepared and practice.

Dionne, For the left brain instructor being organized comes easy. I was once told as a more right brain thinker that left brain activities should be modeled. Shadowing a left brain thinker was recommended. Can you share what best practices you have for organizing. I keep a calendar but still find that it gets too full. I recently turned down an engagement that I was not informed about well in advance and another committment, I got the organizer to meet with me another day though it was indicated it was mandatory training. I had tickets to go to a theater performance I purchased in advance on the same day that I was told two weeks prior that I had a manadatory meeting. I am also finding that an organization that I belong to does not like using Skype to cut down on numerous committee meetings. What ideas do you have for streamlining the multiple meeting frenzy? I see this as a challenge in the university with multiple emails coming from different department to manage and organizing them to stay on top of training and new policy as well.