The online class

Whenever I'm joining an online meeting or discussion or webinar, I will start to chuckle whenever someone on the driver seat started to say things like

"Hello, hello can you hear me?"

"Can you see my slide?"

"Where is this button, I cannot find the share button"

"Hellloooo"

etc

Then I made it a point, reminding myself to avoid saying similar things because you can figure those out before hands.

But then there I was doing the exact same thing in my class even when I was 99% sure that everything is working well.

Then I realize, it was actually like a conversation starter {probably one of those cliche ones} during a live session. It's like you were asking about the weather to strike a conversation with someone you just met.

Ahhhh, the joy of online meetings.

Then I also wonder, are my students really there on the other side? and if they do, do they actually listen?