<p><a href="/Here is what you want your students to have at the end of their first class meeting. A sense of where they&#8217;re going and how they&#8217;ll get there. A feeling that the other members of the class are not strangers. An awareness that you care about their learning. An expectation that the course will be both valuable and enjoyable.">Here is what you want your students to have at the end of their first class meeting. A sense of where they&#8217;re going and how they&#8217;ll get there. A feeling that the other members of the class are not strangers. An awareness that you care about their learning. An expectation that the course will be both valuable and enjoyable.</a></p>