If I had not had this happen twice before I would have ignored it but I 
am a little concerned about what seems to be a rather usual occurence during 
our tiny historical society's outreach programs and I would like to ask for 
suggestions ... including "ignore it" if that is deemed to be the better 
solution.
   I have been repeatedly asked to talk to elementary school students in our 
communty and I bring artifacts and overhead transparencies to the classroom 
for a ca. 45 min. presentation to one or more classes in a single classroom. 
This morning I had two back-to-back presentations and I was a little 
dismayed to find that the two teachers in the second session sat in the back 
of the room and one worked on her laptop while the other apparently 
corrected papers as I talked. Two years ago two teachers in another school 
sat and whispered to each other in the back of the room the entire time I 
talked.
    This does not happen when the students and teachers visit our tiny 
museum, but I am now expecting it every time I go to a school. My concern is 
that it is a bit disruptive and it means that keeping everyone quiet often 
requires my intervention, rather than the teacher's intervention, because he 
or she is not paying attention. I am loathe to send a reminder of good 
manners for *teachers* though, so I would appreciate thoughts on what I 
might do about this, if anything.
 Lynne 

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