slack

slack is a way to do realtime passing around of notes / info during class
it is also a good way to arrange/coordinate social activities; works on phones, etc.
we will have room specific channels, as well as #general for course wide stuff and #random for fun.
room specific channels can be used for questions during the presentation (instead of / in addition to asking for help)
also have a #social channel, and maybe others; go ahead and invite.
find more features of Slack here: https://slack.com/features

hackmd:

hackmd is a good way to do collaborative note taking
will have one hackmd per room
they will be persistent
you are welcome to join us in taking notes! ask a TA or helper on how to connect in to edit instead of view
find more features of HackMD here: https://hackmd.io/features#

We are using the groups.io platform for e-mail. The list will generally only be used for important updates and announcements of schedule changes