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Week 1 (Jan. 24-28)

• MONDAY
  1. Short intro to the class
  2. The website of the class
     1. Overview
     2. The syllabus
• WEDNESDAY

  1. Discussion: My Digital Life

     1. What are your favorite apps or software programs?
     2. What are your most frequently used apps or software programs?
     3. What apps or software programs do you use...
        • to track your classes, appointments, deadlines
        • to collect notes and write assignments, papers, etc.
        • to write and archive class notes, personal notes, reflections, journal entries
        • to collect and retrieve receipts, info on items to buy, etc.

  2. App: Notion

     

     1. How to get a free Pro plan
        • https://www.notion.so/product/notion-for-education
     2. Demo: Part I
        • Screenshots
• FRIDAY

  1. Reviews and user experience videos on Notion

     1. About the company
        1. https://www.notion.so/about
        2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notion_(productivity_software)
     2. Videos

        • Ali Abdaal, My Favourite Note-Taking App for Students - Notion (2020)

          My Favourite Note-Taking App for Students - Notion (2020)

        • Thomas Frank, The Most Powerful Productivity App I Use - Notion (2019)

          The Most Powerful Productivity App I Use - Notion

  2. Let’s create our first page in Notion

     • Titles, blocks, formatting, lists, links, table of contents, horizontal lines, images, emoticons, videos, audio files
       • 😆

  3. Discussions:

     1. Reactions to the app
     2. Q&A on the syllabus

  4. Short presentations: Show me your page

Materials

Digital recording of the class, YouTube videos and images of the notes on the board:

• Week 1: General Intro, Notion, etc.

Assignments (a)

• Apps: Continue working on your Notion page.
• Readings: no readings this week.
• Written assignments: none this week.

Week 2 (Jan. 31-Feb. 4)

• MONDAY
  1. The convergence of intellectual and applied knowledge, from orality to manuscripts to the printing press to Google:
     • Part I: Epistemic engines
  2. Burke, What is the History of Knowledge?, Chapter 1, “Knowledges and their Histories”
     • Excerpts from “Knowledges and their Histories”
• WEDNESDAY
  1. App: Notion
     1. Demo: Part II
     2. Lists, links, table of contents, horizontal lines, images, emoticons, videos, audio files; tables, tags, properties
  2. Discussion:
     1. Reactions to the app
• FRIDAY
  1. Reviews and user experience videos on Notion
     1. “Notion Just Got 10x Better for Writing” (Thomas Frank Explains, Jan. 22, 2022)
        • https://youtu.be/yYk34XsDARA
  2. Help, Communities and Twitter
     1. Help, tutorials & documentation
        • https://www.notion.so/help
        • Keyboard shortcuts
        • Notion 101
     2. Notion Communities
        • Notion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Notion/
     3. Notion official Twitter account
        • https://twitter.com/NotionHQ
  3. Let’s create our first page table (with tags) in Notion
     1. Test page used for class demos during Weeks 1-2
  4. Short presentations: Show me your pages