secret languages... a digital lexicon
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This is a PDF version of my Keynote for the Digital Learning Conference 2014 in Vancouver BC. The presentation is about how I set the "magic" of digital information in the "logic" of it. Did you know Binary Code was invented in 1690? Exacty. Magic. Boom.TRANSCRIPT
Secret Languages Lisa Read
@LisaRead #edchatbc
What makes it a codeAnd why is it secret?
HieroglyphsPicture this first secret
code...
SemaphoreGetting yellow
flagged really meant something
The Binary CodeOne one zero one one one one
Morse Code Dash off a note, Dot--scientists look for link between
Binary and Morse
The Enigma Machine
A puzzle wrapped in a mystery
HTMLHackers Thank Me Later
Or....h@xx0rsZomg eleven eleven ur pwned, n00b
Scratch that....Once more around the
Blockly
Aunty Meme
Or, what's memes got to do with it?
WordleUbiquitous by name, ubiquitous by nature....
The point again?
• The magic behind the logic
• Speaking the native language
• Not throwing the baby out with the diorama
• Never be afraid to mix metaphors....malapropisms are the new mash ups