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.

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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

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