Author Archives: lornabrown

What happened at the symposium…

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lornabrown

Many thanks to everyone who made the Digital Natives Symposium such a great event. It will give us a great deal to consider and reflect upon as we move toward producing a publication for the project. Since so many of … Continue reading →

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Learning through translation

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lornabrown

I’m so grateful to Marianne and Gloria Nicolson for their work in translating some of the Digital Natives messages to Kwak’wala. We had a fascinating email exchange about how to convey the meaning of several of the messages in English, … Continue reading →

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Hot Spot

Posted on January 9, 2011 by lornabrown

I love this billboard. It’s a rare example of how a familiar sort of object can carry irony right up from its underpinnings. In this most regulated city, it maneuvers its way past being out of place, and brings the … Continue reading →

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