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Season 1 · Episode 38
A Challenge: Design a Language
0.015mJune 2, 1980
Two girls watch a deaf man communicate through sign language with the help of his interpreter in their classroom. Inspired, they visit a school for the deaf to learn signs themselves and later watch him use sign language on television.
Episodes
- Episode 1Finding Alternatives: Why Bother?
- Episode 2Finding Alternatives: Brainstorming
- Episode 3Finding Alternatives: Blockbusting
- Episode 4Finding Alternatives: You Can Remember
- Episode 5Estimating and Approximating: Estimating
- Episode 6Estimating and Approximating: Approximating
- Episode 7Estimating and Approximating: Using Estimating and Approximating
- Episode 8Estimating and Approximating: Find Your Guide
- Episode 9Giving & Getting Meaning: What's the Meaning?
- Episode 10Giving & Getting Meaning: Meaning is More than Words
- Episode 11Giving & Getting Meaning: Remember the Audience!
- Episode 12Giving & Getting Meaning: But What Does It Mean?
- Episode 13Giving & Getting Meaning: The Bigger Picture
- Episode 14Giving & Getting Meaning: Where Are You Coming From?
- Episode 15Challenge #1: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the Future
- Episode 16Collecting Information: What Do I Know?
- Episode 17Collecting Information: Where Should I Go?
- Episode 18Collecting Information: What Should I Do?
- Episode 19Collecting Information: There are Ways to Remember
- Episode 20Classifying: Classifying Objects
- Episode 21Classifying: Classifying Information
- Episode 22Classifying: Stereotyping People
- Episode 23Classifying: There Are Many Ways to Go
- Episode 24Finding Patterns: People Patterns
- Episode 25Finding Patterns: Communication Patterns
- Episode 26Finding Patterns: Cultural Patterns
- Episode 27Finding Patterns: Nature's Patterns
- Episode 28A Challenge: Search for the Unknown
- Episode 29Generalizing: Drawing Conclusions
- Episode 30Generalizing: Checking Conclusions
- Episode 31A Tip: Practice for Success
- Episode 32Sequencing & Scheduling: One Step at a Time
- Episode 33Sequencing & Scheduling: Plan Ahead
- Episode 34Sequencing and Scheduling: Calm Your Jitters!
- Episode 35Using Criteria: What Are They?
- Episode 36Using Criteria: Where Do You Get Them?
- Episode 37Using Criteria: How Do You Change That?
- Episode 38A Challenge: Design a Language
- Episode 39Reshaping Information: Symbols
- Episode 40Reshaping Information: More Than You Think
- Episode 41Reshaping Information: Summarizing
- Episode 42Reshaping Information: Maps and Models
- Episode 43A Tip: Get Ahead with Goals
- Episode 44Judging Information: Should I Believe It?
- Episode 45Judging Information: What's Important?
- Episode 46Judging Information: What's Enough?
- Episode 47Judging Information: Point of View
- Episode 48Judging Information: Persuasive Techniques
- Episode 49A Tip: Make a Deal with Yourself
- Episode 50Communicating Effectively: Styles of Communication
- Episode 51Communicating Effectively: Planning a Presentation
- Episode 52Communicating Effectively: Making a Presentation
- Episode 53Communicating Effectively: Making Your Point!
- Episode 54Communicating Effectively: Making It Come Alive
- Episode 55A Challenge: Make Something New
- Episode 56Solving Problems: One Thing Leads to Another
- Episode 57Solving Problems: A Matter of Time
- Episode 58Solving Problems: There's Always a Risk
- Episode 59Solving Problems: Hanging in There
- Episode 60Plan a City of the Future