Blog 6 — Storytelling and Twine

Twine can be used to deep­en a nar­ra­tive and increase inter­ac­tion for the read­er. When using sto­ry­telling to express a point or teach a les­son, there are sev­er­al key fac­tors that make the sto­ry use­ful. Part of this is the lev­el of engage­ment and inter­ac­tion between who is telling the sto­ry and who is lis­ten­ing, fol­low­ing along with the impor­tant plot points and lessons.

As well, sto­ry­telling typ­i­cal­ly can take on a more infor­mal approach of con­ver­sa­tion. Hav­ing a more casu­al tone improves the learn­ing expe­ri­ence, as per the Per­son­al­iza­tion mul­ti­me­dia prin­ci­ple. Sim­i­lar to anec­dotes or metaphors, sto­ries are more mem­o­rable than a list of facts. It is very impor­tant when cre­at­ing a sto­ry with the pur­pose of edu­cat­ing to plan and hold onto a core les­son, as it is quite easy to get off-track. Hav­ing a strong goal lessens this bur­den of pos­si­ble dis­trac­tion. When cre­at­ing the Twine sto­ry, I found this to be the biggest obsta­cle cre­at­ing an edu­ca­tion­al sto­ry. Not only com­ing up with all of the key points to be expressed, as well think­ing on how to allow for a high amount of inter­ac­tion and choice.

One sub­ject that I believe ben­e­fits great­ly from sto­ry­telling is his­to­ry, as so many his­tor­i­cal events can be told in a sto­ry-arc that is much more inter­est­ing than a list­ed date — event. This is why I chose the eco­nom­ic crash of the Dutch Gold­en Age, oth­er­wise known as Tulip Mania, when using the Twine software.

My Twine Sto­ry: https://studentweb.uvic.ca/~christymackenzie/EDCI%20Twine%20Story.html