{"id":60,"date":"2021-10-10T23:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T06:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/?p=60"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:41:50","slug":"twine-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/2021\/10\/10\/twine-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 5: Twine Task"},"content":{"rendered":"

M5 Twine Task.html<\/a><\/p>\n

When I first read \u201cTwine task\u201d, my initial thought was: are we going to make something out of or with twine? I didn\u2019t feel quite as silly when I learned another friend and classmate also thought a similar thing. We had both connected \u201ctwine\u201d to our original understanding of the word: a string. I immediately connected to this as another example of Jonathan Berkowitz\u2019s insights on linguistic change. I now know that for this task \u201ctwine\u201d was not referring to a jute string, but rather the linking or twining of non-linear stories, and (after using it) I understand how this term is an appropriate name for this idea-linking digital tool.<\/p>\n

I felt the experience of creating with Twine to be very enjoyable. The tool was very user friendly with simple brackets to create a link and\/or passage, and there were clear and easy editing options. As I was creating it, I also liked discovering that the passages would link to the same one if I wanted to, and how it was visually displayed like a mind or concept map as my story progressed. Rather than getting fixated on writing a great story or trying to perfect all the options that Twine has to offer, I was content on mindfully placing myself within the process of learning (rather than focusing on the product) and having a simple story where I could familiarize myself with the basics of the tool.<\/p>\n

I remember reading interactive stories in books, where they said to \u201cturn to page __ if you want \u2026 or page ___ if you want\u2026\u201d. I loved reading books like this, and having choice in what might happen next. But I also always wanted to go back and read all the options and see where they all would go, so I like that the final product of this tool also allows participants to explore all the possible outcomes over and over. I felt that both the creation process and the reading of a Twine story supports language and idea development, and I am excited to explore it more with the learners in my care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M5 Twine Task.html When I first read \u201cTwine task\u201d, my initial thought was: are we going to make something out of or with twine? I didn\u2019t feel quite as silly when I learned another friend and classmate also thought a similar thing. We had both connected \u201ctwine\u201d to our original understanding of the word: a string. I immediately connected to this as another example of Jonathan Berkowitz\u2019s insights on linguistic change. I now know that for this task \u201ctwine\u201d was not referring to a jute string, but rather the linking…read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1538,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etc-540","category-weekly-assignments","et-no-image","et-bg-layout-dark","et-white-bg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/attexttech540\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}