Here is the compressed folder for my Twine task
In order to create this Twine, I built on a very short Twine I created for ETEC 565D. I had to decide how to weave the readings and information from this course into the storyline I had previously created. It was actually a great expansion of why someone might choose to use Twine as the backbone of a learning activity.
I wanted to illustrate how the text has evolved alongside technology as framed by the readings this week, and then make some projections into the future with emerging technologies, culminating in how this would all affect the learning activity I began with.
Creating the weblike structure it took to postulate future technological impacts on text and learning was difficult to visualize until I actually started coding the links and the topography of the web began to take shape on Twine board.
Writing tends to be so linear in consumption and the hypertext world allows for some lateral movement, however, I found the planning for the lateral movement required a chronological and thus linear approach to planning.
I found myself sifting through old assignments from previous classes as mental links surfaced in my creation. I even went as far back as conference notes taken at the BC Tech Summit in 2018. Technology changes at such a rapid rate that following the impact on text and learning has been difficult for me to distill into a single text-based “game.” My reference list is my paired down the use of what I researched as I found myself sliding deeper down rabbit holes I found interesting.
I hope the resulting game in a more coherent way reflects the convoluted path I took to formulating my postulations.
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