A Time Travelling Hypertext Adventure
For my multimedia project I chose to work with a program called Twine. Twine is a program that allows you to create non-linear stories. I was interested in the idea of creating an overview of the history of text in the form of a hypertext story. I thought the idea of presenting the linear narrative form of history in a non-linear format would be an interesting challenge, and in line with Bolter’s (2001) idea of remediation.
The story is made up of a series of pages each headed by a pertinent quote from our readings, followed by a brief description of what time period your character has arrived in. You are able to move between pages through a series of choices made by clicking highlighted words. The story starts with the choices being obvious and distinct. As you move through the pages however the links to new pages become more blended into the text.
I hope you take the time to explore the story, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Bolter, Jay David. (2001).Writing space: Computers, hypertext, and the remediation of print [2nd edition]. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Great job Benjamin! It was a very interesting way to think about the history of reading and writing we’ve read so much about!
Hi Benjamin,
What a neat way to explore the concepts of the course. Twine seems like a very interesting program. I really like the idea of a non-linear story. I think you could do some really neat things with it.
Catherine
Hi Benjamin,
What an interesting and playful approach for the concept of story. I could absolutely see practical applications with students as they explore alternative endings. Are you able to incorporate still images, audio or video along with the text?
Thanks,
Sandra
It is very nice. I liked how the reader gets to drive around in the reading space. It is a nice blogging tool. You can write a blog in a way that it can target different readers’ groups.
Choose your own adventure books were my favourite as a child. Your presentation was like a trip back in time for me. Thank you for sharing another tool to use in the classroom to help students create hypermedia presentations. It is a skill that they all surely need to learn.