The person I have chosen to comment on is Erin Duchesne, and her Twine task is seen here.
Erin’s post resonated with me because I, too, found myself spending more time on my Twine task than I thought. I was Googling tutorials and figuring out what codes I needed to use to get the desired result. I like that Erin chose to complete the Twine task on a topic that can be used in the classroom. The story was very engaging, and I wanted to replay it so I could see the other variables. The graphics made me feel more connected to the story and enhanced the overall feel. Teaching Grade 1, I didn’t think about creating a story I could use for my students. In hindsight, I should have given it more thought because this would be a really engaging way to introduce a new topic to a lesson!
I, too, found it difficult to add images into Twine, and I’m still not sure I got it quite right. I was figuring out that you needed an image from a URL, and all I could think of using were gifs from https://giphy.com/. I often use this site to embed gifs into my Google Slides presentations, so I knew they worked as URLs. After looking through Erin’s Twine story, there is another way to embed images, and I look forward to learning that from Erin. Like Erin, I hope that I could learn to add audio to enhance the presentation further in the future use of Twine.
When it came to downloading my Twine, I thought it was impossible! I had started with a Chrome browser, but the Zip file auto-downloading was something I hadn’t faced before. Through trial and error with peer support and checking in with the professor, I understood how to get the final product to be sharable. Reading Erin’s post made me feel better about my learning curve and experience.