Creating Interactive Branching Narratives with Twine
Description
Infuse your students' next writing project with creativity and interactivity!
Twine is a free online tool used to create interactive branching narrative experiences, similar to "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, Netflix experiences like "Minecraft: Story Mode" or "Bandersnatch", or games like Telltale's "The Walking Dead", "Batman", and "Guardians of the Galaxy".
In this workshop, our instructors will demonstrate the power of Twine with pre-created experiences, then walk your students through the mechanics of using Twine, which involves easy-to-understand HTML coding. Our instructors will also give pointers of things to keep in mind when writing these types of experiences, as opposed to traditional prose texts.
Please note: This workshop requires internet-connected devices with access to twinery.org. Students can work on devices individually or in pairs.
Offered At
Pop Culture Classroom
Pop Culture Classroom's mission is to inspire a love of learning, increase literacy, celebrate diversity and build community through the tools of popular culture and the power of self-expression.
Pop Culture Classroom offers customizable one-off workshops and workshop series for students in grades 3-12 that incorporate Comics/Graphic Novels, Games, Film/TV, and Cosplay into the classroom. Led by pop culture professionals and experts, examples of classes include:
- Storytelling Through Comics
- Game On! Board Game Creation
- World-Building for Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- Create Your Own "Choose Your Own Adventure" story
- Design Thinking through Cosplay Creation
- Pop Culture Careers in Art
Ultimately, our programming is flexible, and we can work together to fit the needs of your learning spaces and students.
Pop Culture Classroom also provide professional development for teachers looking to incorporate pop culture-based learning into their classroom.
Visit classroom.popcultureclassroom.org to learn more and view our library of downloadable resources, including free curriculum, graphic novel teaching guides, and our own line of free Colorful History comics.
Details
Subjects
Arts, Writing, Fiction, Technology
Capacity
50 students, 1 chap. per 15 stu.
Duration
120 min.
Activity
School Based Program
Grades
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult, Postsecondary