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Converting Twine 2 Stories to Android APK Apps for the Google Play Store

June 1, 2018June 15, 201913 Comments

In our last part you learned how to write a Choose Our Way tale with Twine 2, and share it on a website so that it could be shared with people outside of the classroom.  Now you will learn how to transform your Twine 2 story into an Android APK App file which can be played on … Continue reading Converting Twine 2 Stories to Android APK Apps for the Google Play Store

Using Twine 2 to Create Chooseable Path Stories

June 1, 2018June 6, 2019Leave a comment

Twine 2 is a piece of software that allows you to create Choose Our Way tales.  In our last parts you learned about palm stories, familiarized yourself with the basics of choose our way tales, and then learned how to write basic choose our way tales.  Now we'll look at how to digitize those tales using Twine 2. … Continue reading Using Twine 2 to Create Chooseable Path Stories

Writing a Palm Story: Ideation for Creative Writing

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Palm Stories are short stories that students write using nothing more than the palm of their hand, and a little bit of imagination.  Teachers ask students to close their eyes and picture a number of different things, making point form notes along the way.  At the end of their meditative journey, they will have the … Continue reading Writing a Palm Story: Ideation for Creative Writing

Introduction to Choose Our Way Tales

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Choose Our Way tales (COWtales) are stories where the reader gets to make a choice about the direction the story will follow.  By being an active participant in the story, readers are more engaged and willing to press forward through the text. COWtales have a number of branching plot threads, as well as a variety of endings.  … Continue reading Introduction to Choose Our Way Tales

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