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Blog: Twine & Lessons

Recently, I've been updating my lessons with Twine , software that allows a person to create interactive narratives in storybook form. Basically, think of it as software that allows you to create your own 'choose your own adventure' stories. To get used to the software, I used a familiar lesson plan about simple English sentences and incorporated it into Twine. I wanted to learn about the software and understand its limitations and possibilities for teaching and learning.  If you would like to try it the end result and provide feedback, the Twine story can be found here: http://philome.la/GregoryWLyons1/a-simple-english-sentence I have also updated my original post with the new Twine lesson as well, here.  https://gregorywoodrowlyons.blogspot.nl/2016/05/a-simple-english-sentence.html I think these lessons in short story form can improve engagement for students, but I am uncertain if there are other tangible benefits over in-person teaching and learni