Journal Entry #5

          Clark Aldrich had some interesting takes in his presentation “Simulations and the Future of Learning.”  He thought that simulations are a trend in breaking away from viewing content in only a linear way.  I connected with his view on Choose Your Own Adventure books as an example.  Those were my favorite books as a kid because I liked backtracking to see how the different choices I made affected the ending.  He called his own reading of this genre as “pre-computer bliss” to him. 

          I learned a lot in last week’s assignment of the True/False, Numeric, and Text Variables.  However, it was a lot of clicks for me to get through the True/False and Numeric Variables.  When I add those components into my final project, I’ll have to go back and watch those sections in the tutorial again.  As for this week’s assignment, I look forward to learning the different types of quizzes that Articulate Storyline offers in this week's assignment.  I’ll add these to the end of my final project to quiz the user on the content.
         The topic for my final project is The Story Behind the Grave Robbers of Abraham Lincoln.  I completed the background information section for the last Desk Crit and am working on the story now.  I want to add a Choose Your Own Adventure style where the user has different choices throughout the story.  I think this would make it more interesting, just like Aldrich was talking about.