Teaching and Learning With Interactive Fiction
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  • Fun and Learning With Interactive Fiction
    • What is IF?
    • Why Kids Like IF
    • Top Fifty IF Stories for Kids
    • Obtaining Interactive Fiction
      • Decompressing Files
      • IF Online
    • Arthur
    • The Firebird
    • A Middle School Story
    • Lost Pig
    • Creating Interactive Fiction With Adrift
    • Writing Interactive Fiction With Quest on the Web
    • Creating Interactive Fiction With Inform 7
  • Teaching With Interactive Fiction
    • What is Interactive Fiction?
    • The Pain and Promise of the Parser
    • IF and Critical Thinking
    • IF and the Reading Process
    • Building Fluency With IF
    • Writing Interactive Fiction With Adrift
    • Writing Interactive Fiction With Quest on the Web
    • Inform 7 and the Writing Process
      • Why Inform 7?
      • The Student Self
    • Recommended Stories
      • Top Seventy
      • Arthur: An IF Classic From the Commercial Era
      • The Firebird: An Interactive Classic From the Modern Era
      • Winter Wonderland: An Interactive Fiction Competition Winner
      • Photopia
      • The Enterprise Incidents
    • Acquiring Interactive Fiction
  • Notes and References
  • About the Author
  • Site Map

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Teaching and Learning With Interactive Fiction

  1. Fun and Learning With Interactive Fiction
    1. What Is Interactive Fiction?
    2. Why Kids Like IF
    3. Top Fifty IF Stories for Kids
    4. Obtaining Interactive Stories
      1. Decompressing Files
      2. IF Online
    5. Arthur
    6. The Firebird
    7. A Middle School Story
    8. Creating Interactive Fiction With Adrift
    9. Creating Interactive Fiction With Inform 7
  2. Teaching With Interactive Fiction
    1. What is Interactive Fiction?
    2. The Pain and Promise of the Parser
    3. IF and Critical Thinking
    4. IF and the Reading Process
    5. Building Fluency With IF
    6. IF and the Writing Process
      1. Why Inform 7?
      2. The Student’s Selves in Interactive Fiction
    7. Recommended Stories
      1. Top Seventy
      2. Arthur
      3. The Firebird
      4. Winter Wonderland
      5. Photopia
      6. The Enterprise Incidents
    8. Acquiring Interactive Fiction
  3. Notes and References
  • Coming Events

    Interactive Fiction Club for High School and Middle School Students, Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, Massachusetts, Usually on Wednesdays, 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. Current story: 80 Days. Currently conducted via Zoom. Contact bdesilet@yahoo.com for more information.

    IF Meetup at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, Building 14N, Room 233, 6:30 P.M. For this month's date, see http://pr-if.org/.

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    • Welcome!
    • Fun and Learning With Interactive Fiction
      • What is IF?
      • Why Kids Like IF
      • Top Fifty IF Stories for Kids
      • Obtaining Interactive Fiction
        • Decompressing Files
        • IF Online
      • Arthur
      • The Firebird
      • A Middle School Story
      • Lost Pig
      • Creating Interactive Fiction With Adrift
      • Writing Interactive Fiction With Quest on the Web
      • Creating Interactive Fiction With Inform 7
    • Teaching With Interactive Fiction
      • What is Interactive Fiction?
      • The Pain and Promise of the Parser
      • IF and Critical Thinking
      • IF and the Reading Process
      • Building Fluency With IF
      • Writing Interactive Fiction With Adrift
      • Writing Interactive Fiction With Quest on the Web
      • Inform 7 and the Writing Process
        • Why Inform 7?
        • The Student Self
      • Recommended Stories
        • Top Seventy
        • Arthur: An IF Classic From the Commercial Era
        • The Firebird: An Interactive Classic From the Modern Era
        • Winter Wonderland: An Interactive Fiction Competition Winner
        • Photopia
        • The Enterprise Incidents
      • Acquiring Interactive Fiction
    • Notes and References
    • About the Author
    • Site Map
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