Interactive writing workshops: setting every student's creativity free

Interactive writing changes the game in class. With Moiki EDU, students no longer write a linear text they know will be marked: they build an adventure.

Interactive writing changes the game in class. With Moiki EDU, students no longer write a linear text they know will be marked: they build a branching adventure, with choices, consequences and twists. The visual block interface makes the process playful and approachable, including for students who are usually reluctant to write.

The interactive format forces them to think about narrative structure differently. Every branch calls for consistency, imagination and rigour. It is a complete exercise that mobilises writing skills which are often hard to work on in class.

Concrete examples

La statue de Pietaterre

This interactive detective story was produced as part of a collaborative writing project between two lower-secondary classes (ages 11 to 13). The students built a plot together in which the reader leads the investigation, questions suspects and gathers clues. Each group of students was responsible for one branch of the story, which required genuine narrative coordination.

The result is a rich story with multiple possible endings, which showcased every student's work. The collaborative dimension turned the writing workshop into a real class project.

La machine à remonter le temps

This project explores time travel through an interactive narrative where the reader's choices determine the era visited and the consequences of their actions. A good example of how the interactive format stimulates imagination by setting a creative constraint: every choice must lead to a coherent branch.

Grammar series by manon-fqs

The teacher manon-fqs created a series of 4 interactive stories entirely devoted to grammar. Far from a dreary exercise, each story embeds grammatical concepts in an engaging narrative. Students practise grammar without feeling they are doing an exercise, because mastering the language becomes a tool for progressing in the adventure.

This series shows that very academic content can be handled with Moiki EDU, provided it is wrapped in a narrative that gives it meaning.

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Practical advice

What teachers say

"I had students who refused to write three lines and who handed me stories of 40 blocks. The visual interface unblocks them: they no longer see a blank page, they see a tree to build." Language teacher, lower secondary


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Explore the stories created by students in the Moiki EDU catalogue and launch your first interactive writing workshop.