Hello from Southern California

Hi MaryEmma, 

Love the bright hair! 🤩

I shared my first big project yesterday in the Examples forum - Reflection Questions and Interactive Web Pages in Rise.

You can find it here - Reflection Questions and Interactive Web Pages in Rise | E-Learning Heroes

This one is the first in the planned series, and is mostly explaining the history of Minimum Wage and why it exists in the first place. My next "quest" (we're leaning into role playing games and fantasy for fun) will be about reading paychecks.

The main thing I'm going to be trying to navigate is encouraging critical thinking as we move through content. For example, in this module, there are some political aspects to the history. These are reported as facts without using biased language (one example was when discussing the reason certain roles were left out of the minimum wage law in the FLSA - the original text online mentioned a deal made with "Southern Democrats." Because the roles have changed over the years and mentioning specific parties is a bit inflammatory these days, I chose to use the term "Southern Legislators" in the hopes of allowing the concepts to lay as the are and inspire thought without adding bias to the process.)

I don't tell people what conclusion to come to, but I've added reflection questions that ask them what they think - with no wrong answers. 

The code blocks have been particularly helpful in being able to present information differently. This one uses a code block to present an interactive table of all 50 states with their minimum wage settings compared to the minimum cost of living for each state. This allows the learner to filter and sort and examine the data to draw their own conclusions without having to add specific information using the regular blocks for 50 different states. 

I'd love any suggestions that you have to make the quests fun and informative!