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Chakras and the Avatar State

Jess


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Chakras and the Avatar State is an electronic literature (elit), hypertext adaptation of the Avatar the Last Airbender episode entitled “The Guru.” from Book 2: Earth, Chapter 19. This project was prompted by the University of Mary Washington’s course English 376VV: Electronic Literature. The adaptation has almost exact dialogue from the transcript of the episode, but does change how the dialogue is perceived by readers. While the transcript and the episode shows Guru Pathik solely talking to Aang, the elit adaptation leaves Guru Pathik’s dialogue undefined and open-ended to create an atmosphere that allows for the reader to be in the scenes themselves. I wanted to allow readers to go a spiritual journey with Aang and the guru instead of just watching Aang’s journey like it’s presented in the television show. This elit adaptation features HTML5 code, HTML and CSS editing, an image map, and was made with Twine 2.0,  SugarCube (v1.0.17), Easy Imagemap Generator and iMovie.

Works Used
Transcript of Book 2, Chapter 19: “The Guru” (slightly adaptated)
Book 2, Chapter 19,”The Guru,” and Book 3, Chapter 21, “Sozin’s Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang.” Created by Michael Dante DiMartino, and Bryan Konietzko. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. Animation, Action, Adventure, 2005-2008.
“Peace/Harmony” By Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wyn on Avatar: The Last Airbender Soundtrack

No copyright infringement intended.

Monsters Calling Home

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Monsters Calling Home is an electronic literature (elit), hypertext adaptation of the play Monsters Calling Home written by Andrew Reid, featured in George Mason University’s Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival in 2014. This project was prompted by the University of Mary Washington’s course English 376VV: Electronic Literature. The adaptation has the exact dialogue from the original play script, but does change the order in which the characters are presented. While the play has the characters’ story lines jumping back and forth, the elit adaptation forces readers to follow the various characters’ stories in a specific and defined path. This elit adaptation features HTML5 code, HTML and CSS editing, and was made with Twine 2.0 & SugarCube (v1.0.17).

Music
Monsters Calling Home by Run River North

*In no way is the content of the story reflect the artist’s meaning behind the song.

Images
Remixed
“I wanna hold your hand.” Josep Ma. Rosell. Flickr. Creative Commons License 2.0.

“Sadness.” Juan Pablo Bravo. The Noun Project. Creative Commons License 3.0.

“Knight.” Juan Pablo Bravo. The Noun Project. Creative Commons License 3.0.

Original
“From Inside Closet.” Jessica Reingold. Personal Collection of Jessica Reingold.

Life at UMW

Jess

Life at UMW from Jessica Reingold on Vimeo.

For the course Communications 310: Social Media, I worked on a viral video project called “Life at UMW.” The goal for this project was to work with a group to create a video about life at the University of Mary Washington and try to spread it around the internet as much as we could. The project also included a point system where we got points for shares/retweets/reblogs, likes, and views that way we could compare our success with our classmates’ groups. For this project I filmed parts of the video, interviewed students for sound bites, and edited the video.

Currently Working On…

Jess
  • DGST 101: I am currently a course called Digital Studies 101, which a required class for the the Digital Minor at UMW. In this course we will be using a new Content Management System called Known, which allows users to connect their blogs directly to their social media accounts.  You can follow my work for this course here.
  • DS106: Another course I am taking at UMW entitled Computer Science 106: Digital Storytelling (I will be referring to it as DS106), which is an open, online course at UMW. For this course I will be maintaining a blog in order to exhibit my course work, and provide as well as receive feedback on my work from my peers. You can follow my course blog here.
  • History of the Information Age: I am also taking a senior seminar History course at UMW entitled History 471D7: History of the Information Age. For this course I will be maintaining a blog in order to discuss the course’s readings, provide and receive comments to and from my peers about the readings, and to provide updates on work I am doing in the course. You can follow my course blog here.
  • History 485: Historical Research: I am also working on my senior thesis for the History major. The process of writing my senior thesis will include writing a proposal, writing a literature review, extensive research, and writing the thesis paper itself, which has to be 30-40 pages long.

Latest Project

Jess
UMW Then And Now

UMW Then & Now

Created during the course HIST 428: Adventures in Digital History in the Spring 2014, the University of Mary Washington Then & Now: A Photography Exhibition website displays a digital exhibit of then and now photographs depicting the University of Mary Washington’s Fredericksburg campus dating from the school’s establishment in 1908 through the present time. The site has a responsive theme featuring multiple plugins with customized elements designed and incorporated by myself. My roles for this project were Technical Organizer, Collections Page Creator and Author, and Then & Now Posts Author.