Reading versus Video Games
Posted on October 11, 2010
Boys lag educationally and many blame video games. Girls represent sixty percent of college seniors and dominate the rosters of high school class officers. Many credit the success of young ladies to their greater propensity for reading.
But literature and video gaming may actually be different forms of storytelling. Readers observe stories and imagine scenes. In contrast, a gamer participates in the plot thereby creating endless versions of the story.
Download audio narration to iPod, iPad, and iPhone here (six minutes).
During much of his twentieth century life Joseph Campbell taught mythology at Sarah Lawrence. His research led him to develop a theory that all stories conform to an ancient fundamental blueprint. He exposed the pattern and its meaning in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
He concluded that all stories can be understood in terms of the “Hero Myth”. Essentially there are constantly repeating characters (archetypes) that are reflections of the human mind. Our minds divide themselves into these archetypes to play out the drama of our lives. Characters commonly repeated in storytelling such as the youthful hero, wise elder, and supreme villain, are twins of the archetypes within our minds. Fictions built upon such models are “lies” that tell a psychological truth. Read more…
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Online Tutoring (Spontaneous not Scheduled) - Part 2 of 2
Posted on November 20, 2007
If you would like to learn about a spontaneous online tutoring service that uses tutors domiciled in North America, this interview is for you. (Part 2 of 2).
Our guest today is George Cigale who is the CEO of Tutor.com. His company is a competitor to TutorVista, but George’s tutors live in North America, whereas those at TutorVista are typically located in India. Read more…
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Online Tutoring (Spontaneous not Scheduled) - Part 1 of 2
Posted on November 17, 2007
If you would like to learn about an online tutoring service that uses tutors domiciled in North America, this interview is for you. (Part 1 of 2).
Our guest today is George Cigale who is the CEO of Tutor.com. His company is a competitor to TutorVista, but George’s tutors live in North America, whereas those at TutorVista are typically located in India. Read more…
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