I wanted to share this promo video about the Carnegie Melon project Alice for a couple reasons.  One, that I think this is an important project in and of itself.  This is our industry, which is projected to see significant challenges in having enough skilled professionals to meet the future demands and the Alice project is a very important and innovative solution to help turn the tide of the current trends.

 

 

The second reason I wanted to share this video is to get us thinking about how technology can be leveraged to help overcome other learning challenges people face.  Strategies like minimizing frustration, utilizing storytelling and creation, simplifying the complex, connecting the known to the unknown, making the abstract more concrete, turning boring tasks into exciting experiences, etc...  What skill do you think we could apply the "gameplay" metaphor on top of to change the world?