The Policy Innovators in
Education Network, which includes 77 organizations in 34 states, named Advance Illinois its
Game Changer of the Year at its annual network
summit in San Francisco.
At the National Academies
summit exploring ways to use entertainment technologies to foster science
education, Will Wright, the mind behind The Sims and Spore, gave a warp - speed talk laying out why
game design has great potential in this arena.