The second project is a collaboration with the International School of the Peninsula, a dual-language immersion school (English-French or English-Mandarin) for K-8 students in Palo Alto. We're developing a class curriculum for their junior high technology classes in which the students make videogames with the Alice 3D Authoring System. We're especially interested in identifying ways to encouragefemale students to continue studies in the sciences. Students have been divided into teams and are creating storyboards for their games. In the next class, they will begin working with Alice.

We also have a wonderful elective course, 'Current Issues in Digital Media and Game Design,'� at CMU West (Moffett Field, Mountain View). We've invited ETC alumni and industry professionals to speak about all aspects of the entertainment industry. Ian McCullough (Leapfrog), Ira Fay (Electronic Arts), and Dave Culyba (Electronic Arts) are ETC alumni who have given lectures. Our most recent lecturer was Scott Russell of Diamondhead Ventures, who spoke about venture capital and business creation in Silicon Valley. The class has been invited to companies, too. Randy Nelson, dean of Pixar University, kindly invited us to Pixar for a lecture. Future lecturers include Don Daglow (CEO, Stormfront Studios), Chaim Gingold (game designer on Spore, Electronic Arts), Hal Barwood (game designer, Finite Arts), Tim Shafer (CEO, Double Fine Productions, Inc.), John Chowanec (producer, Crystal Dynamics), Ralph Guggenheim (CEO, Alligator Planet), and Jaron Lanier.