Caine’s Arcade is the (true) story of a 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto part store.

Caine’s Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.

The heartwarming video has gone viral and attracted a lot of commentary from educators but none more pertinent than this blog post by Ira Socol.

“As you watch this short film, you will see what children are capable of when they are given space for their imaginations to roam, when they are liberated from the external motivators of “grades” and other traditional assessments…. So where in your school, in your classroom, is the space for Caine’s Arcade?”

I love the way Ira ends with that question because that in essence is what MissionV is bringing to the classroom through virtual worlds – ‘a space for Caine’s Arcade’.