What's Out on the Edge?

I'm sorry I missed this one last Summer. Digging around on a link sent to me by Jeff Newell and Todd Jorns down at ICCB, I found this little bit of fun from Johnny Lee. From what I gather he works at Microsoft on interface design.

Now let's be straight. This is pushing things way down the pike, but it's fun to dream. If the issue is engaging students, how could we use this interface to engage the students--no wait. If this comes to fruition, how can we use this to engage entire families in a students education?