Virtual Lesson Plan Integration

A computer program product for regulating game play in a video game, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage devices and program instructions, stored on the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive from a teacher an academic goal corresponding to a lesson plan for a multiplicity of students, the academic goal corresponding to a first set of educational questions to present to the students at respective break points occurring during play of the video game;
• program instructions to authorize a parent of one of the students to modify the academic goal for the one student but not for an other of the students, and afterwards receiving from the parent of the one student a modification to the academic goal for the one student but not for the other of the students, and in response, correlating the modified academic goal for the one student to a second, different set of educational questions to present to the one student at the respective break points occurring during play of the video game, the second set of educational questions for the one student differing from the first set of educational questions presented to the other of the students at the break points;
• program instructions to execute the video game, in response to a request by the one student to play the video game;
• program instructions to present to the one student one question of the second set of questions, the one question of the second set differing from a question presented to another of the students at the one break point, in response to occurrence of one of the break points during execution of the video game for the one student;
• program instructions to update an academic score for the one student to the second set of questions and if the answer is a correct answer, implementing a new game advantage to the one student during continued play of the video game, and if the answer is incorrect, not implementing the new game advantage to the one student during continued play of the video game, in response to an answer received from the one student to the one question of the second set, wherein the new game advantage is an advantage in the manner the video game is played to the benefit of the one student.

A computer system for regulating game play in a video game, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions, stored on the one or more storage devices for execution by the one or more processors via the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive from a teacher an academic goal corresponding to a lesson plan for a multiplicity of students, the academic goal corresponding to a first set of educational questions to present to the students at respective break points occurring during play of the video game;
• program instructions to authorize a parent of one of the students to modify the academic goal for the one student but not for an other of the students, and afterwards receiving from the parent of the one student a modification to the academic goal for the one student but not for the other of the students, and in response, correlating the modified academic goal for the one student to a second, different set of educational questions to present to the one student at the respective break points occurring during play of the video game, the second set of educational questions for the one student differing from the first set of educational questions presented to the other of the students at the break points;
• program instructions to execute the video game, in response to a request by the one student to play the video game;
• program instructions to present to the one student one question of the second set of questions, the one question of the second set differing from a question presented to another of the students at the one break point, in response to occurrence of one of the break points during execution of the video game for the one student;
• program instructions to update an academic score for the one student to the second set of questions and if the answer is a correct answer, implementing a new game advantage to the one student during continued play of the video game, and if the answer is incorrect, not implementing the new game advantage to the one student during continued play of the video game, in response to an answer received from the one student to the one question of the second set, wherein the new game advantage is an advantage in the manner the video game is played to the benefit of the one student.