I just came across a news that amazed me. It was great to read about a teacher who designed a teaching plan that is loved by students and the parents. Giancarlos Alvarado an elementary school teacher in Trenton, NJ has taken a totally different approach in his 5th grade classroom. His way is to have his class create its own video game, named Earthquake Terror: After Shock.

Mr. Alvarado questions “It’s been successful with mediums such as documentary films so why not video games?”

Mr. Alvarado answers the biggest question of how he came up with the crazy idea of having my fifth grade class create a video game and how in the world he pulled it off.

In 2003, I worked for an after school program, and we were in need of activities that would keep the students busy. Around the same time I discovered this neat software application called RPG Maker (used to create simple role-playing video games) and wondered, “What if I teach my kids how to create a game?”

He also has to face some problems “The most prominent issue I faced in the classroom was figuring out how to ensure that our project met New Jersey’s Core Curriculum Content Standards in education.”

Read the whole story in Mr. Alvardo’s own words [Making Video Games … With Fifth Graders].