Google emphasizes using App Inventor in education. That certainly makes a great deal of sense as the ease of creating apps in AI's block-building environment makes learning the concepts not only easy but quite enjoyable.
Knowledge games are apps that teach. I've got an extensive example next—Mr. Wise Owl's Quiz Game—which should appeal to both students and teachers. I've a fond spot for teachers—my mother taught for over 40 years and I, myself, went to school. Yes. I did. For a long time.
For ease of following along, get the source at: http://arrsoft.com/examples/Mr_Owl.zip.
As a reference, and to get your appetite whetted for this game and the concept behind it, all of which I'm giving you guys, here's what the screen looks like:
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This app, by utilizing the power of the web, is actually a framework for learning. Teachers, by posting simple textfiles on a website, make new quizzes available for students to download and play in this app.
The example shown here is a State capital...