Sporcle offers thousands of user-generated timed trivia quizzes categorized into 16 topics including history, entertainment and religion. All quizzes are created by Sporcle users so the site does not guarantee accurate answers and there are no explanations and not always the option to view correct answers. Most quizzes have catchy titles like “Disney Animals” or “Finish the Lyric,” but parents should be aware of easy access to inappropriate quizzes like “Name the movie from the actors who sleep together” and “Countries who watch the most pornography.” The website is free to browse and take quizzes. Registering allows users to share quizzes, receive a ranking, earn badges, and create quizzes of their own. There are quizzes for all interests and levels, however they are organized by name and popularity and so there is a fair amount of trial-and-error to find a quality, appropriate quiz. While this site could be a fun distraction for students with the modest potential to learn something, the greatest educational value might be as a free platform for a teacher to create a quiz for his or her class or for having students experience the thought process of creating a good quiz for their classmates.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Requires registration before using the first time
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Processing Speed
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Student cannot take as much time as needed to read text
• A player's success depends on speed
• Timer cannot be hidden
• Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Reading Basics
• Student cannot take as much time as needed to read text
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Shows advertisements
• Student cannot take as much time as needed to read text
• Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Students might need support with navigation