by Emily Starr | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
As we work with media specialists and technology integration specialists in schools across the country, one of the most common requests we receive is for recommendations for online typing programs. Growing up, StarrMatica’s CEO, Emily Starr, spent her weekends in the...
by Emily Starr | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Meet Jill Joos. She teaches at Newark Charter School in Newark, Delaware. Jill teaches the core subjects (ELA, math, science, and social studies) to 24 third graders of varied abilities. She has an interactive whiteboard in her classroom and two student computers...
by Emily Starr | Feb 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
How many times have you taught a concept, only to have to re-teach it the next day because your students don’t remember what you taught the day before? As teachers we know that engaged students learn more than passive students, so we need to construct learning...
by Emily Starr | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
This month, we added to our growing collection of picture book guides. 50 new guides were added to StarrMatica this month including classics such as: Make Way for Ducklings, The Polar Express, Officer Buckle, and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. The list now reaches...
by Emily Starr | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Animoto is an online tool that allows you to upload photos, enter text, and choose a style for the program to transform into a professional looking video. The free version allows you to create a 30 second video, but that is still a long enough time frame for many...
