by Emily Starr | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Do you use Google Earth in your classroom? You should! That’s why we just had to re-share this post from our previous blog that explains fifteen ways to use Google Earth in your classroom today!...
by Emily Starr | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is the second in a series of six posts dedicated to Bloom’s Taxonomy: Teaching Higher Order Thinking Skills with Interactive Online Content. The first post on remembering can be viewed here. Level Two: Understand This level includes the skills of explaining,...
by Emily Starr | Dec 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
As a company founded by a teacher, we understand how incredibly busy classroom teachers are. That is one of the reasons StarrMatica was created. In Emily Starr’s fourth grade classroom, she didn’t have time to search for digital content and wished a library like...
by Emily Starr | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
We have had the privilege over the past seven years of observing interactive technologies being used in hundreds of classrooms. Through my observations, by reading blog posts, by viewing interactive lessons shared on manufacturers’ sites, and by talking with teachers...
by Emily Starr | Dec 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
StarrMatica’s K-2 Lesson on Vocabulary launched last week. The lesson focuses on helping students to understand synonyms, antonyms, compound words, contractions, homonyms, homophones, and homographs. Students learn about each vocabulary type through camping...
by Emily Starr | Nov 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
In our Common Questions series, StarrMatica’s CEO, Emily Starr, answers some of the questions we are most commonly asked. First of all, research supports teacher selected instructional materials. While at first glance it may seem easier to have a computer program...
