After I had been teaching with online resources in my classroom for a few weeks, I began to notice that the interactive content I was searching for fell into four distinct categories:  interactive animations, virtual manipulatives, practice activities, and games.  Each category is discussed in detail below.

Interactive Animations:  A good way to think of an interactive animation is as an electronic teacher.  (Although I don’t suggest you use these as a replacement for your instruction.  More about this in a later post.)  These pieces of content can act as online tutorials for a concept.  They often include sound effects¸ voiceovers, and animations to present concepts to students, and they may be in the form of an animated or real-life video.

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Welcome to the Interactive Content Corner:  A blog created by an elementary educator dedicated to helping other elementary and middle school teachers integrate interactive content into classroom instruction.

My name is Emily Starr.  I’m a former fourth grade teacher, President of StarrMatica Learning Systems, and an interactive content enthusiast!

I started integrating online interactive content in my classroom instruction five years ago, and teaching with technology has been my passion ever since.

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