Os softwares educativos são interativos.

the purpose of this paper was to answer if educative softwares allow interactivity, and which would be the characteristics identifying them as interactive. These questionings were studied with a theoretical support guiding the discussion of the category of interactivity. It was found that in regard to educative softwares the concept of interactivity is used with various meanings, and that interactivity is treated as only reactive and not mutual. Key-words: educative softwares, interactivity, communication.