By: Jenny Abamu| EdSurge  July 11, 2017

The American prison system has been criticized for being a place of punishment instead of rehabilitation. In states such as Alabama, where youth as young as 14 can be tried as adults, going into the system can mean a lifetime of condemnation. However, one school district hopes a personalized virtual school program will offer incarcerated learners a second chance.

Superintendent William “Trey” Holladay is credited with being the brainchild behind the Renaissance School in Athens, Alabama. In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. The K-12 school is a part-virtual and part-blended learning space—meaning students from all over the state can attend the virtual school (which serves over 1000 students, according to the principal Nelson Brown) and students within a 70 mile radius can participate in the blended version of the school (which has approximately 300 to 400 students depending on the year).

MobyMax Expansion of PreK/Early Childhood Learning Garners Widespread Praise

June 13, 2017 – MobyMax, innovator of award-winning personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, has been named a 2017 SIIA CODiE Award finalist in two prominent categories: Best Cloud-Based Solution and Best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution. The award nominations recognize MobyMax’s unique achievements in developing groundbreaking educational software, digital content, online learning services, and related technologies across the PreK-20 sector.

“It is gratifying to be commended for our success in helping teachers easily find and fix learning gaps in all K-8 subjects,” said MobyMax co-founder Glynn Willett. “Tens of thousands of teachers have told us how much they love the differentiation and individualization MobyMax makes possible for every student. This nomination acknowledges how critical it is for teachers to have this capability.”

MobyMax recently expanded its early elementary curriculum by adding seven new phonics and reading modules to an already comprehensive suite of tools. For early learning, MobyMax now includes for Phonics and Spelling Rules, Alphabet, Phonic Sounds, Phonics Blending, Phonics Spelling, Foundational Reading, Early Reading Trio, Sight Words, Early Math, Number Sense, Fact Fluency, Early Science, and Early Social Studies. These innovations are helping MobyMax achieve its ambitious mission to “enable children everywhere to learn twice as fast, any time, on any device.”

Emergent Digital Teacher becomes the exclusive distributor of MobyMax in the Philippines

May 23, 2017 - Emergent Digital Teacher (EDT), becomes the exclusive distributor of MobyMax in the Philippines and for all Overseas Filipino Workers with children living and studying in the Philippines.

With a population of over 100 million the Philippines is considered the 5^th largest English speaking nation after the U.S.A., India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. The Philippines is also one of the top emerging digital economies in Asia. Over 40% of the population is online making the Philippines the second highest-ranking internet using nation in Southeast Asia and the 6^th ranking in all of Asia.

We look forward to Emergent Digital Teacher introducing MobyMax to students in the Philippines. School aged children learning in English across the globe have seen significant academic improvement using MobyMax’s personalized learning curriculum.

EDT has been working closely with schools and the local market in the Philippines for many years. With MobyMax, EDT will launch an online enrichment platform, to facilitate communication with parents and teachers and guide each child’s individual learning path. We expect EDT to see rapid adoption of MobyMax in the Philippines.

By: SUZANNE ADAMS-OCKRASSA | Sun Staff Reporter Apr 27, 2017

Teachers at Mount Elden and Sinagua middle schools are catching struggling students and improving their knowledge of core courses before they reach high school with an innovative computer program and a little extra help from a teacher.

Sinagua Middle School Principal Tari Popham and Mount Elden Principal Tom Safranek said the success is due to an intensive intervention and student support program called, Response to Intervention, that both Sinagua and Mount Elden middle schools started three years ago.

Every four and a half weeks, teachers pull the grades of all of their students and look to see which ones may be struggling with a core subject such as math, writing, reading, science or social studies. The teachers meet during an early release Wednesday to talk with each other about student grades and who may be struggling.

FULTON – Fulton City School District students have used MobyMax, an online learning tool, to make personal gains in mathematics and English language arts.

The fun, interactive learning opportunity is offered to students throughout the district’s elementary and junior high schools to help them review skills and become more academically proficient.

Renee Hendrickson, FCSD English language arts coach, said the K-8 program is also beneficial to some G. Ray Bodley High School classrooms because “it seems to reach the gamut” with writing, vocabulary, language, informational reading, literature and mathematical skills.

By Richard Chang | 01/11/17

Louisiana’s Caddo Parish School District in Shreveport achieved record-breaking results in the 2015-16 school year by using MobyMax to streamline its response to intervention (RTI) plans, according to a news release and the curricula company’s website.

MobyMax is an innovator of personalized and blended learning curricula for K–8 students. The curricula and streamlined RTI plan enabled 12,300 students in 61 schools to complete 278,115 standards, a record for Caddo Parish School District, the company said. Students completed 9.1 million problems and 41,456 assessments, according to the company’s site.

JANUARY 11, 2017 Louisiana's Caddo Parish School District achieved record-breaking results in the 2015-2016 school year by using MobyMax to streamline its RTI (Response to Intervention) Plans. MobyMax is the innovator of a unique personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students. The curriculum and streamlined RTI plan enabled 12,300 students in 61 schools to complete 278,115 standards, a record for the school district.

The MobyMax curriculum, which works for struggling learners as well as high achievers, incorporates the three essential components the National Center for Learning Disabilities says an effective RTI plan must have: tiered instruction and intervention, ongoing student assessment, and family involvement. 

By Sri Ravipati | December 6, 2016 

The first module is MobyMax’s “Alphabet,” which can quickly identify which letters students have mastered and focuses on improving weaker letters. Additionally, “Phonics Sounds” teaches letter-sound correspondences, while “Phonics Blending” introduces segmenting and blending words.

Other new modules include:

• “Phonics” covers Latin and Greek roots of words;
• “Dolch Sight Words” and “Fry Sight Words” teach sight words; and
• “Phonic Spelling” practices spelling words from a pre-set list of words or the teacher’s list.

MobyMax utilizes personalized learning “to help students learn twice as fast,” according to the company website. Millions of students have used the system for 26 different subjects, including language arts, math, science and social studies.

To learn more about the early reading system, visit the MobyMax site.

By Monica Burns | December 6, 2016 

Are you looking for a K-8 curriculum? MobyMax offers a personalized learning curriculum for elementary and middle school students. Designed for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade, MobyMax provides students with personalized and blended learning resources. MobyMax includes curriculum support in different subject areas including math, writing, science, social studies, reading and state test preparation.

MobyMax also offers curriculum that addresses phonics, language, and vocabulary. MobyMax provides a comprehensive solution for schools that includes diagnostic testing, assessments, and progress monitoring. You’ll also find that MobyMax has a student response system and whiteboard activities, as well as student motivation through prizes, badges, and games. MobyMax’s mission is to create a global, research-powered curriculum so any child can learn twice as fast without obstacles getting in the way.