Learn how this Oregon school fills learning gaps while building core knowledge.
By Courtney Murphy and Tim Swanson 

On the first day back from summer break, a significant percentage of our students return to campus below grade-level in reading and math. As administrators and teachers, we know something has to change. While we can’t solve the dilemmas of society at large, we can address the systemic problems in school.

A successful edtech company’s CEO accounts for efficient learning and proper tools.

INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero

Now one of the fastest growing curriculum systems in the U.S., MobyMax has over 1,000 new teachers registering each day. What exactly does it do? “It finds and fixes missing skills in math, math fact fluency, language/grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing,” says Glynn Willett (pictured), co-founder of the innovative learning ecosystem. From one of the most advanced systems for teaching vocabulary to their writing module that automates the grading process, last year, students using the platform for 40 hours averaged more than a 1.4 grade level increase in math and language arts. 

K-8 Cognitive Skills Science curriculum by MobyMax is based on transformative Touch Curriculum technology, which uses over 20,000 interactive manipulatives to engage students on a deeper level than traditional curriculum. Rather than simply reading textbook pages, Touch Curriculum gives students an immersive experience by dragging and dropping, repositioning, building, writing, creating, and more.

In this installment of TechChat, Education World talks to MobyMax’s CEO Glynn Willett.

A co-founder with his son Wade Willett, the two are aiming to provide a complete and affordable K-8 personalized and blended learning solution.

Personalized approach to Response to Intervention is intended to help curriculum be as effective as possible

Oak Heights Elementary School in Sweet Home, Ore., is using MobyMax to identify and fill the gaps in students’ skills as part of its Response to Intervention program.

By Joshua Bolkan

MobyMax has released a new subject, Early Reading Trio, in its Touch Curriculum series for tablets.

Early reading is designed to engage students with words in three different ways across three different modules. In the first, Early Words, students learn sound-letter correspondences and the phonetic sounds they will encounter in the second module. Next, in Early Stories, students use the words they learned in the previous module to supply the correct choices in a series of sentences. In those first two modules, students practice with words until they reach fluency, which can be adjusted by a teacher. In Early Writing, the final module, students drag and drop words and pictures to create their own stories.

Free Touch Curriculum™ Builds & Reinforces Early Reading Skills

Potomac, MD (October 20, 2015) – MobyMax, innovator of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, is kicking off the 2015-2016 school year by releasing Early Reading Trio, a new Touch Curriculum™ subject. 

Personalized learning curriculum used as key tool in Response to Intervention program.

Potomac, MD (October 12, 2015) – MobyMax, innovator of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, is helping Oak Heights Elementary School in Sweet Home, Oregon, to identify and fill the gaps in students’ skills as part of its Response to Intervention program.

Potomac, MD – Oct. 1, 2015 – MobyMax, innovator of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, earned the 2015 Education Software Review (EDDIE) Award for best Multi-Level Multi-Subject Website. Presented by ComputED Gazette, the award honors publishers offering a variety of content that supplements existing curriculum and increases teacher productivity. MobyMax offers technology that engages parents to encourage educational excellence.

“MobyMax is an impressive educational website that provides an extensive K-8 curriculum for ELA, Math, Science and Test Prep students. After an initial (interactive) placement test, the adaptive curriculum creates a unique, individualized education plan so that gifted students can progress at a faster rate, while remedial students get the extra instruction they need.