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MobyMax
Company typePrivate
IndustryEducational technology
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
FounderGlynn Willett and Wade Willett
Headquarters
Websitewww.mobymax.com

MobyMax is an online personalized learning curriculum for grades K-8. MobyMax covers 27 subjects, including math, reading, phonics, language, vocabulary, spelling, writing, science, social studies, and state test prep. The program also provides integrated classroom tools such as comprehensive assessments and real-time progress monitoring, in addition to offering built-in student motivation with games, badges, and contests.

MobyMax is used in more than 82% of all K-8 schools in the United States, with 22 million students registered by teachers.[1]

History

MobyMax was founded in 2010 by Glynn Willett and his son, Wade Willett. Glynn had previously been the co-founder of ATX, a tax preparation software company, and was looking to apply his software experience to some of the biggest challenges in education.

Moby Math, the company’s first product, was created with the mission that every child should learn as though they had the best teacher in the world sitting beside them. The math offering was originally intended to find and fix skill gaps for students receiving special education services, but it quickly became a mainstay in general education and special education classrooms alike. Coming off of that success, the company expanded the program in 2013 to include Language, Reading, and Vocabulary and renamed its flagship product MobyMax.

In 2015, MobyMax launched Cognitive Skills Science, which uses 20,000 cognitive skill manipulatives to teach science concepts in a deep and meaningful way. [2] [3] [4] That same year, the company launched a trio of Early Reading modules, followed by Cognitive Skill Social Studies and seven early phonics modules in 2016. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2018, MobyMax added Pinpoint Assessments with Skill Checker and Benchmarker tests for Math, Language, Foundational Reading, and Reading.

Products and services

Personalized Learning: Moby Personalized Learning includes complete, Common Core-curriculum for 27 subjects including math, reading, phonics, language, vocabulary, spelling, writing, science, social studies, and state test prep. Each module offers instruction, adaptive practice, and remediation, ensuring that students work at their independent level and speed.

Pinpoint Assessments: MobyMax's proprietary Pinpoint Assessments includes two advanced Moby modules: Skill Checker and Benchmarker. Skill Checker allows teachers to drill down to discrete skills and regularly assess student mastery, whereas Benchmarker is designed to assess an entire grade level of material. Both modules track student progress with in-depth reporting, and teachers can assign remediation in Personalized Learning from their Pinpoint Assessment progress reports.

Interactive Classroom: In early 2018, Moby will introduce Interactive Classroom, a trio of modules designed for whole-class instruction. Interactive Classroom includes printable worksheets, thousands of interactive lessons to be displayed on smartboards, and a Student Response System, which checks student understanding in real time.

Awards

2015 – ComputED Gazette names MobyMax Best Multi-Level Multi Subject Website [12]

2016 – EdTech Digest Best e-Learning and Blended Learning Solution [13]

2016 – SIIA Names MobyMax as Finalist for Best Science Instructional Solution [14]

2016 - ComputED Gazette Recognizes MobyMax with 4 EDDIE Awards: Best Multi-Subject Website (Early and Upper Elementary), Best Multi-Level Website, and Best Teacher Tools [15]

2017 - SIIA Recognizes MobyMax as Best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution and Best Education Cloud-Based Solution [16]

2018 – MobyMax Wins the 2018 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom [17]

2018- MobyMax Wins Two 2017 THE Journal Readers’ Choice Awards: Favorite Interventions & Remediation Software and Favorite Adaptive/ Personalized Learning Tool [18]

2018 – HomeschoolBase.com recognizes MobyMax for Top 10 Educational Websites in the Multiple Subjects category [19]

References

  1. ^ "Louisiana School District Boosts Student Learning and Cuts Costs Using MobyMax Curricula". THE Journal.
  2. ^ "MobyMax Launches Cognitive Skills Science Curriculum for K-8 Schools". PRWeb.
  3. ^ "MobyMax Launches New Science Curriculum". THE Journal.
  4. ^ "Cool Tool. MobyMax Cognitive Skills Science". EdTech Digest.
  5. ^ "MobyMax Launches Early Reading Trio Curriculum for K-8 Schools". PRWeb.
  6. ^ "MobyMax Debuts Early Reading Curriculum for Tablets". THE Journal.
  7. ^ "MobyMax Launches Early Reading Trio Curriculum for K-8 Schools". District Administration.
  8. ^ "7 New Phonics Modules from MobyMax". Education Dive.
  9. ^ "Early Reading System Adds Phonics Units". THE Journal.
  10. ^ "MobyMax Launches Cognitive Skill Social Studies Curriculum". Education Dive.
  11. ^ "MobyMax Debuts Personalized Social Studies Curriculum". THE Journal.
  12. ^ "ComputED Gazette names MobyMax Best Multi-Level Multi Subject Website". ComputED Gazette.
  13. ^ "EdTech Digest Best e-Learning and Blended Learning Solution". Tech & Learning.
  14. ^ "SIIA Announces Education Finalists for 2016 CODiE Awards". SIAA.
  15. ^ "ComputED Gazette Recognizes MobyMax with 4 EDDIE Awards: Best Multi-Subject Website (Early and Upper Elementary), Best Multi-Level Website, and Best Teacher Tools". ComputED Gazette.
  16. ^ "Best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution and Best Education Cloud-Based Solution". SIAA.
  17. ^ "MobyMax Wins the 2018 Teachers' Choice Award for the Classroom". The Mailbox.
  18. ^ "MobyMax Wins Two Coveted 2017 THE Journal Readers' Choice Awards: Favorite Interventions & Remediation Software and Favorite Adaptive/ Personalized Learning Tool". Education Dive.
  19. ^ "Top 10 Educational Websites for Multiple Subjects of 2018". Homeschool Base.