Overview

Curator: Atoya Martin

Name & Link to Tech Tool or Tool homepage: MobyMax
Brief Description of Tech Tool: MobyMax is an integrated adaptive curriculum that will help
students improve and retain skills. It was rst produced as MobyMath specializing in addressing
gaps and increasing math uency. The program has been increased to include: Reading,
Vocabulary, Writing and Language.
Technical & Cost considerations: The program has a cost, however, it does have a 30
day trial. The trial gives a teacher the opportunity to setup a class and analyze the short
term growth before purchasing. For single classroom use MobyMax is $79 per year with
an unlimited number of students. A school can provide this service to all students for
$499 with an unlimited number of teachers and students.
Evaluation
Description of Learning Activity
Students will take a placement test to find areas and weaknesses and MobyMax will
create a learning path to support each student. Students will log onto MobyMax for
lessons, practice and fact fluency for at least 30 minutes per session. Students use
MobyMax during math rotations and as choice centers. Student progress monitoring is
available and will inform the teacher about the time each student spends working on
MobyMax at home and at school. There is an option for parents to have a portal to find
out what is going on with their child. Students and parents are able to communicate with
the teacher through MobyMax.
1. Learning Activity Types
LA-Practice - practicing for uency
LA-Present - (read or attend to) presentation of new content/ideas
LA-Explore - exploring/investigating mathematical ideas
LA-Apply - applying mathematics to problems and situations
2. What mathematics is being learned?
NCTM Standards
NCTM-N&0-understand numbers - understand numbers, ways of representing
numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems;
NCTM-N&0-understand operations - understand meanings of operations and
how they relate to one another;
NCTM-N&0-compute fluently - compute fluently and make reasonable
estimates
NCTM-Alg-patterns - understand patterns, relations, and functions;
NCTM-Alg-symbols - represent and analyze mathematical situations and
structures using algebraic symbols;
NCTM-Alg-models - use mathematical models to represent and understand
quantitative relationships;
NCTM-Alg-change - analyze change in various contexts.
NCTM-Geo-analyze - analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-
dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about
geometric relationships;
NCTM-Geo-specify locations - specify locations and describe spatial
relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems;
NCTM-Geo-transformations - apply transformations and use symmetry to
analyze mathematical situations;
NCTM-Geo-visualization - use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric
modeling to solve problems.
NCTM-Meas-understand - understand measurable attributes of objects and the
units, systems, and processes of measurement;
NCTM-Meas-apply - apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to
determine measurements.
Prociency Strands
PS-conceptual understanding
PS-procedural uency
PS-strategic competence
PS-adaptive reasoning
3. How is the mathematics represented?
Students receive mathematical questions presented with virtual manipulatives as well as recorded
demonstrations to introduce a topic. Students get practice with what a computer given standard
test is like. Students are also presented with several fact mastery modules that allows them to
increase uency in basic skills.
4. What role does technology play?
The most appealing tech advantage is the adaptive nature of the program. As students
practice or test, MobyMax makes adjustments to meet the learning need of the student.
This program would take several hours for a teacher to manually adapt to each
students need.
Affordances of Technology for Supporting Learning
Computing & Automating - Basic facts are reviewed and fact uency practiced.
Representing Ideas & Thinking -
Accessing Information - There are prerecorded lessons to introduce new topics when
students are ready to move on.
Communicating & Collaborating -
Capturing & Creating -
5. How does the technology t or interact with the social
context of learning?
MobyMax is an individual program. However, the teacher can post challenges and
students can compete to meet the goal. There is a wall and messaging system
embedding into MobyMax so communication can be facilitated.
6. What do teachers and learners need to know?
This is a very rich program, teachers will need time to thoroughly maximize the benefits
of MobyMax. Teachers need to know how to read the charts provided by MobyMax and
student need to know how to log onto the site and retain username and password.