myON Celebrates 4th Birthday with more than 5 Million Readers Worldwide

MINNEAPOLIS - Feb. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Multiple Milestones Include Expanded Partner Publisher Program and Launch of New Literacy Toolkit

Do you remember how you celebrated your 4^th birthday?  It would be hard to forget if you were blowing out your candles with more than 5 Million readers across the world!  Today is a day to celebrate literacy and fostering a life long love of reading in the world’s youth. myON, a business unit of Capstone, is pleased to announce that its personalized literacy environment has surpassed the 5 million-reader milestone.

Over the past four years, myON has worked hard with their school and district partners to promote literacy and build a true culture of reading within every classroom they touch.  In addition to eclipsing 5 million readers at the onset of 2015, myON has seen nearly 26 million books read and nearly 5 million hours of reading in more than 7,000 schools in 900+ districts in the US as well as readers in South Korea, Turkey, Sweden and many other nations across the globe.

“This is a proud moment for readers everywhere, the past four years has been an incredible journey.  Supporting so many young minds in finding their love of reading has been an incredible thing to be a part of. The entire team at myON has worked tirelessly to provide a unique, personalized literacy environment that truly transforms the learning process for each student that logs on,” said Todd Brekhus, president of myON. “The level of engagement we are seeing is staggering and extremely exciting, a true testament to all of our hard work.”

Through its Partner Publisher Program, myON currently boasts more than 8,000 digitally enhanced books from over 60 publishers, such as Disney, Little Brown, National Geographic Kids and DK Publishing. The ever-expanding library has a consistent ratio of 70% nonfiction and 30% fiction across all grade levels, with 10% of the overall collection comprised of either Spanish or dual-language titles.

Many of myON’s prestigious partnerships have helped extend its literacy reach, including thousands of students that are part of the Indiana DOE’s Migrant Education Program, members of the International Reading Society and members of the National Summer Reading Association.  In 2012, myON partnered with Hillsborough County Schools to create the first of its kind Community Reading Model, a model that is currently being replicated in communities across the country.

About myON™

myON, a business unit of Capstone, has developed a personalized digital literacy platform that creates collaborative learning opportunities. myON expands the classroom for teachers and students by providing unlimited access to the largest collection of more than 8,000 enhanced digital books with multimedia supports, real-time assessments and close reading tools. myON empowers students and teachers with real-time, actionable data—number and type of books opened and read, time spent reading, results of regular benchmark assessments, and more—based on embedded Lexile® assessments that measure student reading growth. With myON, every student experiences the benefits of personalized literacy instruction.  To learn more about myON visit www.myON.com.