In 2004, Alan and Lisa started new jobs as public school teachers in New Jersey. Like many teachers, they were excited to share the joys of education with their classrooms. Unfortunately, like many teachers, they quickly discovered that finding quality resources to help students succeed was a challenge, and that the school’s budget was stretched too thin to purchase new learning software to supplement their lesson plans.
With a plan to gamify educational lessons, Alan developed several learning activities for his computer classes. He came up with a fun domain name—ABCya.com—to host his games, and began using them with his students. Before long, he noticed that other teachers were also using his website in their own classes, not realizing that its creator was one of their colleagues!
Alan continued to develop and perfect games for ABCya.com, eventually venturing into the creation of stand-alone apps.
As VP of ABCya, Lisa relies on her experience as an educator, and as a parent, to keep ABCya dedicated to the company’s founding principles: creating educational games that keep learning fun.
For more information, please visit https://www.abcya.com/
