As the leading provider of classroom management and interactive education software, DyKnow often witnesses the positive impact technology tools and sound teaching can have on student engagement and achievement. DyKnow is offering this giveaway to help schools facing economic hardships realize the educational benefits of technology.
The DyKnow Classroom giveaway includes:
- 20 student machine licenses of the DyKnow Software Suite
- One teacher machine license of the DyKnow Software Suite
- One year of server hosting for the awarded licenses
- Self-paced Internet training tutorials
The DyKnow Classroom can be used across all grade levels in labs and one-to-one computing environments. The software works on laptops, desktops, Tablet PCs, Netbooks and mini-notebooks running Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Watch DyKnow's video case studies to see how schools using DyKnow software are noticing increased student engagement and achievement.
DyKnow Monitor allows educators to use computers as tools for learning by easily managing the digital classroom with features like:
- URL Filter
- Real-time Screenshots
- Application Blocker
- Computer Lockdown
- Remote Control
- File Transfer
DyKnow Vision allows educators to maximize class time, foster collaborative learning and promote effective studying with:
- Student Response Tools
- Class Capture
- Work Groups
- Collaborative Note-taking
- Content Delivery
- Anytime-Anywhere Access
For more information about the DyKnow Software Suite, click here
Rules and Regulations
- - Only one DyKnow Classroom will be provided per US or Canadian public school district or independant school.
- - Hardware is not provided through the DyKnow Giveaway program.
- - DyKnow will offer incentive pricing to participating schools that wish to purchase additional licenses until July 1, 2010.
- - Participating schools must have reliable Internet connectivity to utilize the software and DyKnow's hosting services. DyKnow reserves the right to turn down schools who do not meet minimum technical requirements.
- - DyKnow software is currently supported on machines running Windows XP and Windows Vista.
- - The DyKnow Software Suite currently runs in English/US and Australian localization only.
- - DyKnow licenses are perpetual which means participating schools will own the awarded licenses for a lifetime; however, support, upgrades and server hosting will only be available for free during the 2009-2010 academic year.
- - In order to continue receiving support, upgrades and server hosting after the 2009-2010 academic year, schools will be required to pay a minimal fee. Alternatively, participating schools can migrate the awarded licenses to a school server for a minimal fee.
- - Participating schools will be required to fill out two short surveys about their experience during the academic year.
- - Participating schools will be asked to provide a brief synopsis of the setting in which the DyKnow Classroom will be used. This will help our customer service team work with each school to determine the best deployment strategy.
- - Training will be conducted via self-paced Internet training tutorials; however, participating schools can purchase live training for an additional fee.
- - In addition to asynchronous training, participants will also receive one year of phone and email support and product updates.
- - All registering schools will be contacted within two business days of registering - winning schools will be notified at that time.
Registration for the Classroom Giveaway is now closed. The winners are being notified at this time. Please check back for more information.