Using+DyKnow+for+Improved+assessment

Session Description:
K-12 educators worldwide are increasing student engagement and raising student achievement with the DyKnow Software Suite. DyKnow's total learning solution allows educators to create collaborative digital learning environments without worrying about electronic distraction. Its interactive nature is perfectly suited to allow teachers to collect information about student learning. Panel submission, polling, status updates, group work, and chat features can be used to collect rich formative assessment data, enabling teachers to modify their instructional strategies and better meet the students' needs.

Presenter Bio: Brian Coco, St. Louis, MO
Brian Coco holds a BA in science and a BA in communications from William Jewell College and a Master of Arts in Education from Truman State University. He began his career teaching science at Affton High School and then joined the faculty of MICDS in 1999. His has taught biology, chemistry, forensics, and communications, coached football and baseball, and supervised the school’s summer camp swim program.

In Brian Coco's classroom, learning doesn't center on traditional lectures and worksheets but on initiative, curiosity, resourcefulness and perseverance. These are the qualities it takes to create life-long learners. And while orienting students to the fundamental concepts of science is an objective of Brian’s, his ultimate goal is to teach students to teach themselves.

Brian was the first MICDS teacher to pilot DyKnow, and in the past four years, as the tool has become a mainstay of the School’s program, he has emerged as the resident expert. He has led a number of workshops on DyKnow for faculty and administration, and was DyKnow’s Educator of the Month in August, 2009.