TITLE: Safari Montage: Getting the SUBJECT/COURSE: Staff Development

most out of this recourse. Lesson

TOPIC: Using Safari Montage TARGET AUDIENCE: Elementary Teachers
effectively to support curriculum and
reinforce standards.
DEVELOPED BY: Joy Jensen
STAGE 1 – Desired Results
ISTE Standards for Teachers:

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment
incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context
and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:

design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resource
a.
to promote student learning and creativity.
develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue
b. their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own
educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning style
c.
working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligne
d. with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and
teaching.

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative

professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:

demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to ne

a.
technologies and situations.
collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools
b.
and resources to support student success and innovation.
communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers
c.
using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate,
d.
analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
Understandings:
• Video clips are a useful tool in the 21st century classroom.
• Searching for videos using standards ensures standards' based resources.
• Creating playlists allows organization and more efficient use of media content.
• Use of the "sharing" feature allows for collaboration with other teachers.
• Safari Montage has many advanced features such as quizes and interactive media
which allow teachers to extend leaning for their students.

Essential Questions:
• What is a Safari Montage?
• How can I search for standards based media within Safari Montage?
• How can I create playlists to save content for later use?
• How can I organize my playlists to facilitate more efficient use?
• How can grade level teams share playlists for collaborative planning?

Participants will know:

• What Safari Montage is.
• How to search for media using various methods.
• Why creating playlist will make the use of this site much simpler.
• How to share playlists for collaborative planning
• Best practices for incorporating video clips into a lesson.
• Ways to extend the concepts introduced through Safari Montages rich media
collection.

Participants will be able to:

• Create and edit multiple playlists for future use
• Search the media available effectively
• Utilize the more advanced features of Safari Montage
STAGE 2 – Assessment
Post-questionnaire using surveymonkey.com. This survey will be administered following
the staff development to check for understanding.

STAGE 3 – Learning Plan

1. Welcome and introductions. Everyone will log into Safari Montage to follow along
and practice using the new features as they are introduced.

2. Best Practices for Video use in the Classroom

• PREVIEW! - Safari Montage does this for us - with a team of qualified educators.
• Use short clips when possible - Safari Montage has all of their videos broken
down into small clips.
• Before viewing, set the stage for active viewing with questioning strategies.
• On longer clips, use the pause button to discuss key points as you watch.
• After viewing, discuss and check for understanding.

3. What is Safari Montage?

A brief introduction of the content included on this site s well as the local host feature
which allows for streaming without buffering.

4. Introduce the Dashboard

Show the teachers the Online Tutorial for future us and tell them about the Safari
Montage HD Network link which provides access to an online community of educators
that share best practices for utilizing this recourse.

5. How do I search for content on Safari Montage:

• By Keyword
• By Subject
• By Curriculum Standard
Have them practice searching in each category. Discuss best results.

6. Discuss Smartboard connection - go to preferences to change whiteboard preference if

necessary.

7. Introduce the many Teacher Documents associated with each media file.
• Standards
• Quizzes
• Teacher's Guides
• Blackline Masters

8. Discuss Playlists and their usefulness.

• A collection of media to be used in one lesson
• Share example
• Walk through the steps of creating a playlist
• Have teachers create a short playlist of their own.

8. Discuss Folders and their usefulness.

• Organization optios
• Share my folder organization as anexample
• Walk through the steps of creating a folder
• Have teachers create folders of their own.

9. Q& A

10. Survey Monkey evaluation