PAIUnet brings SAFARI Montage
to Pennsylvania public schools!
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All K-12 public schools in Pennsylvania connected to PAIUnet will have access to the SAFARI Montage
Video-On-Demand and Digital Media Management system over the PAIUnet high-speed network. This will
allow their teachers to seamlessly integrate rich video and images into their curriculum to increase
student engagement and retention. Through PAIUnet, SAFARI Montage includes all of the finest
curriculum-correlated video content
available on the system. The service will be available to all Pennsylvania public school districts
via PAIUnet, without the need for a local server in the schools.
Jim Snyder
Account Executive
SAFARI Montage
phone: (484) 429-4875
email: Jsnyder@safarimontage.com
Kurt Schollin
Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22
phone: (215) 348-2940 ext 1110
email: kschollin@bucksiu.org
SAFARI Montage features and benefits
available through PAIUnet:
High-Quality Licensed Content
- Selected from the finest educational publishers and aligned to Pennsylvania Standards
- Each program is hand-picked by SAFARI Montage’s editorial staff for its direct application to the curriculum
- Superior video quality that is effective on both small and large displays
- Each title comes with rich meta-data — grade range, running time, publisher, abstract, copyright date
- Titles are segmented and fully searchable by segment
- Teachers can create their own bookmarks — indicate start and stop point within a segment
- Most video titles are closed-captioned
- System includes 2,500 K-8 videos titles or 1,700 9-12 video titles, 13,700 still images for K-12, 570 video clips for career guidance (Grades 7-12), and 12 hours of video content from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Grades 7 & up)
Instructional Materials
- Teacher’s Guides included
- Use the provided quizzes or create your own
- Integration with SMART and Promethean interactive whiteboards (other interactive whiteboards supported)
SAFARI Montage Media Player (free plug-in)
- Developed to enhance the multimedia experience specifically in the classroom.
- Turn closed-captioning on and off as the video plays
- Switch from English to Spanish language tracks for Schlessinger Media as the video continues to play
- Variable speed playback features allows you to speed up the video/audio playback for easy teacher previewing and to slowdown playback to meet the needs of special needs students and English Language Learners
- Integrates with desktop/laptop web cameras or document cameras
Creating Playlists
- Organize a sequence of video segments and documents for convenient playback to create one multimedia lesson plan
- Ability to share playlists throughout the school
- Users can organize their playlists into folders
System Administration and Network Management
- Does not require local servers
- Supports LDAP usernames and passwords
- Districts can easily manage all of their schools with one interface from any location
- Provides Digital Rights Management
