PAIUnet brings SAFARI Montage
to Pennsylvania public schools!
Since July 1, 2010, all K-12 public schools in Pennsylvania connected to PAIUnet have had access to the SAFARI Montage®
Video-On-Demand and Digital Media Management system over the PAIUnet high-speed network. This has allowed 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 from publishers such as Schlessinger Media, PBS, The History Channel, National Geographic, Scholastic,
Disney Education, BBC and more. The service is available at a discounted annual fee 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 Common Core State 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
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
