Effective Digital Classroom
ISTE Sessions

SHOWCASING the smartest integration of K-12 educational technology ever!

Get an inside view of the outstanding SAFARI Montage Effective Digital Classroom in Meeting Room #105A at ISTE. Attend a full lineup of fascinating presentations delivered by exemplary educators and ed-tech thought leaders who will model a practical digital classroom showing best practices, and introduce cost-effective ways that technology can simply solve today’s K-12 budgetary challenges while providing sound pedagogical solutions. SAFARI Montage, along with its Effective Digital Classroom Partners, will show you the most effective integration of K-12 educational-technology components, content and software ever!

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Sunday Workshop Date
8:00AM-9:50AM
Getting Started with
SAFARI Montage® Workshop
Workshop Leader:
Carolyn Faulkner-Beitzel, PhD, Curriculum Director, SAFARI Montage

Carolyn This hands-on workshop, for the novice user, focuses on basic SAFARI Montage training as well as enhancing effective technology integration skills. In this Bring Your Own Laptop session, teachers will learn how to find and use digital content to boost the effectiveness of lessons and the overall engagement of students. Attendees will create instructional playlists that apply theories of best practice for implementing a digital curriculum, promoting higher order thinking skills and supporting your state and ISTE NET-S standards.

10:00AM-11:50AM
Pennsylvania SAFARI Montage®
Beginning Users Workshop
Workshop Leaders:
Traci Landry, Technology Integration Specialist and Christine Yarzabek, First Grade Teacher, Derry Township School District, Dauphin County, PA and Carolyn Faulkner-Beitzel, PhD, Curriculum Director, SAFARI Montage

Christine Traci Learn to use, manage, present and share rich digital media by utilizing the SAFARI Montage solution. Tech-savvy Carolyn how they have integrated SAFARI Montage and the CreationStation PA educators will present module into classrooms, lessons and professional development, and will help you re-create their success in this free Bring-Your-Own-Laptop hands-on workshop.

1:00PM-2:50PM
Advanced SAFARI Montage®
Users Workshop
Workshop Leader: Carolyn Faulkner-Beitzel, PhD, Curriculum Director, SAFARI Montage

Carolyn This workshop, for experienced SAFARI Montage users, focuses on enhancing effective technology integration skills using SAFARI Montage. In this free hands-on session, attendees will apply their knowledge of how to find content and build on their ability to form playlists by creating more effective and diverse multimedia lesson plans, including interactive whiteboard files and other teacher-created materials by using the CreationStation™ module. Hands-on activities will help teachers create an authentic assessment plan that promotes the 4C skills that every 21st-century student needs to master.

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8:00AM-9:20AM
Customer Product Development Session (with Breakfast)
By Invitation Only
Presented By:
Tim Beekman, President and Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

Tim Over breakfast, experienced SAFARI Montage customers share their product development ideas with Tim Beekman and review the latest SAFARI Montage features completed and in development.

9:30AM-10:20AM
Presented By:
Jeff Anderson, President, SAFE System Classroom

Jeff Learn how to improve your school's safety, student performance and teaching effectiveness with one comprehensive system. VIEWPath integrates Panasonic's A+ Classroom Audio System, now including a built-in security alert capability, with both camera integration and SAFARI Montage. The system allows staff to schedule remote lesson observation for teacher evaluation, student behavioral issues, remote learning and professional development.

10:30AM-11:20AM
SAFARI Montage: A Total Solution for Integrating District and Classroom Technology and Digital Resources
Presented By:
Tim Beekman, President and Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

Tim Come witness the most cost-effective and efficient K-12 digital classroom, taking course instruction to the most engaging, yet simplified, experience possible.

Showcased in the SAFARI Montage Effective Digital Classroom the new module, Digital Curriculum Presenter, is helping schools manage their classroom technology, build digital curricula, integrate with district-wide software applications, moderate and share user-created content and broadcast instruction directly into homes and all form of mobile devices. The opportunities are limitless and the usage potential is inexhaustible.

If you've seen SAFARI Montage before, you’re guaranteed to be thrilled by the new features. If you're new to the product, you’ll leave with a new appreciation and excitement for the potential of a digital curriculum. This K-12 Effective Digital Classroom showcases interactive 3-D content, virtual interactive student response systems integrated with iPads for formative assessment, interactive projectors, audio enhancement, live digital resources, wireless solutions and much more.

11:30AM-12:20PM
Presented By:
Brandon Williams, Education Market Lead, Motorola and Joe Griffin, Keller ISD Chief Technology Officer

Joe Brandon Attendees will obtain valuable insight into the important requirements when delivering high-quality video files wirelessly, and learn how to implement a reliable and easy-to-use wireless infrastructure that supports 1:1 objectives, while opening up new doors for integrating other learning tools and resources into district curriculum. You will see how Motorola's AP 7131 802.11a/b/g/n flagship access point offers the high throughput and coverage required in today’s digital media learning environments. You will also gain an understanding of how architectural choices can affect overall performance, reliability, availability, management and total cost of ownership.

12:30PM-1:20PM
Presented By: Rich Lineback, President, Cyber-Science 3D

Rich From the developer of the most spectacular K-12 interactive 3D models available today, learn how to use the interactive Cyber-Science 3D models in the science classroom (without glasses!) to better demonstrate spatial and orientation concepts critical for learning anatomy that are more difficult to teach using conventional 2D methods. Use these 3D models to create your own 3D animations, which can be shared throughout your district.

1:30PM-2:20PM
Strategies for the Effective Implementation of a Digital Curriculum
Presented By:
Tim Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage and Robin Gonzales, Former Director of Distance Education for Chicago Public Schools, President Zia Online Learning, Online Teacher & Course Developer

Robin Tim The implementation of a digital curriculum is at the forefront of the 21st century school district technical challenges. Learn how to prepare your district to adopt, develop, and implement the tools necessary to achieve a reliable digital solution. Identify the top considerations that need to be considered and addressed. Understand the impact of digital curriculum delivery on instruction and opportunities for improving how your teachers teach and how your students learn. Explore Digital Curriculum Presenter, a system integrated with SAFARI Montage, to develop, manage, enhance and effectively present digital media in the classroom.

2:30PM-3:20PM
Presented By:
Tim Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage and Robin Gonzales, Former Director of Distance Education for Chicago Public Schools, President Zia Online Learning, Online Teacher & Course Developer

Robin Tim Be astonished at how SAFARI Montage Digital Curriculum Presenter now integrates with Moodle v.1.9, providing an elegant visual interface for a teacher’s simplified presentation of an entire lesson and all of its digital resources. Learn how your Moodle courses can be easily enriched by searching and adding digital video content from the premier educational video, 3D and formative assessment publishers found on SAFARI Montage. Plus, get a peak at how IMS GLC Common Cartridge standards will change interoperability in the K-12 digital curriculum in Moodle 2.0.

3:30PM-4:20PM
Presented By:
Ed Carabetta, VP, Technical Services, Cabletime and Shannon Yeager, Vice President of System Solutions, SAFARI Montage

Shannon Ed Cabletime and SAFARI Montage will present high-performance encoding solutions (SD and HD) that offer extremely efficient H.264 video compressions, thereby enabling streamed video to the classroom from any traditional analog or digital source for delivery via IP networks. Learn how to expand the boundaries of the classroom instruction by providing teachers with a fully integrated solution for easily accessing live digital video streamed resources.

4:30PM-5:20PM
Presented By:
John Glad, Product Marketing Manager and Shannon Yeager, Vice President of System Solutions, SAFARI Montage

Shannon John Let Hitachi and SAFARI Montage show you how the newest Hitachi Ultra Short Throw (UST) Interactive Projector and Pen can change K-12 classroom instruction while saving considerable money! This newest technology, integrated with SAFARI Montage, also allows school districts and teachers to transform lessons into engaging interactive opportunities with StarBoard software, a dynamic set of free teaching tools designed for educators.

 
Tuesday Session
8:00AM-9:20AM
Building Engaging Digital STEM Lessons with Multi-Modal Resources
Presented By:
Robin Gonzales, Former Director of Distance Education for Chicago Public Schools, President Zia Online Learning, Online Teacher & Course Developer and Tim Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

Tim Robin Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) lessons should turn students on in the same ways video games or movies, yet don’t need to mimic those forms of media. Come see how to easily create and present STEM lessons with interactive 3D models (without glasses!), interactive illustrations, rich video segments from the finest educational video series on SAFARI Montage, which include Bill Nye the Science Guy, Magic School Bus, Schlessinger Media, BBC, National Geographic, and more.

9:45AM-10:30AM
Presented By:
Robin Gonzales, Former Director of Distance Education for Chicago Public Schools, President Zia Online Learning, Online Teacher & Course Developer

Robin In 2010, Robin Gonzales launched an online learning initiative that the Chicago Tribune called "an inexpensive, flexible, cutting edge" learning environment that expanded the CPS program from 500 to 5,000 students. Learn how she leveraged online learning to increase graduation rates and expand learning options through the use of digital curriculum, media and web conferencing tools.

10:30AM-11:20AM
Use Live Interactive Videoconferencing to Deliver Cost-Effective Professional Development
Presented By:
Marty McGuire, Media Systems Manager, Chicago Public Schools and Tim Beekman, President & Co-founder, SAFARI Montage

Tim Marty Chicago Public Schools, a leading technology innovator in K-12, will share their district's success in saving millions of dollars by using interactive desktop videoconferencing. Learn how they selected the right system that reduced or eliminated costs for travel, food, stipends, substitute teachers and other related expenses for district-wide Professional Development. Whether your district is large or small, it is possible to do more with a lot less.

11:30AM-12:50PM
Customer Product Development Session (With Lunch)
By Invitation Only
Presented By:
Tim Beekman, President and Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

Tim Over lunch, experienced SAFARI Montage customers share their product development ideas with Tim Beekman and review the latest SAFARI Montage features completed and in development.

1:00PM-1:50PM
Presented By:
Jill Hobson, Director of Instructional Technology Forsyth County Schools, Georgia

Jill Break down the walls of your classroom and connect your students to 21st-century skills. Embrace new technology literacies and connect your students to their global world through technology and available live digital resources. Jill Hobson, recently named one of Technology & Learning's Top 100 most important people in educational technology, and listed as one of the 20 emerging leaders in technology on the National School Board Association's Twenty to Watch, will show you how she uses SAFARI Montage as the vehicle for change.

2:00PM-2:50PM
Strategies for the Effective Implementation of a Digital Curriculum
Presented By:
Tim Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage and Robin Gonzales, Former Director of Distance Education for Chicago Public Schools, President Zia Online Learning, Online Teacher & Course Developer

Robin Tim The implementation of a digital curriculum is at the forefront of the 21st century school district technical challenges. Learn how to prepare your district for adopting, developing and implementing the tools necessary to achieve a reliable digital solution. Identify the top considerations that need to be considered and addressed. Understand the impact of digital curriculum delivery on instruction and opportunities for improving how your teachers teach and how your students learn. Explore Digital Curriculum Presenter™, a system integrated with SAFARI Montage, to develop, manage, enhance and effectively present digital media in the classroom.

3:00PM-3:50PM
Presented By:
Mary Hewett, Executive Director of Instructional Technology, Plano ISD, Texas and Tim Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

Tim Hear from Mary Hewett, Executive Director of Instructional Technology from Plano ISD, how quick and easy it can be to publish district-created video content for anyone in the world to access using a familiar, web-based interface with thumbnails. Learn how you can share important school functions, such as school board meetings, special holiday celebrations, professional development, fundraising campaigns, graduations and more with the community and beyond.

4:00PM-4:50PM
Presented By:
Andrew Schlessinger, CEO & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

Andy Virtually every school district in the country has been forced to accept the "new normal" of working with fewer staff and resources, while still needing to deliver services to teachers and students to support instruction and learning. Here are ten ways to cost-effectively cope with the need to deliver professional development, provide engaging rich media to students, save on new school construction costs, reduce lost teaching time in the classroom due to larger class size, reduce classroom technology costs and maintain technology systems automatically or remotely, save on Internet costs and more.