safari montage ubd complete

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Erin Crandall

FRIT 7738

Dr. Downs

Spring 2011

Staff Development: Safari MontageNGCSU students/teachers

Stage 1: Desired Results

Established Goals:NETS.T

5.Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning,

and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting

and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.Teachers:

a. Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creativeapplications of technology to improve student learning

b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating

in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership

and technology skills of others

c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular

basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in

support of student learning

Understanding:

Teachers will understand that.

y Incorporating Safari Montage will connect real life situations to studentslearning.

y Safari Montage builds concrete learning experiences for students.

Essential Questions:

y What is Safari Montage?

y How can Safari Montage be incorporated into lesson plans?

y Why is Safari Montage a good choice?

y Are you effectively incorporating technology into lesson plans?

Teaches will know.

y Key terms: Dashboard, Playlist, Quick Search, and Media Player

y In general how to use Safari Montage effectively.

Teachers will be able to.

y Search Safari Montage using multiple options.

y Create Playlists

y Integrate Safari Montage effectively into lesson plans.


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Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks:

Video Playback- Teachers will locate/search for a video that corresponds with a

grade levels specific standard. They will play the video, bookmark the video and

save the video to a playlist.

Other Evidence:

Observations throughout the staff development workshop.

Survey that the teachers will complete after the staff development.http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZPTQBQH

Stage 3: Learning Plan

1. Do you integrate technology within your classroom and if so how? (H)2. Introduce the Essential Questions and discuss the culminating unit

performance task. (Video Playback) (W)(Essential Questions)

y What is Safari Montage?

y How can Safari Montage be incorporated into lesson plans?

y Why is Safari Montage a good choice?

y Are you effectively incorporating technology into lesson plans?

3. Key vocabulary terms will be introduced throughout the staff developmentas needed using the quick start guide as the main resource. (E)

4. Present each main area from the quick start guide this includes, logging in,the dashboard, searching, user interface, and playlists. Presenting vocabulary

and showing step-by-step directions as we move through the guide. (E)

5. After completing each section the staff will show that they can successfullycomplete that section of the guide within their small groups. (E)

6. The staff will be working in small groups in order to gain feedback fromother staff members while working through the process. (R)

7. Once the staff development has gone successfully through the quick startguide each staff member will create a video playback for their performance

task. (T)(E)

8. Within their small groups each staff member will share their videoplayback to ensure understanding of Safari Montage. Time will be allowed

for feedback from the other group members. (R)

At the conclusion of the staff development, Safari Montage, each member will

complete the survey online given the link. (E) The survey will be used toevaluate the effectiveness of the workshop.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZPTQBQH


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Safari Montage Quick Start Guide:

Logging In:If this is your first visit, obtain the Safari Montage web address (URL) from yourNetworkAdministrator or school personnel.

1. Type the address into the URL field of your Internet browser (such as

Internet Explorer), and hit Enter on your keyboard.

(For Hall County use only: safari.hallco.org)

2. At the Log in screen, type your username and the password, provided byyour NetworkAdministrator, and click Log in.

(This is the same as your current log in and password for your email access).

Tip: To quickly access your Safari Montage system in the future, Irecommend that you either create a desktop shortcut or add the web address

as a Favorite or Bookmark (depending on your browser).


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3. Click on Search.Note: The Advanced Search options offer additional criteria for refining your

search. By default, these options are already set up for you to yield a broad

range of results.

4. Your search results will be separated by type into multiple tabs, including

Videos, Images, Audio, Interactive and Documents.5. Click on Play to view a video directly from this screen, or click on the title to

go to a more detailed description.

Tip: Use the Quick Search field for a speedy search from any screen.

If you use Smart Notebooks or Promethean Flipcharts, a customized tab will provide

search results for these interactive whiteboard files.


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By Subject:Drill down through familiar subject headings to arrive at files that are most relevant

to your topic.

By Curriculum Standards:Use this method to find media files that support a specific state standard. From thedrop-down menus, select the appropriate information and click on Search.

Note: Safari Montage uses the most recent standards for each state. The year

associated with each document represents the last time that it was updated by

the state.


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User Interface:

Whiteboard IntegrationSafari Montage supports integration with SMART Board, Promethean Activboardand other interactive whiteboards. Click on the logo to enable freezing a video andannotating over the image.

Teachers DocumentsListed here are all of the supplemental teaching documents available for the selected

title. These documents can only be accessed by teachers and administrators.

Searchable MetadataIn addition to the title summary, this screen includes key concepts that are covered

in each chapter within the video. This will help you find the specific portion of thevideo that you may need to cover your topic. Use the arrow buttons to expand or

collapse the individual key concepts associated with a chapter.

Safari Montage Media Player

1. Use Variable Speed Playbackto play video and audio at slower speeds; idealfor special needs students and English Language Learners.

2. Click on the View Full Screen icon to enlarge the player window to fill yourscreen. Click on the icon again to exit Full Screen mode.


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3. Closed-captioning and Spanish language tracks are available for many SafariMontage titles. Click to turn closed-captioning on and off, and click to toggle

between English and Spanish as the video continues to play.

Playlists:Playlists are customized collections of digital content for future playblack that are

tailored to your lesson plans. Playlist media can include videos and video segments,

images, audio, flipcharts, or notebooks, interactive files, and documents that areorganized and annotated to support your curriculum or a specific lesson.

Depending on your needs for a specific lesson. You can create different types ofplaylists, such as:

Introductory Playlist: to introduce a unit or spark interest in a topic.

Lesson Playlist: a detailed multimedia lesson plan to directly support instructional

elements of a given lesson.

Review Playlist: to reinforce concepts previously taught, or to reteach a concept by

appealing to different learning preferences.

Remediation Playlist: to provide additional support for students who have not

mastered content.

Playlists are accessed under headers for My Playlists, School Playlists and DistrictPlaylists. Folders provide you with the ability to organize your playlists. You can

create subfolders, rename existing folders and delete folders.


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Organizing a PlaylistFolders provide you with the ability to organize your playlists.

-To create a new folder, highlightMy Playlists and click on Create. You can also

rename or delete folders you have created.

You can organize your playlists into folders in one of three ways:-Select the folder you want when you first create the playlist.

-Click on the drag icon next to the playlist title to drag and drop it into your desired

folder.-Click the organize button to shift into the organize view. From here, you can choose

multiple playlists and move them to a selected folder.


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Tip: Highlighting a folder you have already created allows you to create subfolders.

Tip: Highlighting a specific folder before entering a search term will search playlistsin that folder only. You can search across all your playlists by selecting Search All My

Playlists. You can also search All available playlists under Advanced Search.

Adding Files to a Playlist1. Click on Add More Clips to My Playlist. This will take you to the Keyword

Search screen; however, you may conduct tour search by using any of the

methods described earlier. Once you have found a file that you like, simply

clickAdd to Playlist. The plus sign will change to a check mark indicating thatit was added to your playlist. Continue to search and add other items.

2. Once youre done, click on the Playlisttab again to access your completed

playlist and view all the items that youve added. Use the up and downarrows to reorder the items in your list. At any time, you may go back and

add other items to your playlist.


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Bookmarking VideoTeachers and students can create their own segments, and then sequence them

together for convenient playback.1. Click on Start Pointat the desired beginning of your segment.

2. Click on End Pointat the desired ending of your segment.

3. With bookmarking, you can redefine your start and end points as much asyou need to. Click on Preview Segmentto automatically play the segment

back as youve bookmarked it. Once youre happy with it, save the bookmark

to your active playlist.


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9.It showed me howto search efficiently,as well as how tonavigate the site.

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10.The staffdevelopmentintroduced me toSafair Montage and

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2. In what area/areas do you still need help or feel uncomfortable concer

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1.I still need help withcreating playlists.

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3.I think I would likemore support inspecific areas.

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get moreinformation forthose core areas.

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10.how to quickly lookthrough chapters ofvideos to determinewhat is actuallyapplicable for a

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3. How do you plan on implementing Safari Montage within your curricul

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1.I would like to use itwhen introducingnew concepts tohelp build aconcreteunderstanding forthe kids.

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2.I will create foldersfor each subjectarea so that I canquickly findfiles/videos to use.

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students to see realworld situations.

5.I would like to beginusing it to reinforcemath skills or with

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6.It's a great way tointroducevocabulary forcontent areas.

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7.I like to use it topreview material.

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8.part of thetechnology piece ofinstruction

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9.I would like to use itas just areinforcement andto show how whatwe learn in theclassroom appliesto the real world.

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4. Would you like to have continued support throughout the school year often?

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