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Emily Cruse
Curriculum Director, SAFARI Montage

Using SAFARI Montage to Support Developing Readers

We’ve heard from science teachers, special education teachers, media specialists and technology coordinators, and we know that there are many different ways educators use SAFARI Montage in the classroom. Recently we were asked by a reading coach how SAFARI Montage might be used to help support struggling readers. Here is our top 10 list.

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Emily Cruse
Curriculum Director, SAFARI Montage

Creating Effective Playlists on SAFARI Montage

While you may sometimes create a playlist simply to serve as a repository for a few favorite clips or videos, your most effective playlists will function as multimedia lesson plans and share certain qualities and instructional elements. To create truly successful playlists that will serve you and your colleagues well class after class, you’ll want to make maximum use of the SAFARI Montage playlist features.

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Emily Cruse
Curriculum Director, SAFARI Montage

FREE Project Based Learning Activities for SAFARI Montage

Project-based learning (PBL) is an inquiry-based approach to instruction that fosters collaborative learning and promotes students’ development of research, communication and critical thinking skills in the pursuit of answers to real-world challenges.

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