SAFARI Montage Live!

Congratulations to Della Curtis, coordinator of library information services for Baltimore County Public Schools and winner of Tech & Learning magazine’s 24th annual Leader of the Year program. Della, who has blogged for us here at SAFARI Montage HD Network, has been honored for her visionary leadership in the creation of a true library without walls through the use of the technology she has brought into BCPS, and the way it has been integrated into administrative and instructional needs in a cost-effective manner. 

The SAFARI Montage Texas Symposium was an excellent opportunity to hear how other districts are using their SAFARI Montage suite of products. These individuals are to be commended for their efforts in providing and promoting solutions to their district's digital media presenters and creators. 

Wow! What a terrific event we had yesterday. Thank you to all of our SAFARI Montage Texas Stars who joined us for a day of collaboration. It was great to hear from so many about how they are leveraging SAFARI Montage throughout their districts and to hear their ideas for future product development.

Forsyth County School District in Georgia is visioning for how to change education in our school district to meet the needs of students today and in the future.

In speaking with SAFARI Montage users in schools districts around the country we have heard of some really interesting and exciting ways that SAFARI Montage is being used to support back to school initiatives.  Here are a few of our favorites...

Today was another great day at ISTE in the SAFARI Montage Effective Digital Classroom, Meeting Room 105A. We had some terrific sessions-- it was standing-room only for Tim Beekman's session, SAFARI Montage: A Total Solution for Integrating District and Classroom Technology and Digital Resources and the room was buzzing all day long with presentations from Motorola and Keller ISD, Panasonic, Cyber Science, CableTime, Hitachi and more.

With over 600 schools and a staff of over 30,000, Chicago Public Schools has effectively harnessed technology to implement a cost-effective way to deliver district-wide professional development. 

At Forsyth County School District in Georgia we are visioning for how to change education in our school district to meet the needs of students today and in the future. 

We understand the extraordinary budgetary challenges that districts across the nation are facing.  Properly implemented technological solutions can go a long way towards bridging the voids created by the massive funding cuts now wreaking havoc on our schools. We have heard about the following ten problems encountered by school districts throughout North America; this is how we can help.

The DuSable Museum of African-American History presents a special webinar...Harambee Pre-Kwanzaa Festival. Join this free, dynamic multi-media webinar presentation at 12:30-1:30 pm ET/10:30-11:30 am CT to learn the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. The Harambee Pre-Kwanzaa Festival is an exciting musical celebration of family, community and culture featuring Kwame Steve Cobb and Chavunduka performing songs from their highly acclaimed recording "Seven Principles." Click the link below to find out more details including how to register. You won't want to miss it. http://cpslibraries.wikispaces.com/dusable