Access Learning Brochure

Welcome to Canada’s Most Comprehensive

VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE for the 21st Century learner!

• wiTh The mosT K-12 CANADIAN ConTenT • more ThAn 20,000 eDUCATionAl ViDeo CliPs • more ThAn 3,500 FUll lengTh ProgrAms

ProViDing AwArD winning eDUCATionAl ProgrAms To CAnADiAn sChools For more ThAn 20 yeArs

www.accesslearning.com

What is Access Learning?

Access learning is a web based subscription service that contains award winning video content for schools, teachers and students, who can search, stream and download content that has been correlated to provincial curriculum for every grade level. Access Learning is available to teachers and students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, accessible from school or from home.

Canadian owned and operated, Distribution Access is the provider of content to Access Learning. Distribution Access is one of the country’s leading providers of the world’s best educational video programs and multimedia content and has been serving the Canadian educational community for over 20 years. Distribution Access is committed to continued leadership in digital delivery by further developing and expanding its offerings of educational video content and effectively serving Canadian Learners of all ages.

“...excellent value for our money.”

“We subscribe to a number of digital media services for our student teachers, based on the types of services the schools also have. We are very excited to have added Access Learning to our list. It provides much needed access to titles related to the Alberta curriculum, and strong Canadian content. The pricing for this product is very competitive, and gives us excellent value for our money. I would strongly recommend this product as a ‘first purchase’ for any school or school jurisdiction in Canada.” ~ Bill GlaiSTeR, B.ed., M.l.S. Curriculum lab Coordinator, Faculty of education, university of lethbridge, alberta

Why Choose Access Learning?

Access Learning allows you to custom build your own library of digital content, completely correlated to match provincial outcomes.

Our knowledgeable staff are eager to help you customize a library of curriculum based videos specific to the needs of your students, or license our entire collection. We can have a complete digital library created and available to you and your students in just days!

Distribution Access wants to meet the needs of all educational institutions so we developed the accessUhost to make sure that your school/board can get the most out of Access Learning. The accessUhost allows schools to stream directly from their local server, eliminating internet bandwidth issues. Users also have the option to add self-produced content and content from other sources. The accessUhost gives users all the benefits of an online streaming platform without the concern of Internet bandwidth. Please contact us for pricing and more information.

“...an overwhelming success.”

"The Peel District School Board started streaming videos in November 2008.

We chose 800 titles from Distribution Access for our basic collection. We decided on Distribution Access because they offered a good broad based selection...their staff was very helpful providing assistance during our selection process. We are presently streaming 6500 video programs per week to over 230 locations. The response has exceeded our expectations. The concept of video streaming has been an overwhelming success. I would highly recommend Distribution Access as a digital content provider.” ~ Paul Di Rienzo Team leader, Media Distribution, Peel District School Board, Mississauga, ontario

What content is included in Access Learning?

• Disney Education’s Bill nye the science guy - acclaimed as the most sold Science Programs for Canadian Schools.

Includes the complete collection of 100 Bill Nye the Science Guy titles, and more.

• Discovery Canada’s Exploration Productions and Daily Planet programs explore the latest science behind the headlines with a mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists.

• Coast Learning Systems offers subject specific senior level programs such as Anthropology: The Four Fields.

• 4real school, produced by Canadian company Direct Current Media, engages youth intellectually, compassionately and actively. 4Real School empowers students to think critically about global and local issues and ultimately aims to inspire them to make positive contributions to their communities.

• Canadian Geographic’s CgKids series is specifically designed to enlighten young Canadians about the geography, ecology and culture of our Country through on-location experiences.

• Internationally acclaimed geography-based documentaries, Canadian geographic Presents is comprised of twenty six exciting hours that explore the rich and diverse natural world. Now also available in French.

• The science of Disney imagineering series helps students discover the many dynamic ways in which science is at work in their world, and complex scientific principles become accessible, exciting and relevant for all learners.

• Acclaimed Canadian producer, norflicks Productions, provides students with a revealing portrait of how war has changed the lives of every Canadian.

• And much, much more…

“...the best streaming experience and content...”

“The Lakehead Board of Education has been involved with Distribution Access for over 10 years during which time we have purchased over a thousand VHS, DVD and last year digital rights from them. Distribution Access, in my opinion, has one of the best selections of Canadian content available, with many of their titles consistently on our top requested titles and frequently on our overbooked reports. Their very popular Disney series, Bill Nye is the most popular series in our collection of 11,000 titles and many of their higher level, curriculum specific titles, are spot on and difficult to find anywhere else. Distribution Access has helped us give our teachers and students access to the best streaming experience and content we possibly can.” ~ TeRRi PaRkeR-CelMeR Supervisor of library Services instructional Materials Centre, lakehead District School Board, Thunder Bay, ontario

What are some features of Access Learning?

• Over 20,000 educational video clips • Over 3,500 full length programs with the most comprehensive Canadian content • Matched to Canadian provincial curriculum • Connected to “real world” applications • Advanced searching techniques • Playlist feature • Download full videos or clips • Sharing Bookmarks • Rights available on content you can select for your own systems/platforms • All Access Learning licenses include access for your students and teachers at home

“...and I would highly recommend it!”

“What teachers appreciate about Access Learning is that it is a Canadian based company which offers a large video library with quality content. Being able to stream or download the videos and also having access to additional print related resources makes the content very classroom friendly. As an ET leader for the district, I can appreciate how Access Learning is all about the video resources that they make available to the teachers. Access Learning doesn't push the extra add-ons as they realize teachers don't really have the time to put into this. Access Learning is very intuitive and I would highly recommend it!” ~ RoCky WilSon iT integration Specialist, Palliser Regional Schools, alberta

ONLY $695 -$1195 Per Year* PluS Subscribe for 3 years and receive an additional 1 year aBSoluTely FRee! *Student populations under 2,000. Please contact us for larger student populations or Special Board pricing.

And you can even start with a 30 Day Free Trial!

Go to www.accesslearning.com and use Promo Code DA201

More Canadian produced programs than any other service

New Releases added quarterly

Canadian company serving schools for more than 20 years

Access provided to your students from home

“Since subscribing to Access Learning, teaching with video content has never been easier.

Having access to over 3,500 full length educational resources at your fingertips is vital especially for those “teachable moments" that often arise in a 21st century classroom!” ~ MaRyeliSe CiTTon, Department Head, library Services, Crofton House School, Vancouver B.C.

For more information please contact: VAnDA Coles, Manager, e-learning Sales e: accesslearning@distributionaccess.com TF:1-800-665-4121

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