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To our valued customers,

Magic Lantern Media Inc. has long been a leader in thedistribution of educational media in Canada. From theearly 16mm films to videocassettes to laser discs and DVDs,educational media has evolved into the new technologiesof today. With each stage along the way, value foreducators and students has improved and the depth andbreadth of quality content has increased significantly.More learning resources, easier access and addedfunctionality are all benefits of the services now availablein this digital age.

We are proud to present this new suite of digital servicesthat offers the best value to fit every budget. DistributionAccess, Access Learning and Clickview Canada continueour tradition of providing the best quality content, themost Canadian productions, and functionality that isuncluttered with ease of use for students and teachers.

It all starts here.

Doug Connolly,President

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Distribution AccessFull Library of à la carteDigital T itles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Access Learning . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Access learning Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Access STEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Intelecom Library . . . . . . . . 12

Standard Deviants. . . . . . . . 13

Jobs People Do. . . . . . . . . . . 14

Clickview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15


20 13 CatalogueServices for the new Digital Age of

Educational Media in Canada


digital à la carteChoose any title from our extensive collection

of more than 7,000 educational programs. Distribution Access has one of the finest collections of educational programs in Canada, all available to order individually, or you can

bundle for savings. Build your own library and select just the titles you want, or acquire digital rights of individual titles that can be hosted onany protected platform you may be using that accepts third party content. Choose from more than 150 producers and distributors.

4 Customer Service: 1-800-665-4121 • Fax: 1-800-665-2909 • Email: [email protected]

WE REPRESENT . . .

• Walt Disney Educational Productions featuringBill Nye the Science Guy and Imagineering

� Canadian Geographic Kids� Exploration Productions� Discovery Channel Canada� Daily Planet� CTV� Norflicks Productions� Knowledge Network BC• Coast Learning• Intelecom Intelligent Communications• and many more!

Each title is available to license for your LAN platform, suchas ClickView (see page 15), or any streaming platform youchoose to that allows for third party content. You may alsolicense the programs and stream them as a select collectionfrom Access Learning (see page 6) and we will stream theminto your classroom.

It’s all about choice, and the opportunity to build a videocollection that fits your needs. Some of the best educationalprograms in the world are available exclusively fromDistribution Access.

Contact us. We can help you select the best titles that fityour budget.


digital à la carteWhat are people saying about

Distribution Access?

HERE’S A SAMPLE . . .

“The Lakehead Board of Education has been involvedwith Distribution Access for over 10 years duringwhich time we have purchased over a thousand VHS,DVD and last year digital rights from them.Distribution Access, in my opinion, has one of thebest selections of Canadian content available, withmany of their titles consistently on our top requestedtitles and frequently on our overbooked reports. Theirvery popular Disney series, Bill Nye The Science Guy is the most popular series in our collection of 11,000titles and many of their higher level, curriculumspecific titles, are spot on and difficult to findanywhere else. Distribution Access has helped us giveour teachers and students access to the beststreaming experience and content we possibly can.”

~ TErrI PArkEr-CELMErSupervisor of Library Services Instructional Materials Centre,Lakehead District School Board, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Competitive prices, quality service and a collection that contains the most Canadian content available in one library. . . that’s Distribution Access!As a leader in educational video distribution for more than 15 years, we offer award winning video content from some of the best producers

around the world. Let us know what your needs are and one of our experienced representatives will provide a list of recommended titles.

TITLESAS LOW AS$69

Customer Service: 1-800-665-4121 • Fax: 1-800-665-2909 • Email: [email protected] 5


access learningCanada’s most comprehensive Video Streaming

Service for the 21st Century LearnerAccess 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 and every subject. Access Learning is available to teachers and students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, accessible from school or from home.

ACCESS LEARNING FEATURES

• Over 30,000 educational video clips• Over 5,000 full length programs with the most

comprehensive Canadian content• Matched to Canadian provincial curriculum• Connected to "real world" applications• Advanced searching techniques

• Playlist and bookmark sharing features• Download full videos or clips• Rights available on content you can select

for your own systems/platforms• Includes access for your students

and teachers at home

Access Learning is a completeK-12 online library with adepth and breadth of videocontent matched toCanadian curriculum.



access learningWhat are people saying about

Access Learning?Since we launched Access Learning in 2009, the response has been overwhelming. Access Learning is now used by

more than 1.8 million students across Canada and growing. Individual school pricing and special school board pricing is available.Contact us today to include Access Learning as a valuable learning resource for your students.

HERE’S A SAMPLE . . .

“What teachers appreciate about Access Learning is that it is a Canadian basedcompany which offers a large video library with quality content. Being able to streamor download the videos and also having access to additional print related resourcesmakes the content very classroom friendly. As an ET leader for the district, I canappreciate how Access Learning is all about the video resources that they makeavailable to the teachers. Access Learning doesn't push the extra add-ons as theyrealize teachers don't really have the time to put into this. Access Learning is veryintuitive and I would highly recommend it!”

~ rOCky WILSOnIT Integration Specialist, Palliser regional Schools, Alberta

“We subscribe to a number of digital media services for our student teachers, basedon the types of services the schools also have. We are very excited to have addedAccess Learning to our list. It provides much needed access to titles related to theAlberta curriculum, and strong Canadian content. The pricing for this product is verycompetitive, and gives us excellent value for our money. I would strongly recommendthis 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


SCHOOLPRICINGSTARTS AT$695


collections


Canada’s most comprehensiveVideo Streaming Service just got better!

Department Heads now have more options to access the specifictitles they need - our new Access Learning Collections. Teachers cannow subscribe to subject-specific video collections at a reduced costand subscribe to a library of videos and clips that are all specific totheir subject category.

Correlated to the curriculum guidelines in each province, we havematched outcomes with our videos to create subject-specificresources.

Teachers and students are able to quickly find the learning segmentthey need that matches each province's curriculum outcomes. Eachof the Access Learning Collections have the same functionality ofthe larger AccessLearning.com service, but also include the ability toview your search lists with a variety of parameters includingProduction Year, Language of the Production and the Country ofOrigin for the video titles.

Each Access Learning Collection contains some of the latest andbest video resources available today with new titles added on aregular basis. We have the content you need, when you need it, andat a price every school can afford.

Collections are individually priced from $395. to $995.

INDIVIDUALCOLLECTIONSAS LOW AS$395


collections


A Science focused set of over 1,000 video titles and over 8,000learning elements, with provincial curriculum correlations, from theAccess Learning collection. Subject categories contained withinAccess Science include:

• Agriculture• Anatomy• Astronomy• Biology• Chemistry• Earth Science

• Ecology• Energy• Food• Geology• Life Sciences• Meteorology

• Oceanography• Physics• Speed• Technology

A Social Studies focused set of over 1,000 video titles and over 8,000learning elements, with provincial curriculum correlations, from theAccess Learning collection. Subject categories contained withinAccess Social Studies include:

• Anthropology• Careers• Criminology• Economics• Environment• Family

• Geography• History• Human Behaviour• International• People• Religion

• Sociology• Transportation• Technology• World History

A Math focused set of over 240 video titles and over 1,000learning elements, with provincial curriculum correlations, fromthe Access Learning collection. Subject categories containedwithin Access Math include:

• Algebra• Applied

Mathematics• Arithmetic• Calculus• Formulas

• Functions• Geometry• History• Measurement• Number Sense• Patterns

• Probability• Process Skills• Statistics

An English and Languages focused set of over 400 video titles andover 2,000 learning elements, with provincial curriculum correlations,from the Access Learning collection. Subject categories containedwithin Access English And Languages include:

• Creative Writing• English• French• Grammar• Handwriting• Journalism

• Literature• Process Skills• Reading• Spanish• Speech • Story Telling

• Vocabulary• Writing

(composition)


collections


A Business focused set of over 600 video titles and over 3,000learning elements, with provincial curriculum correlations, from theAccess Learning collection. Subject categories contained withinAccess Business include:

• Business Management

• Economic Growth• Government• Hospitality• Internet

• InformationTechnology

• Legal Contracts• Market Research• Marketing• People

• Social and Ethical Issues

• Tourism• Workplace Safety

A Technology focused set of over 300 video titles and over 2,000learning elements, with provincial curriculum correlations, from theAccess Learning collection. Subject categories contained withinAccess Technology include:

• Automotive Design: CAD-CAM

• Computers in Art• Design • Technology & IT• Electronics• Engineering and

Architecture• Internet• Manufacturing• Media• Multimedia• Networks and

Security

• Safety and Designin Technology

• Social Impacts• Software• Textiles, Clothing

& Fashion

An Arts focused set of over 1,000 video titles and over 8,000 learningelements, with provincial curriculum correlations, from the AccessLearning collection. Subject categories contained within Access TheArts include:

• Architecture• Art Therapy• Computers in Art• Contemporary

Conceptual Art• Dance

• Drama• Drawing• Film• Greek Mythology• History• Music

• Photography• Sports• Technology• The Media• Theater Arts• Visual Arts

A Health and Physical Education focused set of over 1,500 videotitles and over 7,000 learning elements, with provincial curriculumcorrelations, from the Access Learning collection. Subject categoriescontained within Access Health and Physical Education include:

• Aging• Alcohol• Body Systems and

Senses• Cancer• Consumer Health• Death and dying

• Disease• Drugs• Environmental

Health• Family life• Health Care• Medications

• Mental Health• Nutrition• Physical Fitness• Safety• Technology• Teeth


access stem

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Learn More

Teachers are asked to have lessons that are engaging and relevant,cross-curricular, focus on 21st century skills, differentiate learning,incorporate non-fiction reading and writing and provide anauthentic assessment of their students' understanding. We see thisas the core fundamental of what STEM education is all about andAccess STEM achieves this type of learning.

How do we do this?

Access STEM combines a number of different content types thataccentuate the educational strategies of STEM education. Real-World Videos set the stage for each lesson by showing the practicalapplication of educational concepts within a company/industry.Performance Tasks built around the specific job/industry ask thestudents to apply the knowledge learned in real worldunpredictable situations. Literacy Tasks ask students to read,synthesize and write informative and/or position papers around thereal world career based topic.

Real-World Videos

Access STEM’s unique real-world videos are specifically designed topromote the relevant connections between college and careers toeducational concepts. We highlight various different jobs from manydifferent industries depicting how workers are using math, languagearts, science and technology in their job. By interviewing a diversegroup with varying types of educational backgrounds which allowsstudents to see a road map to a specific job and the skills sets thatare needed to achieve their goal.

Performance Tasks

Access STEM’s Performance Tasks are built from the “UnderstandingBy Design” framework and presents a real-world problem within thecontext of a career/industry. The career based videos frame the task,which allows the students to see the task through the career lens.Each Task contains The Big Idea, Essential Questions and learningoutcomes which outlines what will align with the learning in the Task.

Literacy Tasks

Access STEM's literacy tasks are designed for students in grades 3-12. The tasks are developed to promote high-quality studentassignments that develop reading, writing, and thinking skills in thecontext of learning science, history, English, social studies, and othersubjects. Informational and argumentative tasks are providedaligned with a career based video and a performance task.

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real-World Concepts. Project-Based Learning.


intelecom

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The Intelecom Online resources network is a fully-hosted and searchable learning object repository designed to meetthe growing demand for rich media support of online, hybrid and face-to-face classes at the post-secondary level.It builds on best practices in content delivery and search logic to offer a reliable "streaming-as-a-service" content solutionthat is simple, affordable and easy to use.

The Intelecom Online resources network

ADULT BASIC EDUCATIONComprehensive Adult BasicEducation collectionincludes all 61 original videosfrom the nationally-recognizedseries Crossroads Café, OnCommon Ground, MadisonHeights and Lifelines.

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESVisually-rich segments coveringthe biology curriculum withemphasis on cell biology,micro-organisms, early historyof life, and major groups ofliving things.

DEVELOPMENTAL MATHCore collection of basic mathvideo clips for pre-collegefundamental anddevelopmental math classes.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESContent focusing ongovernmental processes,hazardous materials, ecology,occupational safety, wastestream management and more.

HEALTHCovering a range of criticalhealth issues such as addictions,STDs, managed care, cancer,heart disease, nutrition, stress,death and dying, and more.

HISTORYA comprehensive collection ofvideo clips covering U.S. Historyfrom early exploration and theestablishment of the Colonies,to the age of globalization.

BUSINESSThe Business collection offersvideo clips on such key topics asmanagement, entrepreneureducation, business law,business mathematics andmore.

OCEANOGRAPHYCross-disciplinary segmentscovering the marineenvironment as a unique andimportant part of life on earth.Topics including plate tectonics,hurricanes and more.

PHILOSOPHYCore curriculum clips andlessons offering an in-depthanalysis of the wisdom of theWestern world using writings ofpast philosophers and expertinterviews from preeminentscholars and philosophers.

POLITICAL SCIENCEA comprehensive and up-to-date collection of segmentsaddressing key political sciencetopics, both historic andcontemporary, and featuringleading scholars.

PSYCHOLOGYInterviews with researchers, richgraphics and animations, andreal-life case studies introducekey concepts and principles andprovide an up-to-date look atthe evolving science ofpsychology.

SOCIOLOGYContent covering key topicssuch as gender stratification,education, aging, work and theeconomy, groups andorganizations, deviance, socialmovements, and more.

CollectionLicensingas low as$1500

CORE COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE


accelerate

Accelerate is the Standard Deviants approach to an online learning environment that is anything but standard! Accelerate provides creativethinking questions, group activities, immediate feedback to students, and meets the goals of 21st century earning. Add all new content plus

differentiated instruction, grade reporting, RTI alerts, editable grading rubrics, a virtual locker for students and a dash of irreverence and you'vegot Standard Deviants Accelerate. Each module contains object-based learning for a full year's worth of curriculum.

2012 / 2013 ACCELERATE SUBJECTS NOW AVAILABLE

A web-based platform for online learning

BIOLOGY1. Molecules & Cells2. Heredity & Inheritance3. Molecular Genetics4. Evolutionary Biology5. Organisms & Populations6. Human Physiology &

Immune Response

CHEMISTRY1. Atomic Theory & Structure2. Bonds & Molecular Structure3. States of Matter4. Solutions5. Acids & Bases6. Chemical Reactions &

Equilibrium7. Stoichiometry

EARTH SCIENCE1. Earth’s Place in the Universe2. Investigating Earth’s Past3. Restless Earth4. Mountains, Volcanoes &

Earthquakes5. Earth’s Changing Surface6. Energetic Earth7. Atmosphere & Oceans8. Earth Cycles & conservation

ALGEBRA1. Foundations of Algebra2. Functions3. Algebra Mechanics4. Linear Equations5. Linear Inequalities6. Polynomials & Factoring7. Quadratic Equations

ENGLISH COMP1. Analyzing Writing2. Strategies & Style3. Organization & Structu re4. Rhetoric & Writing5. Research, Drafting & Citing6. Free Writing

FUNDAMENTAL MATH1. Beyond Multiplication &

Division2. Working with Fractions &

Decimals3. Measurements & Ratios4. Angles, Polygons & Circles5. Coordinate Geometry6. Gathering & Understanding

Data7. Problem-Solving Skills

NUTRITION1. Intro: Cells & Macronutrients2. What Your Body Does with

Food3. The Food Spectrum4. Micronutrients: Vitamins,

Minerals & Water5. Preventing Nutritional

Nutritional Disorders6. Eating in Context7. Where Does Your

Food Come From?

ARITHMETIC1. Whole Numbers & the

Number Line2. Addition & Subtraction3. Multiplying Whole Numbers4. Dividing Whole Numbers5. Understanding Decimals6. Understanding Fractions7. Lines, Shapes & Sizes8. Measurement9. Patterns & Graphics

PERSONALIZEDTEACHER MODULES

AS LOW AS$495



jobs people doyour Best Link to Education & Career Information

A dynamic and constantly updated service which allows schoolcounsellors to have a resource that is driven by visual informationabout jobs that students are looking for. Students can take a careerquiz highlighting their skills and aptitudes for some possible areas forcareers, and then they look through the 2-3 minute long job videos tofind something that might interest them. Job Profiles give themdetailed information about the jobs themselves, and then a list of allthe post-secondary educational schools across Canada allows themto start planning. Student-written editorials and resume buildingtemplates round out a robust resource for students.

The JobsPeopleDo.com site and accompanying social media hookswere designed with the students in mind, so that they will continueto use JobsPeopleDo.com as their career reference, without beingadministrative or text heavy. It does this while maintaining the solidbenefits that the school career/pathway counsellors need in order tohelp do their work better and more efficiently.

JobsPeopleDo FEATURES

• Over 600 job videos with direct links to faculty programs• Over 400 job profiles, complete with salary ranges and rates of pay• Personal Career Quizzes• Resume building templates• Student life editorials written by students• Campus life tips and insights• Volunteering and Environmental Information• Scholarship information and links

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SCHOOLPRICINGAS LOW AS$199


clickview


ClickView SOFTWAREA simple and complete solution for watchingdigital video and other digital media withina school. The ClickView player and librarymanager work together to provide acomplete and simple managed mediaplatform.

ClickView PLAYERClickView Player allows teachers andstudents to watch videos in the classroomwithout the need of AV equipment, DVDs ortapes. They can easily control the videoplayback and learn at a pace that suits thembest. ClickView Player can also accessimages, podcasts, audio files, PowerPointpresentations and resources such as worksheets and teacher guides.

ClickView LIBRARY MANAGERIn order to manage all the digital content,ClickView Library Manager gives yourLibrarian or AV Staff complete control ofyour resources. This software allows you tomanage, customise and monitor use of allthe digital resources within the school.Along with managing your videos, ClickViewLibrary Manager contains many useful toolsto help you add a variety of digital mediainto your ClickView library.

ClickView FEATURES

Digital Video RecorderClickView Library Manager supports videoediting. This means you can add your ownvideo content your ClickView library. TheClickView DVR has editing software thatallows you to easily remove unwantedfootage from your video.

Export to PowerPointDemonstrate your point visually by addingvideo snippets to PowerPoint presentationsand Word docs. Simply right click on thechapter title of the video you want to use,select the 'Export to PowerPoint' option andselect your start and end points - it's easy.

SchoolBagAny video or resource in your ClickViewlibrary can be saved onto a USB drive andtaken home by students. Teachers can assignhomework using the Lesson Manager andstudents then save the lesson and take ithome to complete. Students access thelesson using ClickView Player.

Usage ReportThe Usage Report is able to give youdetailed and specific information about theuse of content in your ClickView library.Teachers and librarians can monitor whatstudents are accessing to make sure thatassignments and homework are being completed.

ClickView LibraryThe ClickView library is housed on a singlecomputer server within the institution andcan be accessed by any other computer onthe school’s network. The library can consistof the schools own resources, or subscribedresources such as from the ClickView DigitalVideo Library or Distribution Access digitaltitles.

LMS IntegrationClickView integrates with most web basedLearning Management Systems (LMSs),allowing the use of digital video ineducational institution websites for offcampus access to your ClickView library.

Media Management Software

SCHOOLPRICINGAS LOW AS$995


Distribution Access, Access Learning,Clickview and Jobs People Do

are all divisions of Magic Lantern Media Inc.

2 Pardee Avenue, Suite 102, Toronto, ON M6K 3H5

For more informationvisit www.MagicLanternMedia.com

or call 1.866.999.5292


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