National Film Board
ERAC has established a ground-breaking agreement with the National Film Board (NFB) to provide, as part of your ERAC Membership, access to the NFB’s online collection of French and English Canadian films.
The NFB recently created The Online Screening Room specifically for teachers. This collection of 1,000 films, clips and trailers is growing by the week as the NFB is constantly adding more content. The NFB site also includes teachers' study guides and lesson plans for many of the films available through this agreement. Over the next year, ERAC will work with the NFB to enhance the educational aspects of the site. It will add features to make it easier for teachers to search and find clips or films that align with specific grades and BC curriculum.
The NFB has created a new way to access their information and features. It’s as easy as 1-2-3. 1. Create profile, 2. Register to CAMPUS, and 3. Go to the Welcome Page. Their newly launched CAMPUS Screening Room offers “super easy-to-use” education tools, as well as simple on-line access to a large collection. To get going, check out there “Quick Start Sheet” by clicking here.
ERAC renews agreement with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
ERAC members will continue to enjoy access to public performance rights for the rich NFB streamed video collection of more than 1,700 French and English films, clips and trailers at no additional charge. This ERAC/NFB agreement gives ERAC members the right to access and use the NFB's growing streaming service which continues to expand with:
- New functions including grade level and curriculum links
- Educational thematic playlists
- 3D creations
- Interactive productions
- Educational websites with thematic playlists
- iPhone application
- iPad applications will be available shortly
The NFB plans to add more features -- such as MARC records and online workshops to the site shortly.
The NFB continues to add more films to its streamed service. Some of the recent additions include:
- Waterlife Interactive
- Science Please Part 1 & 2
- Air - Climate
- Le Noeud Cravate
- The Girl Who Hated Books
- Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence
- Higglety Piggelty Pop
- The Necktie
- Cure for Love
Details
Starting July 1, 2010 ERAC will provide its member districts and independent schools public performance rights for the NFB's collection of films, clips and trailers offered through it's the NFB's Online Screening Room. The NFB's titles are accessible from the front page of its website www.nfb.ca. Districts and schools should include a link to the NFB site www.nfb.ca on their home page and resource list sites, so that teachers and students can easily access the collection.
To explore educational resources scroll down the front page of the NFB website and click on the right-hand side "Education" link, or look for the Educational Icon:
Teachers' study guides and lesson plans for many of the NFB's films are available in its Educational Resources section.
Where Can I Get More Information?
For further information about this agreement please contact ERAC at 604-713-5920 or by email at info@bcerac.ca.
