Archipelago Learning licenses ITN Source and Education Clip Library content to aid learning online

Study Island will, as part of the upcoming Version 3 (v3) enhancements, be providing Lesson Plans and videos for teaching various concepts. As part of this tremendous new feature our parent company, Archipelago Learning made this announcement:

New York, November 30, 2009

ITN Source, a division of UK news production company ITN and the world’s largest provider of archive video footage, has signed a deal with Archipelago Learning. ITN Source will provide content to Archipelago Learning’s Study Island product, a leading online standards-based assessment, instruction, practice, and test preparation program for the U.S. K-12 educational market.

Under the agreement ITN Source will provide hundreds of clips from its archive and the division’s Education Clip Library product, a unique online portal of rich educationally-contextualized video learning objects. Education Clip Library is specifically aimed at educational publishers and curriculum content providers who are looking to augment their educational products with inspiring video content to address multiple learning styles.

In recent years, video has begun to find its way into schools beyond cable and DVDs, and ITN Source and Archipelago Learning are expanding this trend. US Department of Labor studies show information retention is significantly greater when lessons are presented both visually and orally. Reports confirm that up to 65% can be retained from a presentation using visual and oral tools versus an expected 10% from a standalone oral discussion. In addition, many teachers are too pressed for time and cannot show an entire video during each class. However, online video products enable teachers to show two-minute clips that illustrate or reinforce what they are teaching.

“Today’s students are more media and tech savvy than ever and we recognize the opportunity to add education tools that are presented in a medium which appeals to students’ visual and oral attention,” said Cathy Caldwell, Vice President, Publishing. “We’ve signed on with ITN Source for access to hundreds of clips through the Education Clip Library, which covers a broad range of subjects for different educational stages. We’re excited to have this education-focused content in our hands, helping bring digital technology that students are familiar with to their school life and enable enhanced teaching methodologies.”

Nan Halperin, Business Development Manager for Education of ITN Source said: “Archipelago Learning is such an exciting and fast growing organization and we’re delighted to be working with them. The agreement is unique in that not only will they use educationally contextualized material from Education Clip Library but will also have access to our one million hours of rich archive footage spanning three centuries. Our goal is to help transform educator tools for the 21st century. By partnering with Archipelago Learning we’re making our concept of video learning a reality in the US.”

For further information please contact:
John Nolan, ITN Source, 00 44 207 430 4216
Email: John.Nolan@itnsource.com

About ITN Source
ITN Source, a division of the UK’s leading independent news production company ITN, is the gateway to over one million hours of iconic broadcast footage and creative moving imagery captured over three centuries. From news to drama, celebrity, comedy, music, wildlife, natural history and film, to an inspirational stock footage section.

ITN Source represents the world’s largest and most diverse catalogue of moving image libraries including, Reuters, ITN, ITV, UTV, ANI, Channel 9 News (Australia), Fox Movietone, and other specialist collections.

A digital leader in the archive industry, ITNSource.com offers customers the convenience of preview, licensing and download of broadcast quality content at the touch of a button. ITN Source also operates educationcliplibrary.com, featuring educationally focused clips aimed at publishers and broadcasters globally. It also runs Diagonal-View.com, a consumer facing offering packaging quirky clips for partners such as YouTube, MSN and MySpace attracting over 30m views monthly.
With headquarters in London, ITN Source has sales offices in New York, Paris, Sydney and Tokyo. For further information, visit www.itnsource.com

About Education Clip Library
Owned by ITN Source, Education Clip Library is a unique digital service of video teaching materials for global educational publishers and broadcasters who are looking to add inspiring video content to instructional programs.

Education Clip Library offers over 5,000 educational clips serving the primary and secondary school sectors, offering educational publishers and broadcasters access to a unique library of clips, taken mainly from high-quality television news and feature programs or original production clip material.
All subjects for ages 4 to 19 are covered, at each educational stage. Whether it’s modeling handwriting for very young children, understanding the reasons behind a tsunami, or watching Dr. Martin Luther King lead the march from Selma – the Education Clip Library has all the video content, and more, to bring lessons to life.

About Archipelago Learning
Study Island is owned and operated by Archipelago Learning, LLC, a leading subscription-based online education company that provides standards-based instruction, practice, assessments and productivity tools that improve the performance of educators and students via proprietary web-based platforms. Study Island, the core product line, helps students in Kindergarten through 12th grade master grade level academic standards in a fun and engaging manner. For more information, please visit www.studyisland.com and www.archipelagolearning.com. Archipelago Learning, LLC is headquartered in Dallas, TX.