The electronic translation service is hosted by Google Translate. The quality of the translation will vary in some of the languages offered by Google. Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 50 languages, although an impressive number, this does not capture all languages or dialects. The basic translation’s goal is to capture the general intention of the original English material.
The Vancouver School Board does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any translated information. Before you act on translated information, the Division encourages you to confirm any facts that are important to you and affect any decisions you may make.
The Vancouver School Board is committed to parent, family and community engagement, and it is our hope that by providing this tool on our website that we are making our information more accessible to families whose first language is not English and thereby enabling better engagement in public education.
Our “digital library” (Collingwood’s library catalogue and the VSB’s electronic resources) can be accessed online from any computer that has internet access. For password information please ask in the office and you will be provided with an information sheet.
Databases, eBooks and Videos
The Vancouver School Board provides all students with access to a “digital library” filled with databases, e-books, and video services. (A database is an organized collection of information; an e-book is an electronic book). Students can find information to do research and complete assignments, read and interact with e-books, and watch educational videos.
Some electronic resources we have access to are:
·BookFlix
·Starfall
·World Book
·Biography in Context
·The Province
·The Canadian Encyclopedia
·KnowBC.com
·History Channel
·NFB (National Film Board of Canada)
IF YOU REQUIRE MORE INFORMATION PLEASE ASK THE OFFICE OR IN THE LIBRARY.