• Accreditation
• Child Care/Early Education
• Citing Sources
• Colleges
• Copyright
• Distance Education
• Education
• Financial Aid
• GED
• Grant Writing
• Information Literacy
• Instruction
• Libraries
• Scholarships
• Study Guides

Accreditation

• Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities - Official web site of the accrediting body in our area. Contains the accreditation standards online.

Bates Technical College

• Bates Technical College - The official web site of the first public college in Washington State to offer career training guarantee.

Child Care/Early Education

• Alliance on Early Childhood Finance an advocacy organization. Many useful links.
• Center for the Childcare Workforce - “ A project of the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation . ” Links to wage and training information, reports, newsletters, and more.
• Doing What Works.
• National Center for the Education of Young Children Advocacy information; accreditation information; links to many national organizations.
• National Child Care Information Center - A project of the Child Care Bureau , a U.S. government agency. Information on early literacy, childcare funding, care for children with disabilities, etc.
• Project New Media Literacies.
• Washington Scholarships for Child Care Professionals - Scholarships for childcare providers in Washington.

Citing Sources

• EasyBib.com - An online source for creating an MLA-style bibliography.
• Microsoft Word 2007 - Instructions for creating a biliography with Word 2007.
• Research and Documentation Online - Explanations and many model citations, from Diana Hacker. 
• Son of Citation Machine - Fill in the blanks, for citations in MLA or APA style.
• Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). 
• WorldCat  - Generates citations to books, articles, videos, etc., in choice of styles.

Colleges

• Bates Technical College - The first public college in Washington State to offer a career education guarantee.
• College NET
• Community and Technical Colleges - Links to web sites for community and technical colleges in Washington State.
• State Board for Community and Technical Colleges - Responsible for coordinating community and technical colleges (including Bates) in Washington State.

Copyright

• Copyright Management Center, Indiana University - Fair Use Checklist and more.
• Copyright Slider -A digital gauge, to help determine the copyright status of a published work. From the American Library Association
• GGMARK.COM
• Digital Scholarship and Publishing Center, North Carolina State University - Information and tutorials.
• Stanford University Libraries Copyright & Fair Use
• University of Rochester Copyright Clearance and Fair Use
• University of Texas System Digital Library: Copyright Tutorial
• U.S. Copyright Office - Official web site of U.S. Copyright Office located at the Library of Congress. Searchable database of its online copyright files.

Distance Education

• Best Practices in Online Teaching - Online tutorial.
• Connexions - Offers "educational materials for everyone — from children to college students to professionals" on subjects ranging from music to engineering.
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 403 - Deals with Distance Education.
• Distance-Educator.com -  Includes weekly news reports.
• Distance Learning: Key Terms You Might Want to Know - From the U.S. Distance Learning Association.
• Handbook of Distance Education for Adult Learners - Third edition, 2004.
• Instructional Strategies for Online Classes - From the Illinois Online Network.
• International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning - An open-access, refereed e-journal.
• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) - "searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials."
• MIT Open Courseware - The "course materials that are used in the teaching of almost all MIT’s undergraduate and graduate subjects."
• Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008 - From the Sloan Consortium.
• Technology and Distance Learning - From the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Dept. of Education.
• Web Accessibility Initiative - "Strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities."

Early Education -- See Child Care/Early Education; Education)

Education (See also Child Care/Early Education)

• Building the Legacy -- Information on the Individuals with Disabilites Education Act (IDEA) of 2004, from the U.S. Dept. of Education
• CAST - Information on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), including curriculum self-check, model UDL lesson plans, UDL guidelines, etc.
• Certification - Information on K-12 teacher certification in Washington
• Condition of Education 2009 - Annual publication of  the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics;  300+ pages of data
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSER) - Part of U. S. Dept. of Education
• Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
• ERIC - The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded national information system about education-related issues.
• Inspiring Teachers.
• Learn Out Loud.
• Peterson's - Bills itself as the Education Super Site. Contains information about selecting education providers and how to finance your education.
• Project New Media Literacies.
• U.S. Department of Education - Education, Vocational
• National Center for Research in Vocational Education

Financial Aid (See also Scholarships)

• Bates Technical College, Financial Aid Office
• FAFSA - Official web site for completing the US Dept. of Educations online financial aid form. The ID number for Bates Technical College is 012259. The form takes about one hour to complete. If you have problems completing the form, contact the College's Financial Aid Office at (253) 680-7020 from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. You can also call 1-800-801-0576 for questions or problems with completing the online form.
• Fast Web - Scholarship database.
• Federal Student Financial Assistance - Information on funding your education.
• Pacific Northwest Scholarship Guide
• Paying for College - From the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board.
• Student Guide - Covers the U.S. Department of Education's major aid programs, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and PLUS Loans.

GED

• Gedpractice.com- Steck-Vaughn web site to help you with the types of items you will see on the actual GED test.
• Spanish GED Resources - This site, from Portland Community College, is "designed to provide the student with support to prepare and study for the five subject areas included in the GED in Spanish exam: mathematics, literature, essay writing, natural sciences and social science."

Grant Writing

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance provides access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.Grant Writing Guides - A grant-writing guide for non-profit organizations.
• Grants.Gov - Information on more than 1,000 grant programs.

Information Literacy

• Bare Bones - An outstanding tutorial about finding and using Internet sources. Includes a comparison of features of popular search engines.
• Big6.com - Official web site of the Big6™ process, as developed by Michael Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz.
• The Info Game - From Austin (TX) Community College.
• IRIS - Information and research tutorial for technical and community colleges.
• Research 101 - An excellent -- and extensive -- tutorial, from the University of Washington.
• TILT - An interactive information literacy tutorial, from the University of Texas.

Instruction

• Connexions - Offers "educational materials for everyone — from children to college students to professionals" on subjects ranging from music to engineering.

Libraries

• American Library Association - Official web site of the largest US library association.
• Clover Park Technical College Library
• Internet Public Library - A virtual library with links to lots of reference sources sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information.
• King County Library System - Official web site of the King County (Public) Library System.
• Libdex - Index of library home pages throughout the U.S. and their online catalogs.
• Libraries in Washington - Searchable directory of all the libraries in Washington State with links to the libraries online catalogs and web sites.
• Library of Congress - Official web site for the US national library.
• National Library of Medicine - Official web site for the National Library of Medicine.
• Pierce College Library
• Pierce County Library - Official web site of Pierce County (Public) Library District.
• Puyallup Public Library - Official web site of the Puyallup Public Library.
• Seattle Public Library - Official web site of the Seattle Public Library.
• Tacoma Community College Library
• Tacoma Public Library - Official web site of the Tacoma Public Library.
• Timberland Regional Library - Official web site of the Timberland Regional (Public) Library.
• Washington Library Association - Official web site for the largest library association in Washington State.
• Washington State Library - Official web site for the Washington State Library.
• Wayfinder - Statewide library catalog.
• WorldCat – Find out which libraries own the item you want; generate citations to books, articles, etc.

Library Instruction -- See Information Literacy

Scholarships (See Financial Aid)

Study Skills

• Helpful Study Skills Links - Time management, note taking, test taking, etc. Compiled by the University of St. Thomas.
• How to Study - Tips and resources to help improve your organizational and study skills, from Chemeketa Community College, in Oregon.
• SQ3R: Increasing Your Retention of Written Information - From Mind Tools.
• Study Guides and Strategies - Study guides for testing, reading, writing, classroom participation, etc. Guides are available in a variety of languages. 
• Study Skills: Seven Steps to More Effective Studying - Textbook-study strategy, vocabulary improvement, etc.