EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Locate information on education, training, and to learn basic skills.
Learn New Skills: Education and Training
Career OneStop: Education and Training: Resources to plan your education
Elevate America: Brush up on your technology skills from Microsoft. Designed for students, technical professionals, and entrepreneurs.
Georgia Work Ready Certification Program: Information to become certified as Work Ready in the state of Georgia.
Microsoft Office Free Training Programs: Learn a variety of Microsoft Office programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Access. Training programs are available for Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007.
Georgia Colleges and Universities
CollegeBound.net: Research colleges and universities in Georgia or around the world, discover popular college majors, and more.
GACollege411: Information on high school planning, college planning, financial aid planning, and career planning. Designed for middle school students, high school students, college students, parents, and adult learners.
Georgia.gov: Colleges and Universities: Information on applying for college, Georgia's college savings plan, a map of Georgia' public colleges and universities, information on Georgia's technical colleges, and more.
Georgia Colleges and Universities with Distance Learning Information on taking college courses online, from the comfort of your own computer!
Technical College System of Georgia: Information on Georgia's technical colleges.
USG Institutions: Explore the colleges and universities that belong to the University System of Georgia.
Resources for Teachers
Adolescent Literacy: Provides information on classroom strategies and adolescent literacy studies for teachers.
EasyBib: Provides handouts for MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles. Ideal for teachers, parents, and students.
For Teachers: This website provides helpful information for teachers, including how to organize instruction and working with school administrators. Includes free lesson plans, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
GALILEO: Education: Search for educational information using educational databases provided by GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online).
Teachers' Educational Resources: From USA.gov, helpful information for teachers including environmental resources for teachers, school enrollment data, and a reference center.
Teacher Resources: Teacher resources from Scholastic.com, including lesson plans, resources divided by grade level, and printable information.
TeachNet: This website contains curriculum ideas and teacher grant opportunities. It also encourages teachers in the areas of leadership, mentoring, and policy-making.
Tools and Ideas: From the National Education Association, this website contains helpful tools and ideas for teachers, including lesson plans, classroom management, and classroom tips.
Technology Resources for Library Users
Comptuer Basics Tutorial: Learn how to start a computer, arrange icons on the desktop, and how to protect your computer from viruses.
GCF Mousing Tutorial: Learn to use a mouse, including how to hold the mouse and how to roll over objects using a mouse.
Mousing Tutorial: From the Palm Beach County Library System in Florida, an interactive tutorial that helps you learn to use a mouse.
Peter's Online Typing Course: Introductory free online typing courses.
Typing Web: An online typing tutor. Choose from beginning, intermediate, advanced, or specialty typing courses.
Other Education and Training Resources
Decatur County Board of Education
Miller County Board of Education
Seminole County Board of Education |
