The following are some of my favorite web sites and an explanation of why I like them and how they could be helpful to you.

Web Monkey is a a fabulous reference site. It has everything a web designer would need including an HTML cheatsheet, websafe color charts, special characters HTML code, style sheet guide, javascript library, and more. It even has tutorials for different skill levels of designers. This is a good site to book mark.

Killer Sites is a great way site for beginning web developers. It has video tutorials on web design and even one on how to get started in Dreamweaver. It also has links to helpful sites such as a spam blocker, domain registration, and monitoring your website. There is a web template shop with a huge assortment of templates that are interactive flash sites.

Codecs 101 explains the different video codeces that are available. You have to bear in mind that this information is coming from Microsoft and will be slanted towards Media Player. However to be fair, putting your video in a Windows Media format is a safe bet because most of your audience will be able to view your video. It also explains processing video in Producer which is a the best way to present educational offline content.

W3C Markup Validator will check your web pages for levels of accessibility which is very important when you are designing for educational mediums. You put in the web address and it will let you know how your page rates according to the World Wide Web Consortium.

The W3C is the official web accessibility standard regulator and is also a helpful site to visit if you are trying to understand how the accessibility standards work and how you can keep your sites compliant. It goes into detail about the different levels of compliance and how you can design to accomplish these goals.

Validate the HTML Code at Net Mechanic. This link is to the free try it site. You can type in the web adress to your site to check for code errors. This is very helpful when you are designing any type of web site.