Shows what topics are the most popular.

Do not see the topic you would like? Ask! Given enough time I can present on almost anything.

Most of these topics are designed to be one hour talking head sessions. However, I offer half, full and multi-day training on many of these topics.

 

Desktop Publishing and Document Management

• Adobe InDesign
• Creating .pdf files with Acrobat
  
  

Digital Photography

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Adobe Lightroom
• GIMP. Editing photos using the free and open source application GIMP
• Photo Editing 101 and audience requests
• Photo Editing 202 and audience requests
• Help! I have too many digital pictures.
• Photo Editing and Organization
• Advanced Photo Editing and Organization
• The Good, Bad and The Ugly. Taking Good Digital Pictures

  A very fun slideshow that displays how to take better pictures with anything from a point and shoot camera to a high end digital SLR.
  

Hodge Podge

• Using Scanners, Digital Cameras and Digital Video Cameras Effectively
  

Just For Fun

• A Gadgets Freaks Favorite Gadgets
• All About MP3, Digital Audio and Podcasting
• The iPhone and iPod Touch Application class

  This class is designed to accomplish three things. Introduce non iPhone users to the phone and Touch, show and demonstrate some of the top applications and collaborate with other people in the session to find out their favorite applications and how they are using them, etc. iPod touch owners can take advantage of this class as well, but, phone and gps features will not apply to them.

• MMORPG. what is it and how can it help students in the classroom

• This is a class that grew from a request from a conference coordinator and is quickly becoming a popular choice by many of my customers. Using World of Warcraft as the demonstration vehicle, attendees will see the basics of an MMORPG so they will be able to discuss it with their students. They will also learn how to apply the learning's of MMORPG's into their classroom environment. Consider MMORPG's the new Sim City!
• Game Night!
  • Looking for a fun nighttime activity for your attendees? Set some machines up with original arcade games like Donkey Kong or higher end games like World of Warcraft. I have hosted a few game nights already and they have proven to be a big hit.
    
    

Suite Software

• Adobe Creative Suite 3
• iLife
• Adobe Digital School Collection
  (Photoshop Elements / Premiere Elements / Acrobat and Contribute)

 

Web 2.0 / Social Networking

• Web 2.0 and you
  • This class goes over Blogs, Wikis, Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds and more focusing on education and how the educator can use these tools to expand their social and professional network while gathering important educational resources.
    
    
• The Web 2.0 You might not know about
  
  
  • This class goes beyond blog's and wikis and shows you some of the unsung cool Web 2.0 sites as well as some hidden features in today's most popular 2.0 sites. This presentation is half personal productivity half education applicable.
    
    
• Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter!
  
  
  • This class is for Twitter newbies and veterans. The class will start with an overview of Twitter and why it has become such a powerful collaboration tool. We will then talk about ways Twitter has been used in Education to enhance real word classroom activities as well as talk about the role Twitter is playing in today's media society. Once we have gotten everyone understanding Twitter we will talk about some of the many additional applications you can use to enhance your Twitter experience. The class will conclude with a birds of a feather discussion about some of the most popular people places and things to follow on Twitter.
    
    
• The Web 2.0 world of Google

 

Web Graphic Creation / Graphic Creation

• Using Adobe Photoshop
• Using Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Using Adobe Illustrator
• Using Adobe Fireworks
• Using a Scanner and Digital Camera for your Website or Publications
• Creating .pdf files with Acrobat
• Adding Web Multimedia using Adobe Flash
  
  

Web Page Creation

• Creating Web Pages using Adobe Go Live
• Creating Web Pages using Adobe Dreamweaver
• Creating Web Pages using Microsoft Word
• Creating online forms
  
  

Website Management

• Setting up and implementing Macromedia Contribute
• Managing your school or district Website
• A step by step plan to starting your website
• How to get people to give you content for your site
• Updating your site without html
  
  

Video

• iMovie
• Movieworks
• Adobe Premiere
• Adobe Premiere Elements
• Adobe Visual Communicator
• Final Cut Pro