With 7000+ hours of in-class and remote teaching experience, I have taught everything from semester long college classes to hour, day, and week long seminars on a variety of applications and topics.
I have taught a variety of subjects and software applications including:
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BOOTCAMPS - Dec 2010 – Present
With the rise of bootcamps, I have been regularly employed teaching web development part-time for a number of organizations including: Austin Coding Academy, Hello World, General Assembly, Consulting Solutions, and New York Code & Design Academy. Additionally, I taught a few hours a month at Techshop, a international chain of maker spaces.
MULTIMEDIA ENTERPRISE, INC. - Jan 2004 – October 2008
I taught week-long seminar style classes at this Adobe and Macromedia certified training facility. The classes (Photoshop, Flash, Director) in multimedia production served industry professionals and military clientele.
It was fun work, the pay was good, and the students were very motivated.
As the economy started to slide, flying a team of people out for training was no longer cost effective. The classes, which filled regularly in the beginning, tapered off towards the end.
It was fun work, the pay was good, and the students were very motivated.
As the economy started to slide, flying a team of people out for training was no longer cost effective. The classes, which filled regularly in the beginning, tapered off towards the end.
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Sept 2000 – May 2003
This initial position had very specific requirements. It was a survey class, essentially the same class I taught at A.I.L., and the instructor needed to know Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and Macromedia Director. I was the man. The class went smoothly and my student surveys came back very positive. They added an advanced programming class, and I taught there for 3 years during the dot.com bust.
Eventually, they dropped the classes from the line up shifting their interactive focus to Macromedia Flash and the web, and I went back to commercial interactive development as the web space was rebounding.
Eventually, they dropped the classes from the line up shifting their interactive focus to Macromedia Flash and the web, and I went back to commercial interactive development as the web space was rebounding.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING - Aug 1993 – June 1995
A.I.L. was a non-profit whose goal is to help high school drop-outs get their G.E.D. and provide some level of job training and placement. A bright fellow named Dewey Winburne helped A.I.L. secure a grant with the aim of bridging what was just then being called 'the digital divide'. Helping low income 'at risk' youth get trained in skills to work in the exploding field of multimedia and CD-Rom production.
It was a great job, and I was in a perfect position to learn about all things in digital media. In these days before the web arrived, all forms of traditional media production were beginning to move to the desktop computer. Our 40 megahertz computers were starting to take the place of the printing press, the film edit bench and a sound editing console. Everything was going through a 'paradigm shift' and the CD-Rom was going to change the world.
It was a great job, and I was in a perfect position to learn about all things in digital media. In these days before the web arrived, all forms of traditional media production were beginning to move to the desktop computer. Our 40 megahertz computers were starting to take the place of the printing press, the film edit bench and a sound editing console. Everything was going through a 'paradigm shift' and the CD-Rom was going to change the world.
It was so new, that the University of Texas and Austin Community College did not have media labs. When they decided it was time to create one, they reached out to Dewey and myself to help them with recommendations on equipment and class content.
The teaching was a challenge. The students did not have a computer at home, and they did not have role models in their community doing this kind of work. They sat in class, they learned the skills, but job placement was difficult at best. Some of the students could do the work, but they didn't have the skills to get and keep the job. It was a big leap. The program was ahead of it's time.
While I was there the web had arrived and another paradigm shift was on it's way.
The teaching was a challenge. The students did not have a computer at home, and they did not have role models in their community doing this kind of work. They sat in class, they learned the skills, but job placement was difficult at best. Some of the students could do the work, but they didn't have the skills to get and keep the job. It was a big leap. The program was ahead of it's time.
While I was there the web had arrived and another paradigm shift was on it's way.