Learn iT! Training [1999-2003]
Learn iT! was my first position in the tech sector. While still in college getting my degree in Multimedia I applied for a training position here. With no experience I was hired to work part time at the front desk. While working in that position I aggressively pursued a teaching position taking classes as time allowed, talking with other instructors, participating in toastmasters meetings at lunch, and taking a seminar on public speaking. Within 3 months I was offered a full time position (that worked around my class schedule) teaching classes.
I taught many classes from Intro to the PC to Microsoft Word, and HTML; however I was best with the classes teaching Flash. Teaching 8 hours a day, 5-6 days per week too their toll, and after a year in that position I left my full time position to be exclusively a part time Flash instructor.
While working as a part time Flash instructor I expanded the Flash offerings from 1 to 4 days of training, writing 400 pages of courware to support these class offerings (this was for Flash MX).
Here are the texts I wrote at the time for the Flash MX class:
(note: there were 2 sections taught per day of training)
- Understanding Flash
- Setup of your Project
- Importing Artwork
- Tools Palate
- Basic Animation
- Tweening
- Layers
- Onion Skinning
- Path Animation
- Color Effects
- Shape Tweening
- Masking
- Buttons
- Interactivity
- Sound
- Movie Clips
- Sample Project
- Publishing
- Variables
- Load Movie
- Addressing
- Properties
- Dynamic Movement
- Clip Events
- Conditionals
- Debugging
- Preloaders
- Components
- Video
- Printing
- Devices
- Movie Clip Object
- Sound Object
- Key Object
- Color Object
- Date Object
- XML Object
- Functions
- Drawing API
- Shared Objects