Tutoring

I used to be a teacher which makes it easy for me to teach web stuff - and I really love being a web designer, which means I can easily communicate my enthusiasm to my students.

These are the web training courses and seminars I've developed and taught. Click on a link or image to find out more:

Open Polytechnic technical editor

Roles: Technical editor, course writer, education consultant

As technical editor I was asked to comment on the accuracy, currency and relevance of the learning material being written for a new online Web Design course.

The course was aimed primarily at e-government website developers, and students would be expected to understand and be able to code HTML prior to beginning the course. It focused on the use of XHTML (developing this from an HTML starting-point) and CSS, and strongly encouraged students to code in XHTML or HTML 4.01 Strict. Find out more about Open Polytechnic technical editor

HTML with Dreamweaver

Roles: Training course developer, tutor

I was invited to develop and run a two day 7-hour one-on-one training course on behalf of Mercury Communications. The training course was designed to teach an employee of NZCTU how to maintain, add content to and develop her organisation's existing website.

I subsequently used this same course to teach HTML with Dreamweaver to a number of other clients including staff from Shift, Charlotte Hurd Designs, Origin Design, Mission Hall and Minaaka. Find out more about HTML with Dreamweaver

Web Design Management seminar

Roles: Training seminar developer, lecturer

I was asked to develop and update an existing half-day training seminar aimed at marketing and communications managers. The seminar partnered the Case Studies workshop.

I was then contracted to teach an ongoing series of these seminars bi-monthly in Wellington, Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne. Find out more about Web Design Management seminar

Case Studies workshop

Roles: Training seminar developer, lecturer

I was asked to develop a new half-day training workshop that used case study websites as a tool for exploring good web design. The workshop was aimed at marketing and communications managers, and partnered the Web Design Management seminar.

I was then contracted to teach an ongoing series of these seminars bi-monthly in Wellington, Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne. Find out more about Case Studies workshop

HTML with PageMill

Roles: Training course developer, tutor

I was invited to develop and run a two-day workshop on behalf of Mercury Communications. This workshop was designed to teach employees of NZCTU and Finsec how to maintain, add content to and develop their organisations' existing websites. Find out more about HTML with PageMill

EdPatch

Roles: Workshop organiser, workshop developer, website designer, teacher

While working as a contractor at CWA New Media I was asked to develop, organise and run a week-long series of workshops on an introduction to the WWW for schools, and to design a website - EdPatch - laid out like a patchwork quilt - to accompany these workshops.

The project was initiated by Actrix Networks and Infotech Weekly as part of Infotech Weekly Schools Week 1996. Find out more about EdPatch