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Stephanie Baker-Thomas |
Carol Bartl |
Tim Batzer |
Sally Beacham |
Cindi Bisson |
| Our highly qualified and trained instructors at LVS have the desire to share their expertise with you. They guide you step by step to make your experience at LVS not only rewarding, but fun! |
Stephanie Baker-Thomas: PhotoImpact Self-Study Courses |
Stephanie Baker-Thomas, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist whose hobby of making graphics with PhotoImpact blossomed into a career in publishing. Four years ago she began writing weekly tutorials on her site, Stephanie's PhotoImpact Tutorials, which now houses 200+ tutorials, many of which have been licensed by Ulead's web site. Stephanie is the author of three books on PhotoImpact. Stephanie's website: www.eastofthesun.com |
Timothy (Tim) Batzer PMP: Project Management |
Tim is a certified Project Manager Professional, from Project Management Institute and holds a Masters Degree from University of Phoenix in Computer Science. He has been in project management for over fifteen years and has managed several large and small projects, from local to global applications. He works for a major automotive company and is managing projects and other project managers. |
Sally Beacham: PSP Xara X Memory Pages |
Sally's web site: www.dizteq.com |
Cindi Bisson: Memory Pages |
Cindi Bisson teaches scrapbooking and rubber stamping classes at various locations throughout Southern Maine, and is a representative of The Angel Company, a rubber stamp supply company. She has been published in stamping/scrapbooking magazines and in The Angel Company catalog. She is also currently a designer for Our Vintage Shoppe. A self proclaimed "supplyaholic", she enjoys experimenting with mixed media and new techniques.
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Josephine Branch: Astronomy Web Design |
Josephine works as a web developer and has a B.S in Business Administration. She shares a lifelong interest in science with her husband (a geologist) and is particularly drawn to astronomy and cosmology. She has studied extensively in astronomical and astrophysics journals and wants to share this exciting topic by teaching at LVS. Josephine's web site: www.kimokie.com |
| Victoria Burns Access 2003 Intermediate Word 2003 Advanced |
Victoria is currently a Database Records Keeper for U.S.Airways Express Division. She has a B.S. Degree in Business Administration and is working on Thesis for completion of Masters Degree in Information Resource Management from Central Michigan University. |
| Hilary Cheyne (aka Hils): Joomla! Fast Track Teaching Assistant: Build Your Website - Level III |
 Having very happily grown up with an Artist Grandmother, a Father who had an incredible eye for design and a Mother who encouraged all things creative, it was a great sadness when she was told by her school that "no my dear - we don't do graphic design here!". So Hils' career took a different route working in varied workplaces including Oil, Construction, Travel and Hospitality.
"Out of the box computers" arrived and were explored culminating in a WYSIWYG website. But how did it all work? Insatiable curiosity began a fascinating technological journey ending up so far with home built computers, an enthusiasm for hand coding and a website design and development business. Having worked with Vikki Long (Brookes) for several years, in the LVS Online Build 3 Class, and after using Joomla! since it was Mambo in her professional work, the time has come for Hils to share this knowledge and the Joomla Fast Track Course will be available at LVS Online from the March 2009 Session. Hils lives in a Nature Reserve in Norfolk UK with her partner Peter and family of Dandie Dinmont Terriers - Sister Bliss, Boy, Maxxi Jazz and Natty Dread. Likes? Smiling, people, real food, boating, gardening, LVS, Joomla, CSS and the joy of Dandies. Hates? Puppy Mills but she's not really a "hate" kinda girl! Class Blog: http://lvsonline.com/online-joomla-class/ |
| Kathy Clark: Flash Administration |
Kat's web site: www.kmclark.com |
| Lori Davis: Digital Photography with PSP Gardening PS Elements Scrapbooking |
For fun, Lori explores a number of graphics programs and plugin filters, enjoys both film and digital photography, dabbles in several crafts, and gardens. Lori's web site: loriweb.pair.com |
| Connie Densmore, MA, ABD: English Composition |
I began teaching at an Elementary School in 1991. Then, in 1997, I decided to teach college level.
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| Fredia Dillard: Advanced Excel *SS* |
Fredia has been teaching online courses for the employees of the University of Alabama at Birmingham since October 2000. In her spare time (ha, ha) she enjoys spending time with her husband and Welch Springer Spaniel, Lady, square dancing, cross-stitching, Broadway plays (just saw Phantom of the Opera last spring), and listening to old Paul Revere and the Raiders music. She loves teaching Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver, and HTML. Her favorite thing about teaching is "seeing" the light bulb go on when someone "gets it." |
| Terry Dillard: Genealogy (Finding the Nuts in Your Family Tree) |
Terry has been researching his family tree since approximately 10 B.I. (Before Internet), and has been using computers since the advent of the Radio Shack TRS-80, his first computer. He has seen his principle method of research go from libraries and family documents to a blended method which now includes Internet research through the World Wide Web, message boards, and surprise e-mails from people tracing the same lineage he is. He holds an M.Ed. in Counseling, Leadership, & Guidance. This doesn't qualify him as an online instructor, but does insure that if he traumatizes anyone too badly with his teaching, he can gently guide them back to sanity. His wife of almost 25 years is Fredia Dillard, author of Advanced Excel. They live in a suburb of Birmingham, AL, have a Welsh Springer Spaniel named Lady, and are much too busy to have any kind of real life. |
| Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi, ESQ., LL.M.: The Law of Copyright |
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Aimee Evans: GED Prep |
Aimee first became interested in helping others back in the early 1990's when she worked as a Medical Assistant and Pharmacy Technician. After working in the medical field for six years, she decided to branch out into teaching. Combining her love of science with higher education, she graduated from Florida Community College with her AA degree, attended Chadron State College, and received her BS degree from Charter Oak State College.
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Maureen Eves-Lavis: "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" Introduction to Corel Painter Brushes I & 2 The Art of Collage with Corel Painter |
My involvement with computers goes back to the early 1980's.....oh that seems so long ago now ....in the pre-windows DOS days! How wonderful technology has reached this far in our generation that enables us to literally 'paint' on our computer and then share that around the world - simply amazing! Who would have believed such things, those many years ago? I have always been interested in art and drawing, arts and crafts such as dressmaking from my early school days through to attending Art College. Dabbling in real media art, particularly in sketching and drawing, then oils and acrylics ... then.... my interest turned to graphic arts software. Sometime in the 1990s I obtained a copy of PhotoImpact, which I played around with for a while. It wasn't until 2004 I became more serious in arts and graphics, but more in Digital Art. In 2005 I attended Digital Art Classes that opened a whole new and exciting world to me. Since installing Painter on my computer, attending further Art classes together with a lot of playing and experimenting, I've come to thoroughly respect and enjoy this wonderful software that enables one to paint as if moving a paintbrush across a canvas in real terms. Whatever you can do with a paintbrush, canvas and types of media, so too you can do with Painter. There's no other software that allows you to do this. I love to garden, go walking along the beach, bike riding, swimming and dabble a little with family history/genealogy. My main love of course is digital art with Corel Painter. Maureen's website: Creative-Designs |
| Niveen Fahmy: Home Diagnostics |
Niveen has a B.S. and Masters in Biomedical Engineering. She also has a 2-year teaching experience in a private high school and currently work as a private tutor. Niveen teaches high school and college students Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics. |
| Bean Fairbanks: Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune Database Development using MySQL Introduction Database Development using MySQL & PHP Intermediate Dreamweaver PHP T/A |
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| Roberta Falkner Nonprofit Fund Raising |
For more than 20 years, Roberta worked for Midwest nonprofit organizations in the areas of management, fund development, marketing (public awareness), membership programs, special events, grant writing, board development, and donor relations and has helped raised more than $4.5 million in charitable contributions. As a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Roberta teaches fundraising courses that enable her students to raise funds and public awareness for their organizations like a professional.
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| Harold L. Fisher, Jr., M.Ed Computer Skills for the Workplace |
Presently, I am working on my Doctor of Education degree at Walden University. I am an Adjunct Instructor for Ashford University online and a Middle School teacher within Spring Independent School District, where I teach Career Investigations and Multimedia Masters. I am also proud to be an Adjunct Instructor at my Alma Mata, College of Biblical Studies in Houston, Texas.
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| Sara Froehlich:
Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop FX |
I am the co-author of Microsoft Expression Design Step by Step. I started in computers in the mid-80's but I didn't start teaching until 2001 when I discovered that was what I really love to do: write and teach! Things have come a long way since then, and my abilities have grown along with the computers and programs I use. I've probably tried almost every graphics program out there and have written classes for most of them. Since 2001 I have written over 40 courses for PS Elements, Photoshop, Illustrator, Xara, Corel Photo Paint, Dreamweaver, Expression, Acrobat, Freehand, and Fireworks. I am the mother of 4 and have two grandsons. My husband Tom and I have been married since 1974, and he still keeps me even with my computer addiction, so that's a good thing! We go to Disney World several times a year as that is my second addiction! |
| Brian Goddard: Music - Piano/Keyboard |
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| Sandy Hale: Introduction to Advertising Event Management Wedding Planning |
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| Michele Hamer: Understanding Anatomy for Self Healing Medicinal Herbs Meridian Psychotherapy Reflexology Reiki Energy Healing |
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| Arthur Hawes: Adobe Illustrator |
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| Pat Hinds: PhotoImpact Objects |
Pat lives in east Texas and works part-time in a little store near her home. She began doing graphics over 3 years ago when she found Stephanie's tutorials for PI, and has been hooked ever since. She has written a few tutorials for PI and moderates the Challenge Forum on Stephanie's PhotoImpact Bulletin Board. Pat's website: http://home.att.net/~phinds |
| Deborah Dee Hoffmann:
Build Your Website - Level I |
Not that long ago, a friend of hers put forth a challenge: develop a website. Knowing absolutely nothing about the concept, Deborah bought a book about HTML and two months later had a live site. As a self-proclaimed compulsive-obsessive, she found coding, graphics design and web development occupying a great deal of her time - and loving every minute of it. Thanks to LVS and its extraordinary commitment to make learning fun, Deborah's desire to continue gaining knowledge and growth in a new and constantly changing environment being fulfilled. Deborah's hobbies include reading, any craft associated with a needle and thread, yarn, or fabric, watercolor painting, watercolor pencil art, NASCAR racing, and teaching tatting classes. |
| Cathy Jourdan:
Building Self-Esteem and Confidence |
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| Rooholla Keshtkar:
AutoCAD2008 |
Rooholla is management of Computer section in a company. He has a bachelor's degree in structure engineering and study about civil's softwares. He has taught in a university since 2005. Rooholla writes educational text on using the computer and Internet in engineering. These are not published works, but are used by students in the university. |
Steven Kidd: Intro to the Internet |
Hi, my name is Steven Kidd. I am 40 years old and have been self employed for most of my adult life. Since the late 1980s I have worked in the computer industry. In the 80s I owned a company that sold the newly emerging laptop computer to insurance salesmen. This continued to grow, and even before the technical beginnings of the internet I was dealing with bulletin boards and other such services that were the inception of the internet. The current incarnation of my company is Alveus Internet Solution which started in early 1996 as an ISP and has been in business ever since. Though most of our business these days is in internet commerce, sales and marketing we do still build and develop web sites for a few of our clients.
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Laura King: Discovering the Poet Inside You |
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John Kramar: ArtRage Remote Perception |
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| Ron Lacey: PSP XaraX Digital Photography Digital Darkroom |
Ron makes his home with his wife, MC, in the country just north of Thunder Bay Ontario. Being semi retired from the heavy construction industry he has plenty of time to spend on digital photography. His other interests include sailing, scuba diving, photography and, during the very long northwestern Ontario winters, downhill skiing. Ron's web site: borealphotography.com/ |
| Stephane Laviolette: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography |
Stephane Laviolette is a professional photojournalist with over 10 years of experience in documentary photography, photojournalism and in class photography teaching. |
| Coleen Lawrence: Conscious Romantic Relationships |
Coleen has had a life long passion and devotion to knowledge and insight into human behavior, interaction, consciousness, and the nature of the spirit of humankind. As a result, she has studied and written about such subjects as the dynamics of romantic relationships, general intercommunication, psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and personal growth. Her belief is that an evolution in our general level of self awareness is essential, and that its development is the first step to reacquainting with our true selves, and vastly improving our relationships and lives. Coleen is an accredited relationship and self growth counselor, writer,and creator of Life Path, a web site dedicated to helping people discover paths for relationship happiness,longevity, develop self awareness, and general positive life transformation. Via Life Path, she offers counseling services, and authors articles used in personal growth publications across the Internet. In her spare time, she enjoys physical fitness training, and has previously spent several years doing weekly volunteer work,which entailed helping individuals suffering from debilitating emotional challenges learn new life skills, and reintegrate back into society. Her true love is helping people have healthier, happier, lasting relationships, and develop a sense of inner esteem & confidence, as they come to know themselves more fully. |
| Phyllis List:
Paint Shop Pro |
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| Bob Long: Learning DOS Intro to Windows Administration |
Since this experience piqued his interest in the programming field, Bob has spent years working with the C+ program language and has written several DOS based programs for his personal use. Even though he finally was convinced to accept the Windows environment, he has retained his working knowledge of DOS. |
| Vikki Long Build Your Website - Level III XHTML/CSS HomeSite Photoshop Photoshop Elements 6 Administration |
Vikki's web site: www.brovik.com |
| Sylvia Lutnes: Self-Study Bryce Poser |
Sylvia (aka Cricket) has been sharing knowledge on personal computers since the late '70's, and Bryce since the day the Windows version appeared on the shelves of her local computer store. She has been helping people with their graphics applications in online conferences and chat rooms since well before the Web, and currently busies herself as a CTech Volunteer in Corel's graphics forums. Sylvia has always found computers fun and creative. She believes the more we know, the better we all are and delights in watching new users bloom into accomplished artists. |
| Kateesha Manderson
Introduction to Business and Management |
Kateesha Manderson, MBA, is the founder, CEO and Director of Kalynn's Kids Childcare based in Woodbridge, VA.
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| Peter Mayer:
KPT PSP Vector Graphics FrontPage Filter Frenzy Xara Xtreme |
Along the way he came across LVS and been taking classes here for a number of years. Having received a lot of help along the way in his quest for computer knowledge, Peter is always willing to share what he has learned and help someone along with solving a problem. Peter's website: www.rggtrappings.com/ |
| Britt McCary: UV Mapper Terragen Bryce Poser |
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| Robert McConkey "Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". -Gandi eBay Explained Writing a Business Plan |
Bob has a lifelong passion for all things computing and business. A published writer and poet, he currently owns and operates several online businesses as well as one brick and mortar consulting company. As a business person he has learned the value of good information and as a computer geek he has discovered the value of sharing it.
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| Al Mierau: Search Engine Placement Basic Photography Computer Security |
However, Al is not all science. He has a very creative mind, which shows in his pursuit of arts, such as making rustic willow furniture, oil painting, and photography. When he is not pursuing these endeavors, he can be found on lakes windsurfing and sailing. Al Mierau's photographs have been published nationally with Gardens West, Air Canada, Grandfather, Heritage Canada, and Canada West magazines Al and his wife Marion are also busy travelling with a Saskatoon tour company to locations such as the Maritimes, central and south eastern USA destinations. |
| Elaina Moore-Kelly: "A day without graphics is a day when my computer is down (and so am I)." Desktop Publishing with PrintShop Painter |
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| Chizoba Morah
Personal Finance |
Chizoba Morah, MBA, is an accomplished author and has taught personal finance classes at different educational levels, for five years. As a tax preparer, she is often involved in giving personal finance tips to customers to help them enhance their financial and tax situations. She is an instructor at Home2Teach and a financial writer for Forbes Digital (popularly known as Investopedia).
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| Viki Nygaard: Author - Dreamweaver 3 & 4 Self-Study courses |
| Viki Nygaard has been a computer geek since 1988 when she bought her first computer.
After 8 years in the accounting field, she left the industry this year to pursue her
passion - starting her own web design business. She received her certificate as a Web
Design/Internet Specialist in December 2000.
Viki has a vast range of computer knowledge including some programming experience, and enjoys creating web sites, as it gives her a creative outlet. She has done the complete design and development of several web site businesses and has several in the works. Viki's web site: www.mountevansdesigns.com |
| Vera Olson:
QuarkXpress |
| Vera has been a Technical Writer for more than 11 years. In that time, she has written a wide variety of instructional documents for a software training company, a medical company, and a monitor manufacturing company. Prior to writing, she was a software and hardware trainer for several years. In the past 6 years, she has been producing company help guides and installation guides using a variety of Desktop Publishing/Page Layout tools.
Vera's real passion is in teaching and training. While in college, she taught tennis for the YMCA. Now, there's not much time for tennis but she still enjoys teaching and hopes to share her knowledge with others. |
| Val Perkins:
Intro to Windows CorelDRAW |
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| Becky Peters: Build Your Website - Level II |
| Becky owns a small computer consulting firm in the midwestern US, providing services ranging from hardware/software selection & troubleshooting, to customized training programs and websites.
She has a long history with being addicted to computers - her first PC (from IBM) came on a pallet in pieces with 3 boxes of documentation. (In those days, you had to assemble them.) She has programming experience in ancient languages (COBOL, FORTRAN, RPG II & III, Progress IV & V, Cassette BASIC!), has been a technical writer, software tester and Nat'l Dir of Software Training, as well as an IT/Mgmt consultant to Wall Street law firms. Nowadays, Becky buys her computers whole and takes them apart afterward. Rather than program, she now delights in making commercial programs do things they aren't designed to do. Becky does extensive public speaking & training, and sits on several national boards. She has been a longtime student at LVS (says it relieves stress) and is thrilled to be able to give something back to the LVS community! As a self-proclaimed Slacker, her greatest goal in life is to simplify things to the extent she can carry everything she owns in her purse - except her cat, who is carried on a golden pillow at all times! |
| Kimberly Rackett: Effective Writing |
| Kimberly has had a passion for the English language since she was a child. When she began reading grammar and writing books in her free time, her family knew there would be a Bachelor's degree in English in her future.
After graduation, Kimberly began a career unrelated to her English degree. She has continued in this career for many years, but also finds time for her passion for English in her "side career" as an Effective Writing instructor for evening programs at local high schools. Her students range from business managers seeking to effectively improve their writing skills, to housewives reentering the business force, to college students seeking help with writing techniques, to immigrants wishing to become more familiar with the English language and its subtleties. Now, Kimberly is branching out to share her experience with the online world, and to help others reach their goals of learning to more effectively express themselves in writing. |
| Sheryl Redden: Pixel Art |
 Sheryl lives in Alabama and has a wonderful husband who is a Master Sergeant with the Air force. She has two son's and 4 grandchildren who all live in other states so all of her time is devoted to the computer where all her friends from around the world live.
Sheryl has spent the past 8 years playing around with PhotoImpact and loves the program. Four years ago she learned how to hand code HTML and CSS to create her own web pages. To Sheryl that was very exciting! Sheryl started creating Pixel Art a few years ago and has come to love it. It's amazing to see those small little dots because a beautiful image. She enjoys sharing her knowledge to anyone who wishes to learn how to create pixel art. It is very rewarding and surely keeps her out of a lot of trouble....well sort of!! Sheryl's web site: http://bayewindow.com |
| Stephanie Reid-Taylor: Skills for Learning in a Information Age |
 Stephanie lives in Groveport, Ohio with her husband Perry and pomeranian Reka. She a bachelors degree in marketing/business administration and will graduate in December 2007 from Ashland University with an MBA. She works full-time in the financial industry and part-time with Columbus Public Schools teaching in the Adult Basic Literacy Education/GED preparation program. She has a comittment to life long learning and is thankful to LVS for the opportunity to fulfull a desire to teach on-line
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| Marilyn Robb: Understanding Child Development |
| Marilyn is an Educational Consultant and Family Counselor, born and living in the Caribbean. She has been lecturing at undergraduate and postgraduate university level for the past nine years. She teaches courses in human development, special education, human relations, and educational research, conflict resolution and mediation. As an educator, consultant and parent she has traveled around the globe doing workshops and so has become an expert in human development.
Marilyn's web site: www.ajoyfulplace.com |
| Peggi Rodgers : Author: Totally Tables, CorelDraw |
| Peggi resides in Redding, California with her husband, one black and white
cat and a large Golden Retriever.
For the past 15 years she has been involved in the field of print publications, responsible for technical writing, art illustration, and design of everything from newsletters to trade show booths. During the last three years, Peggi has moved into web design, utilizing JavaScript and Flash to create interactive sites and online quizzes. In addition, Peggi is a Member in Letters of the National League of American Pen Women, publishing numerous articles in regional and national magazines, newspapers and scientific journals. In her spare time, Peggi enjoys playing acoustic guitar, trekking around in their power boat, and is an active volunteer in the fields of wildlife rehabilitation and Golden Retriever rescue. Peggi's web site: www.mistycanyon.com |
| Hillary Sadur: Astrological Card Reading Digital Art PhotoImpact |
 Hillary majored in art at the University of Oklahoma, as well as private studies with an accomplished European artist. For the past 40 years her forte has been oil paintings, ranging from landscapes/seascapes/cityscapes to florals, still life and portraits. She has also worked with watercolors and acrylics.
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| Donna Sellinger: CoffeeCup Software Expression Web Quicken Basics |
Donna's web site: expressive-designs.com |
| Sonja Shea: Filter Frenzy MS FrontPage PSP Vector Graphics Photoshop |
Sonja has been a private beta tester for Paint Shop Pro for the past five versions of the program and is currently a C-Tech Volunteer for PSP. She has been an instructor at Leader in Virtual Studies Online Classes (LVS Online), which is a Corel Training Partner, for the past 6 years. Sonja has worked as a technical editor on a number of beginner-level Paint Shop Pro and Photography titles by Thomson Course Technology PTR. Sonja is also an active moderator on several graphic filter lists. Even with her busy schedule, she still finds time to help "newbies" become successful with their new software purchases. Sonja's web site: www.psptoybox.com/ |
| Suz Shook: PSP Scripting |
Suz's web site: http://home.roadrunner.com/~suzshook/index.html |
| Christine Skinner: MS Office |
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Dia Spriggs: Abstract Painting Acrylic American Landscape Painting Acrylic Bird Painting Acrylic Floral Painting Acrylic Landscape Painting Acrylic Pet Portrait Painting Acrylic Trompe L'Oeil Painting Acrylic Wildlife Painting Numerology |
Dia lives in Florida with her 11 cats, 5 dogs and 2 birds, all rescue animals. She has a Ch.t in Hypnotherapy, EPT as an Emotrance Practioner, is a Reiki Master and incorporates natural healing energy techniques in a private in person, phone and email counseling practice. Dia is a professional writer, having written articles for animal and garden magazines and is the author of a world wide selling CD, "Natural Health Encyclopaedia", and an ebook on Numerology. She also is an artist, specializing in realistic animal painting, juried member of EBSQ+ and has many paintings in private collections. Dia's websites: |
Frank Stepanski: ASP.NET AJAX Web Development with ASP.NET Basic Web Applications using ASP Database E-Commerce Basics with ASP Flash ActionScript JavaScript: Unobtrusive Programming |
Frank currently works as a web developer at an advertising company and a part-time faculty member at a local community college. He has taught a number of different web related classes over the years focusing on topics such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP and Flash.
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| Stephanie M. Reid-Taylor: Skills for Learning in an Information Age |
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| Peggy Taranenko: PSP Animation Shop |
| Peggy worked in the airline industry for 25 years, some of that time
as a trainer who taught computer programs. The skills that Peggy learned
working with the general public, writing technical help manuals, and
supervising others, has lead her into a new endeavor - teaching classes
online. Peggy is PC user with over 10 year's experience. One day
soon, she hopes to know it all and make the internet a better, prettier
place by using the knowledge she has gleaned from all the others
willing to teach.
Peggy's web site: www.flashpowdergraphics.com |
| Jennifer Wagner: MS Power Point *SS* MS Word *SS* MS Access *SS* MS Excel *SS* MS Publisher *SS* |
| In 1973, Jennifer watched a computer play tic-tac-toe for 2 hours --
and didn't have any idea that that fascination with a machine would
bloom into a love for technology. Jennifer's day job consists of teaching
computer skills to 450 elementary/junior high students. She also provides
seminars to assist teachers using technology and she sponsors 4 Online
Projects each year.
In the evening, when she's not reviewing LVS homework, Jennifer creates websets and maintains a "technology help for teachers" website. Finally, she spends time each day playing with her black and white kitty, Mac!! Smiles -- but don't worry --- there is life away from the computer. Jennifer also enjoys reading, writing, going to the movies, and just having a great time with life & friends! Jennifer's Web Site: www.jenuinetech.com |
| Peggy Walters: Vue 6 Introduction |
| Peggy has been a Technical Writer for more than 20 years. For the last 13 years she has written a wide variety of technical documents for an oceanographic equipment manufacturing company. About 6 years ago, she discovered the world of 3D graphics. The joy of creating 3D artwork and being able to share her knowledge with others is what makes Peggy the happiest! |
| Melissa Woermann: Medical Terminology |
| Melissa Woermann is an experienced R.N. with over eighteen years experience. Melissa's background includes working on a medical-surgical floor, home care, case management, hospice care, and education. Melissa has taught various classes for over twelve years, using her medical background and experience. Melissa is also a certified health and safety instructor. Melissa is the owner/operator of a small business, Medterm Plus, where she provides health assessments for long term care, first aid and CPR classes, and other health related classes.
Melissa is a married mom of three very active children that keep her busy. She also volunteers on the local soccer board, coaching her daughter's soccer team, and is active in her church activities. |
| Yvonne Zaborac: Drupal Podcasting |
| Yvonne loves web design and creating graphics. She is currently working as an Application Programmer at a minor university in Illinois. She has a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems with a major in Computer Science. She also has an Associate's degree in Computer Networking, a Web Developer certificate, and a Web Administrator certificate.
Yvonne lives in Illinois with her husband, Sheldon. She has four children and two grandchildren. |
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| Carol Bartl: Teaching Assistant: PSP |
Carol has been a Medical Technologist, Oil Painter, and Computer Programmer
& Consultant. She is also wife, mother of 3, and grandmother of 5 (so far). Her current
passion is digital photography with those grandkids being favorite subjects.
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| Anita Scripter:
Teaching Assistant: Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune |
Anita lives in Indiana with 2 cats now that her daughters are out on their own. She spent 17 years doing angiograms on eyes. Most of those in a self-employed capicity with a home darkroom in Michigan. Perfect for the kids growing years. After moving to California she worked at the west LA VA hospital performing angiograms, visual fields and pretty well anything else that needed doing.
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| Frieda Vanover:
Flash Teaching Assistant: Joomla! Fast Track |
Frieda lives in NW Oregon, having the once in a lifetime experience of watching Mt. St. Helens majestically erupt in 1980. Mother of 3 beautiful grown daughters, she has been happily married for 41 years to her loving and "can-do" anything husband, Price. Frieda's background is in Supervision and Human Resource Management. She became physically challenged in 1991 with Multiple Sclerosis. Having a thirst to gain knowledge, in 2001 she found an outlet for her interest in computers and computer programs through an online Flash class. Enter LVS!! Frieda says words cannot begin to express how LVS has made it possible for her to continue learning and to actively be a part of a wonderfully positive, sharing, caring group of people.
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Stephanie Baker-Thomas |
Carol Bartl |
Tim Batzer |
Sally Beacham |
Cindi Bisson |
Sally is the author of two books (along with fellow LVS instructors Ron Lacey and Lori Davis.) Paint Shop Pro 8 Zero to Hero from Apress/Friends of Ed, as well as Digital Scrapbooking, from Course Technology, are both available at national and local booksellers, as well as Amazon.com.
Kathy, aka Kat, worked in the telecommunications field for twenty years. Her duties included traveling to other regions to be trained on new programs and to bring that knowledge back to her company to train co-workers.
Lori has been a writer and teacher in one form or another for most of her life. In recent years, she has authored several books on Paint Shop Pro and has coauthored a book on digital scrapbooking. She has taught online classes on computer graphics and basic JavaScript and has contributed to Digital Camera Magazine.
Dr. Bob Diotalevi, Esq., LL.M. is Program Coordinator and Associate Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. Bob has been a lawyer for twenty-two (22) years as a member of the Massachusetts and Florida bars. He possesses four (4) degrees and has been internationally published. Bob, along with other internationally known professors, have co-authored a textbook, entitled Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Sourcebook for Educators, Students and Librarians. Marcel Dekker, Inc., of New York is the publisher. He is presently working on The Florida Paralegal, a textbook with Attorney William Statsky, to be published by Cengage Learning in spring 2009. Bob was a professional broadcaster for eight (8) years and held managerial positions in radio news and production.
G'day! My name is Maureen and I live in beautiful Queensland, Australia near the ocean and wonderful beaches on the Sunshine Coast with my husband. I am English born and raised but migrated to Australia many years ago and have come to love this land where I live.
Bean has been a life long educator, taking great delight in watching her students learn about computers, graphics, sewing, textile arts, design, relationships and their own bodies. She developed a love affair with databases when trying to meet the multiple complex needs of her patients 14 years ago. The power and efficiency won her over and databases have been in her bag of tricks ever since. She has served as a small business consultant for over ten years, assisting small business owners, non-profit organizations and community groups by obtaining, organizing and presenting the information that they need to succeed. This has covered the spectrum of needs assessments, satisfaction surveys, web sites, e-commerce sites, newsletters, branding, promotional materials and of course a variety of databases.
Brian was employed as a relieving Postmaster and Postal Clerk by the Postmaster General's Dept later becoming Australia Post, in the central wheatbelt and goldfields area of Western Australia for many years. He had learnt the piano when he was attending Junior High School, and usually managed to find a piano to play on, through someone's kindness at most towns where he was posted. Brian has always been interested in the arts, and left Australia Post in 1978 to pursue a career as a private music teacher. In 1986 he was awarded the Diploma in Teacher Of Music, Australia (T.Mus.A.) of the Australian Music Examinations Board. In 1989 Brian was awarded the Performer's Certificate in Pianoforte at the Trinity College of Music London.
After graduating from YHS, Sandy moved to Southern California to pursue her education. She holds a Master in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management from the University of Phoenix in San Diego and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University. She has a wide range of marketing-related experience; from the supplier/agency side to the client side of the relationship and from sales to the operations of the business.
Michele is a certified Reflexologist, Reiki Practitioner, Meridian Psychotherapist and has a diploma in Medicinal Herbalogy.
Arthur lives outside of Philadelphia Pa. He attended Temple University and graduated with a degree in Film and Media Arts. The program introduced Arthur to the idea of digital media but it would be a couple of years before he would pick it up again. After working in post production and the IT field for a number of years, he now works in Web Design and looks forward to teaching people about digital media.
Deborah, a desert rat in Phoenix, AZ, is a dual-degreed engineer gone amuck. When they discontinued the use of slide rules, the entertainment value disappeared. If you can't wake up in the morning and passionately look forward to the day ahead, go into another occupation, which is what she did. Deborah worked as a Project Engineer and Project Manager for a number of contractors over the years and in 1991, formed her own Construction Management consulting firm.
Cathy is a published author and screenwriter. With a Bachelors of Science in counseling, her conversational style of writing makes for enjoyable reading in any genre. Her experience in counseling ranges from hospital work to working in a prison with inmates and their families.
is an interesting look inside the walls of a prison at the dark sub-culture that dominates. She currently has another book that is slated to be published and released for sale in Spring 2008. She says her inspiration comes from many sources, but always from people she has known, places she has been, and things she has learned.
Laura is a nationally certified teacher with over 20 years experience. She is a former National Writing Project Fellow and have experience working with writers at all levels.
For over 30 years John has developed graphics of his work for his presentations. When the Macintosh came out in 1984 he was immediately captured by its graphical interface he frequently found himself having to develop graphics of his analysis work on his Mac as its capabilities surpassed those of his employer. While taking traditional art courses he found himself figuring out how to use the techniques being taught on moderately priced consumer art computer programs. To him the Tablet PC was a natural tool for the digital artist and he obtained one at a reasonable price through eBay in 2005. ArtRage was bundled with other software on the Tablet PC and John was impressed with its simple elegance. When ArtRage 2 was offered in with expanded capabilities February 2006 he found himself using it for most of his graphical painting efforts on both his Mac and Tablet PC.
Ron first got seriously involved in photography in the mid 70s when he bought his first 35mm SLR. Shortly after he set up his own darkroom to gain more creative control over the craft. In the late 90s Ron took the plunge into digital photography using a transparency scanner to digitize 35mm slides and now uses it almost exclusively and has become fluent in the digital darkroom techniques of Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. As well as the digital photography classes he teaches Adobe Photoshop For Digital Photographers. He co wrote Paint Shop Pro 8 Zero to Hero, published by Friends of Ed, with fellow LVS instructor Sally Beacham and in the past wrote articles for 
Phyllis is a retired paralegal with 25 years experience in the field, and has been a computer user for almost as long. Beginning with the first magnetic card typewriters in the early 70s Phyllis continued on to running a BBS in the early 90s, before deciding it was WAY too much work. She moved from there to the Net, web and graphic design in 1996 where she, both with a
partner and as a sole designer, designs business and corporate websites. Phyllis has been using PSP in its various versions since 1996, and says that the day she stops learning is the day she'll lie down and give up the ghost.
Bob has been working with computers most of his life, but refuses to tell us how many
years this time covers... His first introduction to the computer world involved
writing programs for the commercial Banks when they first automated a few years back.
Vikki lives with her husband Bob, 2 dogs, 1 cat, and several fish in Georgia.
Peter operates his custom saddle shop in central BC, Canada.
His interest in computers began when he surfed the web at a friend's
place. He decided the Internet was neat and he just had to have
his own web site. After getting a PC and Front Page, having a
somewhat steep learning curve, he got is first web page on line. It
was a pretty crude page and the next step was to pretty things up a
bit. That is when he discovered PSP and got addicted to computer
graphics.
Britt started her teaching back when personal computers had 128 K, and the wordprocessor was "Wordstar". As the computers became more powerful, and the software more advanced, she continued teaching most of the popular software. She ran a Software teching company in Norway, that managed and ran Computerland's school and other schools. In addition to that her company was used as a teaching resource for large companies both in the private and public sector in Norway.
Al Mierau worked for three of Canada's largest lending institutions for twenty years as an expert in lending and marketing. He later returned to university and then opened his own appraisal investigation firm often acting as an expert witness in arson cases over a 13 year period. Following this career, with his investigative mind, Mierau turned his interest to search engines positioning completing a course on the subject at Keeneshaw University.
Elaina lives in Florida with her husband, her dog, her 2 cockatiels, and various finches. After spending 15 years at IBM, she never expected to have a computer in her own home. In 1997 her husband decided he wanted to be "plugged in" and he bought a MacIntosh with a whopping 32 megabytes of RAM. He finally convinced Elaina to give it a try and she was immediately hooked, but soon got tired of sharing, so she bought a PC for herself and got a free version of PrintMaster with it.
Val Perkins is a teacher, musician, author, illustrator, and nurse. Val has actively taught for 20+ years and has authored and illustrated her own Sunday School curriculum for preschoolers. Val communicates across a broad audience range.
Donna received her bachelor s degree in education from of the University of Miami and her master s degree from Indiana
University. She taught in the Dade County, Florida public schools for ten years prior to going on active duty in the Army Reserve.
Suz spent many years teaching high school math in Vermont and upstate New York, and then moved to Ohio to pursue a career as a computer programmer on large IBM mainframes for the Defense department. As a programmer, Suz worked in security, installed and provided training for storage management hardware and systems in Defense installations across the country, and worked as lead technical support person with a major Defense Department payroll application for several years. After retirement, Suz went back to school, earning an associate degree in nursing, and becoming a Registered Nurse. With her voracious appetite for learning, Suz soon discovered the personal computer, delved into online classes, and began exploring graphics and websites. She taught herself HTML so she could set up a website for her nursing class, and eventually set up her own website. For the past several years, she has been involved with the Paint Shop Pro community, writing many tutorials, and serving as a beta tester for both PSP 8 and PSP 9. With the advent of scripting in PSP 8, Suz's interest in programming was again sparked, and she taught herself Python so she could go beyond simply recording scripts. You can find many of her creative scripts on her web site, along with tutorials, Quick Guides, and other goodies.
Christine received a Masters of Science in Education from the Applied Technology, Training and Development department at the University of North Texas. She worked for the Boy Scouts of America at their National Headquarters in Irving, TX as a Curriculum Development Specialist teaching adult employees how to use a variety of software programs including Microsoft Office applications. She also worked part-time as an adjunct faculty member at two of the local junior colleges in Dallas, TX, teaching Microsoft Office software courses. In 2002, she chose to follow along and support her husband when he was offered a job in Wisconsin and has been freezing ever since. She enjoys spending as much time as possible outside with her two children and dog, volunteering at her children's school, working part-time at the local YMCA and sewing.Home | Register | Schedule | FAQ | Message Forum | Contact Us