To educate, inform, inspire

WorldSkills 2017 Abu Dhabi Day C-5

October 10, 2017 - Travel , Web - by Mark - No Comments

I picked up my expert badge and related materials at the main WorldSkills event venue this morning. I believe this is the largest such event in the history of WorldSkills. Roughly 1,200 experts are participating in many different competitions. I then spent part of the day locating where our event […]

WorldSkills 2017 Abu Dhabi Day C-6

October 9, 2017 - Travel , Web - by Mark - No Comments

I find it hard to believe it has already been two years since the last WorldSkills in Brazil. This year, we meet in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Yesterday (and today were mostly days of travel). I left Peoria mid-morning on Sunday. After crossing 10 time zones, traveling roughly 7,500 […]

Captivate Branching

September 20, 2017 - Adobe , Captivate , Learning - by Mark - No Comments

I provided another introductory session on Adobe Captivate for Adobe Education Trainers and others who are interested in this technology on Thursday, September 21, 2017. During this session, I focused on branching capabilities with the tool Since it has been a few months from my last presentation so I plan […]

2017 – What a summer – part 1

September 10, 2017 - General , Technology , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I am traveling a lot this summer and thought readers might like an update as to my activities. In a nutshell, here are the trips I completed in the past few months. I plan to summarize these travels in separate posts. The first 2 trips are summarized in this post. […]

Captivate Software Simulations

June 14, 2017 - Adobe , Captivate , Learning - by Mark - No Comments

I am providing another webinar in my series on Adobe Captivate fundamentals on Thursday, June 15, 2017. For those who were not able to participate in the prior sessions, they are linked below. Overview of using Captivate to record a video (March, 2017) Creating responsive eLearning assets with Captivate (April, […]

Captivate personalization and more

May 17, 2017 - Adobe , Captivate - by Mark - No Comments

On May 18, 2017, I will provide another webinar covering the fundamentals of working with Adobe Captivate. I am focusing on the latest version (Captivate 2017). I mention this because you will need that version if you want to modify the assets I provide. For those who are accessing these […]

Changes

May 9, 2017 - ICC - by Mark - No Comments

For those who may not already know, I am leaving ICC this summer. I want to spend more time with my family. I also want to travel more (with my family where possible). And, I believe in the importance of promoting professionalism in our industry. Therefore, I will also be […]

Evolution of Insects

April 30, 2017 - Fossils , Insects - by Mark - No Comments

On Sunday, April 30, 2017, I gave a presentation on the evolution of insects at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. The session was well attended (and many insightful questions were asked). For those who might be interested, I provide a handout of my slides. While I did not cover all aspects, […]

Captivate Responsive HTML5 Demo

April 19, 2017 - Adobe , Captivate - by Mark - 1 Comment

This represents the second is a series of webinars I am providing to Adobe Education Leaders, Adobe Education Trainers, and Adobe Campus Leaders on the fundamentals of developing eLearning materials using Adobe Captivate. The first session happened in March. This session is scheduled for April 20. Since my first session, […]

Captivate Video Demo

March 15, 2017 - Adobe , Captivate - by Mark - 1 Comment

I have agreed to do a series of sessions covering some of the fundamentals of working with Adobe Captivate. These are to help Adobe Education Trainers. I thought it might be helpful to share this information with readers of this weblog as well. My first session will happen on March […]

Interesting Web Sites

March 8, 2017 - Learning , Web - by Mark - 1 Comment

I encounter a number of interesting websites each week. I thought it might be useful to share some of these with readers. They are presented in no particular order (just as I encountered them). Let me know (via comments) if you find these useful.

Cold Adapted Insects

February 22, 2017 - Insects - by Mark - No Comments

I gave a presentation to the Entomology section of the Peoria Academy of Science on cold adapted insects. This was a rather ironic day to make such a presentation as we are experiencing the warmest February on record. It did seem like a good idea at the time (when we […]

Interesting apps

February 15, 2017 - Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - 1 Comment

It has been a while since I reviewed selected mobile apps. My most recent set of reviews focused on those I encountered during my summer of travel in 2016. I have recently been using the following apps. Since they represent a broad spectrum of what one can do with mobile […]

Super Bowl 51 Commercials

February 8, 2017 - General , Huh? , Mobile Apps , Technology , Web , Who knew? - by Mark - No Comments

As I did last year, I paid attention to the commercials on the first Sunday night in February. Others may be aware of this tradition as well. Lots of new commercials frequently interrupted by a football game. Ok, it was fun to watch the game as well. This year had […]

Installing SSL certificates

February 1, 2017 - Security , Technology , Web - by Mark - No Comments

Given that I teach several classes dealing with security (and we even install SSL certificates on an IIS server in a couple of those), I thought it might be helpful for readers/ students to learn a little about what is required when you are using a Linux server. First, a […]