Rachel Andrew
Instructor
DreamWeaverMX, Layout & Design;
DreamWeaverMX, Database driven websites using ASP:
DreamWeaverMX, Web standards, XHTML, CSS and Accessibility

Rachel Andrew runs her own web solutions company in the UK—edgeofmyseat.com, the company website also being home to various "web standards"-focused articles and Dreamweaver extensions.

Rachel is a member of The Web Standards Project on the Dreamweaver Task Force, and hopes to encourage best practices in the support and use of W3C Standards in Dreamweaver, she has recently co-authored a book for Glasshaus - 'Dynamic Dreamweaver MX'.

When not writing code - or writing about writing code, Rachel spends time with her daughter, her boyfriend, tries to encourage people to use Debian GNU/Linux, studies with the Open University, and enjoys a nice pint of beer.

Kimberley Abuschinow
instructor
WindowsXP - Home, Intro

Kimberly is currently an IT Professional Student, as well as a Stay-At-Home Mother of Three during the day. Her computer experience ranges as the times have changed over the last 15 years. Says Kimberley "I began in data entry, advanced to word processing, then came the invention of Windows and the GUI Interface. That opened up a brand new world for me and I've worked on most of the previous versions of Windows to some degree. A hobby for me is seeing how far into the operating systems I can get. How much tweaking and pulling can I do to really customize it? You'll often find me on a Friday evening in front of the computer taking a video course, or looking for ways to advance my own knowledge in computers. In addition to teaching this course, I may also have the opportunity to tutor incoming students that feel they need assistance with the Networking Technician program I'm currently enrolled in. I plan to graduate this coming September, keep on furthing my education on computers and, continue to teach others how they too can take advantage of the Information Technology that is so much a part of today's world." Some of Kim's hobbies include html/vbscript stationery for outlook express as well as searching for windows tweaks. Look in the future for some of these topics to also be included here.

Renae Bolton
Instructor:
Guerrilla Marketing Tactics for your Small Business;
Basic Virtual Office Assistance

Renae Bolton's goals might be summed up "From the front door, to the world." She brings Cleveland the combined experience of nearly 13 years in administration in the corporate world of International banking, volunteer and staff coordination, and public relations plus the success achieved in 10 years as an entrepreneur.

Triple J Word Processing Co. is an Executive Business Assistance service, which provides administrative support for the small- to medium-sized business. Recently added services include small business start-up consulting and affordable color laser printing.

Enthusiasm garnered from her own ventures, Triple J Word Processing Company, the Business Seeds Print Newsletter, and Christians-in-Business.com, has fueled a desire to empower others to succeed. In that effort Renae works locally with young women, encouraging and training them in business skills workshops. Reaching beyond our city limits, she also founded the Virtual Business Group, an Internet association of over 350 Virtual Office Professionals from around the world. Founded to promote quality within the industry, it serves as an important avenue for education and support for its members.

Extending her influence beyond Cleveland and into the future, Renae and her husband Joseph have two young boys. The children keep them involved in their community, schools, and church.

Dian Chapman
Instructor:
Word, 301 Advanced;
Word, Advanced Document Design;
Word, AutoForms/Beginning VBA

Dian Chapman is a Technical Consultant and has been a Microsoft MVP for nearly 8 years. She specializes in Microsoft Office applications with a particular focus on Word, VBA, and AutoForms. Many of Dian's computer support articles have been published on the Web and in print. She has written numerous articles for Computor Companion magazine and MouseTrax, her computer support web site. She is also the Editor and a contributing author for TechTrax, her support Ezine. Dian has more than 16 years experience using computers and is a skilled web developer and technical graphic designer. A full bio and resume is available on the MouseTrax site at www.mousetrax.com.

Fred Clark
Instructor:
Beginning Photography

Fred is married (36yrs) with two grown children and lives in the thriving metropolis of Index (population give or take 100) just west of Stevens Pass in the North Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington.

He worked as a C.P.A in the Seattle/East Side area for several years until his children were grown and out on their own. Having become disenchanted (most people call it burn out) with the C.P.A. business he and his wife decided to sell their home in Kirkland and seek a more simple and satisfying lifestyle. They now live on the banks of the Skykomish River and are enjoying it tremendously. Fred still does accounting and tax work, but most of it is from his home and has become a big fan of tele commuting

Fred has been involved with photography for approximately 25 years and would considers himself in the "serious amateur" ranks. He says, "My first love in photography was black and white and while I shoot mostly color these days, I feel that a well crafted black and white print is one of the ultimate photographic viewing and emotional experiences. While I do have a fully equipped black & white home darkroom (and still develop my own black & white film on the occasions I shoot it) I have "gone digital" for the printing side of things for both black & white and color. Photoshop is a tremendous time saver and an extremely versatile tool for this area of photography."

"Photography has given me a tremendous opportunity to see the world around me in a completely different way and has taught me to appreciate both the potential ( good and bad) and the place of humankind in the natural world. Life serves all a full plate - enjoy it."

Karey Cummins
Instructor:
CSS, Intro;
FrontPage 2003, Intro

Karey Cummins is the owner of Round The Bend Wizards
(http://www.rtbwizards.com) and has been designing and developing web sites and templates since 1998. Coming from a background in fine arts, her transition from painting with a brush to painting with a mouse was a natural one. As internet technology advanced, she soon became interested in CSS and its benefits.

She says "CSS is exciting, logical, and easy to learn. So many effects are possible with style sheets that cannot be achieved using HTML alone. You have almost unlimited choices to add some wonderful looks to your site. This six week course will team your HTML knowledge with some basic CSS rules and you will soon be creating some magic of your own.

Sheila Fenelon
Instructor:
PHP, Intro

Sheila Fenelon has been programming computers for several years. She put her first web site online in 1995 for her employer and was immediately hooked on the Web. Possessing little graphic ability she focused on the programming and server aspects of web development. A change in employment in 1997 brought the opportunity to apply her database knowledge to programming database driven web sites. She currently operates Shefen Web Development.

Her Web experience includes programming in Perl, PHP, and C. Sheila's formal education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Florida and post baccalaureate study of Computer Science at Texas A&M University. Sheila is married to Dr. Gregory Spencer, a professor of Physics at Southwest Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas. They have three sons.

Christine Frey
Instructor:
CorelDraw, Level I;
Painter 7, Level 1;
Painter 7, Level 2;
painter 8, Level 1;
Painter 8, Level 2;
Illustrator, Level 1;
Illustrator, Level 2;
PhotoShop, Level 1;
Photoshop, Level 2
 

Christine Frey has been teaching writing and computer software skills at the community college level for more than eight years. She holds a degree in Nursing and has served in the United States Navy WAVE Corps. Christine has worked in many fields, including crisis therapy, cardiac intensive care, publishing, and the arts. She has run numerous workshops, training groups that range from police and State Troopers, to educators, to psychiatric and hospital caregivers. Now a grandmother, she enjoys looking after her grandbabies, painting, and most anything that involves warm weather.

Lindsay Froehlich
Instructor:
Basic Intellectual Property, Copyright and Contract law

I recently completed my Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies and have performed extensive class work and research in a variety of legal disciplines. I worked in a law firm devoted to contract, business, and probate law, where I learned that as much as I love legal theory and research, I dislike filing and time keeping even more, a revelation that led me to teaching.

I also own an editing, indexing, and manuscript preparation business, SabreQuill (www.SabreQuill.com), and work with fiction, non-fiction, research papers, and various other presentations requiring either extensive grammar and structural work or simply an unbiased pair of eyes. I think I enjoy editing and the law for the same reason: it’s all in the details.

On a personal note, I have an amazing son, nearly nine, who continues to teach me things about myself and the world daily (whether or not I am ready to know them), and a significant other who knows that I read grammar books for fun, yet he loves me anyway.

Sara Froehlich
Instructor:
Blade Pro/Super Blade Pro;
Dreamsuite Gel;
Eye Candy;
Xenofex;
Freehand 10, Intro;
Fireworks 4, Intro;
Fireworks MX, Intro;
Expression: Beyond Basics;
PhotoShop Elements - From the Ground Up;
PhotoShop Elements;
PhotoShop Elements, Level 2

I am the mother of four, 26, 24, 17 and 12, and grandmother of two perfect grandsons (ok, perfect might be pushing it a tad but it's a grandmother's prerogative!). My husband Tom and I have been married for almost 28 years. I've been involved with computers since the mid-80's when the principal at the parochial school I was librarian for decided he wanted the card catalog on computer and said, "That's a computer. Look at that part. Type on that part." Many stacks of 5-¼ " floppies later, I had a basic understanding of the Apple-IIe, dot matrix printers and the program Print Shop. Not to mention markers and crayons if the desired output was to be in color.

Things have come a long way, 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 many installed, but the ones I use the most are Photoshop 6.01, Illustrator 9.02, Expression 2, Painter 6 and 7, and Canvas 8. I have a small home business doing notecards, some personalized for clients with their own photos, some using my own photos or art. I do a family newsletter that goes to 52 people bi-monthly, usually 14 pages, and am learning photo restoration. And I will also be taking classes, because I love to learn new programs, especially in the graphics/page layout field.

Valerie Giles has been involved in “art” all her life. In the early 90’s she decided to take it from the hobby level to the career level. She went back to school and studied design. In 1994 she opened her graphic design studio, and found that she spent many hours not just designing for her clients, but also mentoring them.

Valerie enjoys teaching and sharing ideas with others so it was a natural fit to add formal instruction to her schedule. Since 1998, she has been instructing at the college level in Graphic Design, Color Theory and various software application such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker and QuarkXPress. She brings years of hands-on knowledge to her Graphic Design and Color Theory courses and has adapted them over the years for both print and web design. Her Eclectic Academy online courses are informative, challenging and easy to follow.
She and her family live on the west coast, where she juggles clients, student instruction and family.

Kay Hoffmann
Instructor:
Bitmap Graphics, Intro;
Vector Graphics, Intro;
 

I've taught vocational computer use to adults since 1990, and in the  public schools before that. Have always (50 plus years) produced art work and photography on the side. In the past, have done layout/darkroom work for a weekly newspaper, and periodical/book illustrations. I've loved computers since my first Commodore 64 and find no conflict between "real" art and graphics produced with newer technology. Shareware is a preoccupation and I shamelessly encourage my students to pursue that vice as well. Am looking forward to meeting a new group of those students on-line!

Kathy Jacobs
Instructor:
MS OneNote, Intro;
Advanced PowerPoint;

working on her book "Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint" (in bookstores June 2004). Using OneNote to organize her life, she persuaded her publisher to let her put together a book on this awesome product as well (the book on OneNote will be available in late 2004). Kathy posts to the OneNote newsgroup when she can and answers OneNote questions via Ingenio. Want to know more about Kathy?
Check out one of her sites:
www.powerpointanswers.com
www.onenoteanswers.com
www.outdoorcook.com
 

Madeleine Jacobs
Instructor:
Basic Drawing;
Basic Watercolor 101;
Basic Watercolor 201;
PSP Painting;
PSP 8, Practical Applications;
Beginning Pastels;
Painting with Painter

Having lived for so many years on a working ranch in Wyoming, Madeleine is well equipped to depict the western way of life that is loved by those who live it and a source of fascination for cowboy enthusiasts everywhere!
"I've spent a lot of time photographing and painting the familiar things around me, including my children. Much of the wildlife I love so much was actually in my 'backyard', which included deer in my rosebushes! My art career was put on hold for many years while I raised 4 boys but that was an advantage in itself. In fact, I used my youngest son, Tyler, for a model so often that we would sigh, stick out his hand and say, "Only if you pay me, mom!" Art is a personal thing, in a way. It's an expression in itself of what the artist feel and believes; but it becomes a public expression...a celebration of life....when it's finished and the artist allows the world to share the view. Imagine a world without art----I can't. I currently live in South Dakota near the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian reservations and continue to paint western life as I love to see it. While most of my work is in the western and wildlife genre, I especially love to paint children!

During the spring and summer months, I'm often on the road traveling to shows in various states. My work is available in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, South Dakota and Washington state galleries as well as in gift shops.

.In addition to creating her own work, Madeleine also founded the Artists Gallery Club to unite artists on the web, has developed two newsletters for the artistic community and also teaches online art classes at www.armchairpaintclasses.com as well as standard classes in pencil techniques, watercolor and glaswork.

Linda Johnson
Instructor:
MS Excel 101;
MS Excel 201;
MS PowerPoint;
MS Publisher;
MS Word 101;
MS Word 201;
Outlook - Internet Mail

Linda Johnson is a MOUS certified college instructor of all of the Microsoft Office Programs, as well as Adobe PhotoShop and Windows. She has worked helpdesk and teaches and lectures at many local businesses in her area. She is the author of "MS Word MAGIC! ....Book I: Fonts, Fun & Formats and Book II: Table Wizardry"; and "How To Start a Career as a Software Trainer" and hosts her own Office Tips page at The Newbie Club at http://newbieclub.com/officetips/?buntah
For more info, see her résumé  at:  Linda's Computer Shop 

 

James & Laura La Borde
Instructor:
Access 101;
Access Intermediate

What is there to say about us? James has been using Access at his job at a credit union in Southern California for over 4 years. He has written custom applications using Access for both his current and previous employers. He also writes a monthly column for All 'Bout Computers, a monthly e-zine about Microsoft Office and all things computer related. He is also working toward an MCDBA. Laura hates to talk about herself but… She has worked for ACNielsen on the Nestlé Client Service Team for about 1 year. Before that, she was employed by Whitehall-Robbins, a division of American Home Products (makers of Advil and Robitussin). She too has created custom applications using Microsoft Access & Excel for her current and former employers. She has her MOUS Expert certification in Access, Excel and Powerpoint 97.

Carrie-Ann Laflamme
Instructor:
Intro to ASP

Carri-Ann Laflamme is the President of Classylinks, a web site design services company located in Lisle, Ontario, Canada. Focusing on creating dynamic sites for her clients lead her into the realm of Active Server Pages (ASP), which has become both an obsession and challenging experience.

A certified Webmaster, Carri-Ann's teaching career began with adult learning centers and courses for Microsoft FrontPage. Since 1999 she has been coaching and guiding people through the ASP learning curve via various technical help sites such as www.experts-exchange.com.