Five Free Background Music Samples Created with Maschine MIKRO MK2

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m passionate about creativity and learning. I’m also fascinated about electronic music and of course, I had to try it out. So I did some research and I found Native Instruments’ Maschine products which are (for lack of a better word) machines known as “groove makers” as well as […]

Camtasia Studio 8 : Quick eLearning Anyone Can Use!

Hi everyone! I’m back and with a great product: Camtasia Studio 8.  This is the first of a couple posts showing most of the features Camtasia has to offer.  I think this product is great for companies that need to put content out to staff quickly and still manage to include multimedia and interactive elements.  […]

Violence in Venezuela this Past Week: Adobe Premiere Compilation

I made a compilation of multiple videos posted on YouTube of highly disturbing and violent images of pacific demonstrations gone wrong in Venezuela. Why? Well, I was born there but, I also felt the obligation to denounce this from a humanistic viewpoint. This video was produced with Adobe Premiere CS5 (video editing software) and I translated lyrics […]

Captivate 7: Glitchy e-learning? The Follow-Up Post

OK folks! It’s been longer than a week (blame the Polar Vortex, everybody else does ; ). Here’s the follow-up to the original post about publishing Adobe Captivate 7  e-learning modules on HTML5 (not Flash) to the web. The Not So Great… This is a quick look at what Adobe needs to pay attention to for a […]

Adobe Captivate 7: Glitchy eLearning

Captivate 7 is the latest instance of one of the top contenders in the eLearning authoring software arena from Adobe.  However, although it has many built-in features for interaction like its main rival Articulate Storyline; the application reveals many glitches on the final product.  Hence the importance of allowing ample testing time as an Instructional Designer so […]

iTunesU: Where were you when I was 12!

I love technology but, it’s just not fair.  I remember being 12 and having to spend so many hours researching content for my school projects while traveling many miles between bookstores and libraries to find what I needed.  Now, imagine having complete access to every media library at every major university in the world! Ok, open your eyes, […]