These days “photoshopped” is used as a verb for changing an image. If you have wondered how images are manipulated in Photoshop, the Lynda.com video above will give you the general idea.
Lynda Weinman is a truly great teacher and is arguably the leading teacher of digital graphic techniques. Her Lynda.com masthead says: “Save your time. Save your money, Know all the features of your software.” I believe that slogan and am a subscriber.
Educators would not go wrong to use Lynda’s story and online teaching methods as excellent models and methodology. I attended a class by Lynda perhaps ten years ago when she was giving seminars for Apple. I have been to a lot of seminars, but Lynda’s stands out in my memory. She is a gifted teacher. About five years ago I had some discussions with Lynda at one of the Flashforward events she was co-sponsoring. She told me that what she liked and wanted to do was to teach. At that point she was deciding to spend her energy making Lynda.com a source for teaching. She has succeeded admirably in doing that.
I say all of this about Lynda because she has been down the paths educators are entering toward effective topic teaching online. She has organized a stable of excellent software teachers and provided the studio and technology for them to teach what they know on the training videos produced at Lynda.com. The video posted above is a prime example.
Just this week she is introducing the new lynda.com iPhone — a taking a big step into handschooling.
Lynda Weinman and her husband and business partner Bruce Heavin tell the story of their partnership and company in The lynda.com Story. They refer to their enterprise as the “Online Training Library.” Most of the videos in the Library are only available to paying subscribers. It will be very interesting to follow what Lynda.com does in the future about opening content. Already more than 5000 of her videos are free. My guess is Lynda will lead us with her usual intelligence and learner-centered passion into workable openness for the global knowledge commons.
