Treehouse Online Technology Training

If you are looking to learn new technology skills, the Treehouse can help you with online training in web development, mobile app creation and coding and other areas of modern business using the Internet.

Treehouse enables anytime, anywhere learning accessed online at the learner's convenience. The flexibility is further increased with what at the time of writing is a low-cost monthly subscription model, starting at $25 per month.

Courses take around 45 hours of study for part-time learning, and they can be paused if necessary for other personal commitments and restarted later.

The site caters for beginner through to expert professional level and includes training courses for the following technologies:

• HTML - Building simple websites and accessibility 
• WordPress - for bloggers / website owners, WordPress building a theme and building a plugin 
• Javascript - Foundations, introduction to programming and building an interactive website 
• Writing a business plan, how to start a business, freelancing, blogging to build your business, soft skills, business marketing, copyright, career foundations and building your company. 
• CSS - Foundations, framework basics, building a responsive website and Sass foundations 
• Ruby - Foundations, building a simple application, building social features in Ruby on Rails and more 
• Design - HTML emails, logo design basics, usability foundations, Illustrator and Photoshop foundations, and aesthetics. 
• Several other course ranges that include IOS and Android mobile application development, and PHP. 

The website at www.teamtreehouse.com offers a free trial and the online course allow you not only to learn, but practise your skills and take tests. It looks a worthwhile investment if you are keen to enhance your web-based technology skills with a view to a career change or progression, but dont have the time for traditional, face to face training courses. 

Prezi Online Presentation Tool

Are you looking for ways to create dynamic, graphical presentations quickly and easily? Prezi is an innovative online presentation tool that helps you to escape from boring, text based slides and add some fun and movement to your information without needing any technical skills. 

The YouTube video above gives a brief overview of Prezi. 

This cloud based software product offers a virtual converse for adding text, images or even video, with each piece of information connected in any order. When completed, the presentation then flows from point to point fluidly, creating a much richer experience than simply skipping from from one slide to the next. 

Prezi has many potential uses, including: 

• A sales presentation tool for impressing business clients
• Making staff training meetings more interesting
• Students can add something different to their academic projects

My favourite aspect of the product is the fact that you dont have to start from a blank canvas - there are loads of sample presentations in various styles, which you can simply adapt for your needs.

You can learn more and have a free trial on the prezi.com website.