This document provides an overview of topics to be covered in a Big Data training. It will discuss uses of Big Data, Hadoop, HDFS architecture, MapReduce algorithm, WordCount example, tips for MapReduce, and distributing Twitter data for testing. Key concepts that will be covered include what Big Data is, how HDFS is architected, the MapReduce phases of map, sort, shuffle, and reduce, and how WordCount works as a simple MapReduce example. The goal is to introduce foundational Big Data and Hadoop concepts.