Classes in digital photography, Web hosting set at Southwest Virginia Technology Development Center

The Technology Academy for the Community is offering classes this summer at the Southwest Virginia Technology Development Center in Lebanon for those interested in gaining basic hands-on experience digital cameras and Web site creation.

Each class lasts for two hours and is designed to create a comfortable environment for participants to ask fundamental questions such as how to customize e-mail, how to list their Web sites on search engines and how to transfer photographs from digital cameras to a computer.

“People will get to practice what we teach,” said Shannon Blevins, the Center’s director and director of economic development at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. “We want these classes to be very informative and fun.

A course crafted to teach participants to transfer digital photographs from a camera to a computer is slated for July 1 from 10 a.m. until noon.  The class, “Pictures in a Flash,” will allow participants to print 10 of their own 4x6 photographs. Those participating must bring the cable or device required to transfer photographs from a camera to a computer.

Participants in the “Get Caught in the Web” course, set for July 15 from 10 a.m. until noon, will learn to secure a domain name, setup a Web hosting space, customize e-mail and list a Web site on search engines.

Pre-registration is required and each class is $20. To register, contact Krissi Lee at 276-889-8180 or email klee@uvawise.edu.

The Center is located at 141 Highland Drive in Lebanon.

The Southwest Virginia Technology Development Center, operated by UVa-Wise, provides technical education and professional development for individuals and professionals in the region.

The only branch campus of the University of Virginia, UVa-Wise is ranked among the nation’s top ten public liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. UVa-Wise offers Virginia’s only undergraduate degree in software engineering, among 28 other degrees and professional programs in the liberal arts tradition of Thomas Jefferson.

Posted June 18, 2008