Power Up weekend workshops being launched next month

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1681" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;SND18-wk2-Power&lowbar;Up&lowbar;workshops&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND18-wk2-Power Up workshops" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"184" &sol;>Media Design School have launched a series of weekend workshops that are designed to address the increasing demand for short courses in coding&comma; game development&comma; user experience&comma; social media community management and digital design in New Zealand&period; <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These specialist workshops&comma; which will be held at Media Design School&&num;8217&semi;s central Auckland campus&comma; will expose participants to an array of tools&comma; tips&comma; and transferable skills in the fields of new and emerging digital technologies&comma; including basic proficiencies in Adobe Photoshop&semi; Adobe After Effects&semi; Unity 5&semi; and a range of programming languages including HTML and CSS&semi; JavaScript&comma; Python&semi; C&plus;&plus;&semi; and C&num;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first series of workshops also include a number of featured workshops with industry practitioners who are leaders in their respective digital fields&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tara Brannigan&comma; community manager at Wipster and former community manager at PikPok&comma; will be running a workshop entitled Building Your Community on Social Media on September 19&semi; Auckland-based director of user experience design agency Lushai&comma; Matt Gould&comma; will be running an Introduction to User Experience Design course on September 19 and 20&semi; and digital artist Link Choi will run an introductory Digital Painting in Photoshop workshop on September 12 and 13&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Power Up Weekend Workshops will also feature a range of Media Design School&&num;8217&semi;s award-winning lecturers and tutors&comma; who come from a diverse array of digital disciplines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Registrations for the Power Up Weekend Workshops are now open&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mediadesignschool&period;com&sol;power-up-weekend-workshops" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;mediadesignschool&period;com&sol;power-up-weekend-workshops<&sol;a> to find out more information about the courses on offer&period;<&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;