Mary E. Gardner Technology Center Opened Fall 2007

Relocated Feb 2010

Larger facility to better serve

The Technology Center is home to a state-of-the-art computer lab complete with several iMac computers and several digital cameras.  Here students are given the opportunity to take part in two different classes; digital camera and digital video.   

Digital Camera:  Students will make their own piece of artwork using a digital camera.  Following a lesson on camera usage, students will take the camera into the field taking a variety of pictures based on the guideline set for in the classroom.  Upon return to the computer center, they will download and edit their pictures creating a collage for printing.  (Class length 1.5 hours)

Digital Video:  Students will become actors, videographers, producers, and editors of their own short films.  Following a lesson on camera usage, students will take a digital video camera out into the field to film their own video.  Once complete, they will bring their video back to the computer center where they will edit and burn their own DVD.

YMCA CAMP ALGONQUIN property is owned by the McHenry County Conservation District and is operated by the YMCA of McHenry County.