Department Technology

At CIC it is considered that learning technology is more than acquiring skills and knowledge, it is about learning to approach problems with the appropriate skills and techniques, identifying important aspects of a given situation and developing creative and innovative solutions. To this end, technology teachers require students to continually apply the five steps of the MYP Design Cycle: Investigate, Design, Plan, Create, and Evaluate in all of the challenges and/or problems they might face. MYP Technology also requires students to understand the issues and consequences associated with technological developments.

Our Faculty

Steven Ramsammy – PowerSchool Administrator.
Alexander Hamilton – MYP Technology teacher.

Course Descriptions

MYP Level: Year 1, Grade 6, Alexander Hamilton
The sixth grade technology course introduces students to the MYP Design Cycle used in MYP Technology. Students will work with computer technology, acquiring skills and applying them while creating projects with a variety of software to meet specific needs or solve real life problems. They will also work with Design Technology, through initial projects in robotics.

MYP Level: Year 2, Grade 7, Alexander Hamilton
This project-based course is designed to teach students how to use technology resources to research, make responsible decisions, solve problems, and communicate effectively. The Middle Years Programme has developed the Technology Design Cycle to guide students toward those goals. Projects in this course center around photography and graphics as methods of expression and tools for communication.

Students use a blog to brainstorm and journal during each step of the Design Cycle as a way to keep track of their progress on each project. Some of the tools used in this course are Blogger, digital cameras, Photoshop, Picassa, printers, search engines, and word-processing software. Students learn to use these tools as an extension of their own creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.

MYP Level: Year 3, Grade 8, Alexander Hamilton
In this course, students will learn how to create robots using LEGO elements and Robolab programming language to solve thematic based challenges. In conjunction with that, they are required to formally learn the basic principles of the design cycle and the concepts of system and technology. The main objective is to help students develop and apply the skills in inventing, creating, constructing, testing, modifying, and evaluating. They will also learn important tools with Excel in order to be able to create charts, analyze graph, and use formulas.

MYP Level: Year 4, Grade 9, Alexander Hamilton
During this course, the 9th grade students will be involved in creating systems-based products or solutions to perform a task or achieve a purpose. The method will be learner centered, where students will assume a greater responsibility in managing their learning pace and strategies. This active learning approach will focus on questioning, critical thinking and problem solving. The ninth grade technology course introduces students to HTML language and Web Design.

MYP Level: Year 5, Grade 10, Alexander Hamilton
When students get to year 5, they have to complete two open-ended projects that have real-world applications. To achieve this we motivate students to use communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal, as they are challenged to create, describe and justify original solutions to the design problems. Students must use and apply the MYP Design Cycle effectively. The projects the students undertake are designed to have a context that is relevant and encourage culturally curiosity. Students are encourage to use as technology tools video production and video editing and computer animation.