Welcome to High School Information and Communication Technology (ICT). 

Grade 9 and 10

ISB offers the IGCSE ICT course for Grades 9 and 10.  The syllabus combines theoretical and practical studies, focusing on the ability to use common software application, spreadsheets, databases, interactive presentation software, e-mail, web browsers and website design. Students develop a greater awareness of how applications are used in today’s modern world, and learn to consider the impact of new technologies within the workplace, as well as on a social, economic, ethical and moral level. The skills learned become useful to them in their work across the curriculum, and prepares them for future employment.

Assessment

Practical components of the assessment process are hardware and software independent. During practical assessment, any hardware platform, operating system, and applications packages can be used, providing students with the opportunity to demonstrate the full range of skills in the syllabus.

If you need additional information about the course you can click here. (Link to CIE webpage)

Grade 11 and 12

Our Grade 11 students began this year for the first time their study of IB Information Technology for Global Society (ITGS). Students enrolled for either the Higher (HL) or Standard Level (SL) course.

ITGS explores the advantages and disadvantages of information technology, locally and globally.  It provides an introduction to computers and different computer application software.  It also offers a framework for students to make informed judgments about the use of information within social and global contexts.

Upon completion of IB ITGS, students ultimately achieve a greater understanding of the various individuals and societies, and how such communities come together within a technologically globalized environment. 

Within the context of Information Technology,  students gain a critical appreciation for:

- human experience and behaviour

- the varieties of physical, social and economical environments that people acquire

- the history of social and cultural institutions

ITGS is designed to foster in students the capacity to identify, critically analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and arguments relating to the nature and activities of individuals and societies in modern-day computing.