Bahamian Lyford Cay International School set to launch STEM Initiative

TECH NEWS –When grade six Bahamian students are discussing how to get mobile devices into the hands of school age children across The Bahamas the impact of a school with a strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) curriculum becomes apparent. An 11 year old student will be leading a discussion with attendees at the upcoming Nassau Educational Technology Conference (NET.2) at Lyford Cay International School (LCIS) with the topic “Why One Device Per Child is Important and How to Make it Happen”. The student will be introducing affordable digital educational tools to the 400 educators in attendance as she shares her own personal experience as a “one-to-one student” at LCIS.

In Spring 2007, thanks to the support of generous donors, LCIS took the bold step to launch a new technology platform. The platform provided LCIS with pervasive levels of technology, professional development, and resources to meet the needs of students and teachers living in a digital society. Thus began a journey in technology, which has seen LCIS become a leader in educational technology in the Caribbean. Today, the school’s campus network boasts 99.9% uptime and some of the fastest Internet speeds available in the Bahamas. LCIS has made significant investment in ICT and has integrated technology into the curriculum at every level. There is a dedicated ICT Instructor for each of the Early Learning Center, the Elementary School and the Secondary School. These instructors work collaboratively with teachers and students to enrich traditional content by infusing ICT wherever appropriate. More