The marvels of 3-D technology were on display during a field trip on March 23 to the Ocean City Free Public Library, where ACS high school students observed a 3-D printer as it created objects they had recently designed in their Intro to Information Technology Class, which is part of a high school Technology Concentration.

“Everyone was excited to watch as the printer created their unique designs,” said Rhapsody Hahn-Chaney, who is the K-12th grade computer teacher. Some of the items created by the students included a pencil case, a customized die for game play, a heart charm, a heart statuette, and a keychain with a student’s name on it.  Also along for the field trip to see the 3-D printer in action were students from her 8th grade computer class and volunteer media integration specialist Greg Louderback.

The five high school students in the Intro to Information Technology class, which meets four times a week, also recently completed a website design project.  The team of Gabriel Catusse-Martinella and Isaac Choi, pictured below right, created a website about a Mars Space Journey Project, which they named ISIEL. The team of Amber Ramos and Joseph Choi, pictured below left, built their website from scratch on the advancement of travel, and named their website TAOT. Their site included several infographs. The students presented their projects in class on March 30.

Hahn-Chaney said that this year-long class has been covering a wide range of IT topics to give students a foundation to explore a career in information technology. Some of the topics the class has covered include: digital footprints and user data and monitoring; an introduction to coding; hacking and digital security; vector art and pixel rendering as part of graphic design; and quantum computers and 4D.