| Session ID |
Session Name |
Description |
Minutes |
BRK-110T (PDF - 303 KB) |
Wireless Router Lab: CCNA and Beyond |
A laptop is required to participate in this session. A wireless router will be provided for each instructor. Step through the basic setup of the Linksys WRT-300N wireless router. Learn about the various wireless security features, including WEP, WPA, AES and TKIP security options. Discuss VPN and practice setting up a basic VPN connection. Understand the differences in the Linksys "n" series routers that are approved for the curriculum. Observe a working setup and demo of the new Linksys IP-based video surveillance system, including Pan/Tilt/Zoom, network attached storage and wireless VPN. |
105 |
| BRK-111T (PDF - 645 KB) |
Basic Use of Packet Tracer |
A laptop is required to participate in this session. Learn the basics of using Packet Tracer, such as how to create a simple network, customize device interfaces, basic configuration using the Config Mode, and how to observe the flow of traffic on the network. |
105 |
BRK-112T
(Presentation not available) |
Security in CCNA |
A laptop is required to participate in this session. The session addresses the key concepts of network security covered in the CCNA courses. You will learn about different types of threats, attacks, mitigation techniques, and Cisco IOS software tools to help secure networks. The session includes extensive hands-on lab activities using NETLAB. This session is for instructors planning to teach CCNA Exploration. CCNA Discovery instructors are welcome. |
120 |
| BRK-113T (PDF - 428 KB) |
Culminating Packet Tracer Activities in Discovery/Exploration |
A laptop is required to participate in this session and assumes that the participant has some prior knowledge of using Packet Tracer. Learn how to use culminating activities in the classroom to enrich students' learning. We will examine using Challenge Activities and Case Studies from the curriculum and discuss ways to manage and work with culminating activities. |
120 |
| BRK-114P (PDF - 906 KB) |
New CCNA Curriculum Overview |
Not yet teaching CCNA Discovery or CCNA Exploration? This session will provide an overview of both curricula and help you decide which is best for your Academy. There will be time for Q&A at the end of the session. |
60 |
| BRK-115P (PDF - 530 KB) |
"Birds of a Feather" for Post-Secondary Institutions |
Join your colleagues from other post secondary institutions to discuss promising practices for implementing the new Academy curriculum. This is also an opportunity to share your strategies for creating successful pipeline models from high schools, including dual enrollment and articulation models. |
60 |
| BRK-116T (PDF - 615 KB) |
Virtual Tools in ITE: Pc Hardware and Software v4.0 |
A laptop is required to participate in this session. Virtual Laptop and Virtual Desktop are useful tools to reinforce student learning in IT Essentials PC. In this session, learn to use these virtual tools and discuss ideas of how to use them in your classroom. Also, learn ways to use Packet Tracer in your ITE PC classroom. |
60 |
| BRK-117T (PDF - 838 KB) |
Teaching Telephony |
Want to learn more about IP Telephony? Learn about teaching tools, techniques and best practices for teaching an IP Telephony course or to include Voice over IP labs in a CCNA or CCNP course. Other topics included are a brief overview of the IPT supplemental material, CallManager Express, and the equipment necessary to teach a course. |
60 |
| BRK-118T (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
Intermediate Use of Packet Tracer |
A laptop is required to participate in this session and assumes that the participant has some prior knowledge of using Packet Tracer. In this session participants will learn how to use the CLI Mode for configuration, set up and configure wireless devices, add IP phones, view PDUs, use Packet Tracer Activity files (.pka), and create a simple Packet Tracer activity. |
90 |
| BRK-119T (PDF - 2.7 MB) |
Discovery Server |
A laptop is required to participate in this session. Use Discovery Server v2.0 to provide live network services for CCNA Discovery students to use in completing hands-on labs. This session will include demonstration and opportunities for hands-on practice. |
90 |
| BRK-120P (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
Using Cisco Press Books for Student Success |
This interactive session with Cisco Press author/instructors will discuss some of their best practices and review product features that they use to improve student learning, retention, and testing success. Cisco Press staff will also be on hand to answer questions on new book and software resources for classroom instruction. |
60 |
| BRK-121P (PDF - 494 KB) |
How to Host Your Own "All Academy Day" |
What it does for your Community! "All Academy Day" is a competition that gives students the chance to show off the skills they have learned in the Cisco Networking Academy and explore career pathways by interacting with IT professionals. Teams of students participate in a series of hands-on events related to the IT Essentials and CCNA curricula. These events bring more value to your academy by bringing in students, administrators, and industry partners. Learn how to run the event and the advantages to your academy for recruiting, making partnerships, and motivating students to be a part of IT careers. |
60 |
| BRK-122T (PDF - 1.4 KB) |
Wireshark and Cisco Network Assistant |
Learn to use Wireshark and Cisco Network Assistant in CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration labs. Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer used to capture and analyze PDUs. Cisco Network Assistant is a PC-based network management application. |
60 |
| BRK-123T (PDF - 1 MB) |
IPv6: An Overview |
A laptop is preferred to participate in this session. Why migrate from IPv4 to IPv6? What are features of IPv6? How do you migrate from IPv4 to IPv6? What is the current status of IPv6? Learn these answers and more at this presentation. |
60 |
| BRK-124P (PDF - 245 KB) |
CCNA Exploration |
Want to learn more about CCNA Exploration? This session will provide a more in-depth understanding of the curriculum as well as an opportunity to share best practices with those instructors who are already teaching it. |
60 |
| BRK-125P (PDF - 460 KB) |
The Professional Learning Life Cycle |
What has the Cisco Learning Institute found out about teaching in the Networking Academies? Find out how we are using technology and new business models to support instruction and instructors. |
60 |
| BRK-126T (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
New Topics in IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software v.4.0 |
Networking, security, soft skills, and troubleshooting are essential topics for computer technicians and entry-level IT workers. This session will focus on the topics new to ITE: PC v4.0 and will include some tips on CompTIA A+ exam preparation. |
60 |
| BRK-127T (PDF - 2.3 MB) |
Why CCNP? |
The view of the network as a 'dumb pipe' is both outdated and limiting – the network has evolved considerably over the past 20 years converging voice, video and data on the single IP platform. Along with the core routing and switching technologies, the new CCNP v5.0 academy courses integrate advanced technology topics on converged networks, security, virtual private networks (VPNs), wireless, quality of service (QoS), and broadband technologies. The courses enrich students’ knowledge base and skills in advanced technologies and prepare them for the current IT job market. Join the session to learn more about the courses & technologies and how you can offer them at your institutions to help students to become network professionals. |
60 |
| BRK-128P (PDF - 243 KB) |
CCNA Discovery |
Want to learn more about CCNA Discovery? This session will provide a more in-depth understanding of the curriculum as well as an opportunity to share best practices with those instructors who are already teaching it. |
60 |
| BRK-129P (PDF - 702 KB) |
Seamless Education Pathways for Students |
Outlining career pathways with non-duplicative programs of study from secondary through post secondary education not only benefits students, it’s an emerging business requirement for education at all levels. This interactive session will share articulation and dual enrollment models of practice within the Networking Academy, discuss implementation details, and gather feedback from participants on what works in their academy. In addition, participants will get an update on the IT Career Cluster, Network Systems pathway and how the newly revised Knowledge and Skills align to Cisco Networking Academy curricula. |
60 |
| BRK-130T (PDF - 1.3 MB) |
Case Studies from CCNA Discovery 4 |
A laptop is preferred to participate in this session. This session will familiarize instructors with the two case studies used throughout the CCNA Discovery 4 course. Instructors should take the time to prepare to teach CCNA D4 by examining how the case studies are presented and covered in this course. This session will include some group work activities to provide some experience with case study materials. |
120 |
| BRK-131T (PDF - 367 KB) |
Blended Distance Learning Case Study |
A laptop is preferred to participate in this session. The University of Alaska and other schools use a blended distance learning program designed to serve students that might not otherwise be able to participate in Cisco Networking Academy classes. Learn how online tools are utilized to conduct interactive classroom sessions with students. This session consists of a case study for blended distance learning followed by an interactive training session using IPv6 concepts taught in CCNA Exploration 4. In a hands-on lab, participants can use distance tools to collaboratively implement IPv6 in a lab from the CCNP BSCI course. |
120 |
| BRK-132P (PDF - 557 KB) |
Working with Career Counselors: A Hands-on Workshop |
A laptop is preferred to participate in this session. This session is designed to share tools and resources that can be used by high school and college career counselors when advising students about IT technical professions. The session includes live demonstrations and several hands-on exercises. All participants will also receive a CD-ROM of tools and handouts from the session. Explore the web-based assessment tools, videos, and other resources that can be used in your high schools or colleges. |
90 |
BRK-133P (PDF - 2.4 MB)
(Supplemental) (PDF - 529 KB)
|
Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Students |
Share best practices with instructors who have successful models to recruit and retain students in the Networking Academy. In addition, learn from a speaker from the STEM Equity Pipeline, an NSF funded project of the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation, which is focused on building the expertise of professional development staff working with STEM teachers. The projects' professional development efforts translate research into practice for increasing the participation and completion of women and girls in STEM career cluster programs at the secondary and community college level. This session will focus on best practices that Cisco Academy teachers can implement to help accomplish this goal and how you can get involved in the professional development activities of the STEM Equity Pipeline. |
90 |
| BRK-134T (PDF - 724 KB) |
VPNs Simplified |
A laptop is required to participate in this session. This session reviews the fundamentals of Virtual Private Networks. This session will remove the mystery from terms commonly associated with VPNs including: ISAKMP, IPSec, PPTP, L2F, L2TP and more. The session will consist of demonstrations and will include hands-on exercises to demonstrate various VPN configurations. |
60 |
| BRK-135T (PDF - 1 MB) |
CCNA Switching (PVST, PVST+, RSTP, MSTP) |
The evolution of STP has been driven by the need to create industry-wide specifications when proprietary protocols become de facto standards. Different types of STPs provide rapid convergence and load balancing in a VLAN environment. The session focuses on the variances of the STP algorithms covered in the CCNA Exploration courses. |
60 |
| BRK-136P (PDF - KB) |
How to Prepare Students for the CCENT and CCNA Certifications |
CCENT/CCNA certifications are now more essential than ever. This session will include a plan to incorporate available academy tools into targeted training for students to help them achieve certification. |
60 |
| BRK-137T (PDF - 756 KB) |
Advanced Use of Packet Tracer |
A laptop is required to participate in this session and assumes that the participant has prior knowledge of using Packet Tracer equivalent to the skills covered in the Intermediate session. Learn how to modify a .pka file, create advanced activity files, using clusters, Frame Relay, and how to troubleshoot activities. |
90 |
| BRK-138T (PDF - 651 KB) |
Security Teaching Tools |
A laptop is preferred to participate in this session. This session presents several teaching tools, techniques and best practices for teaching Information Security in CCNA and CCNP courses. The session will include a short lecture concerning threats, vulnerabilities and risk assessment. The session will also include demonstrations and several hands-on exercises intended to emphasize both the necessity and approaches to implement network security countermeasures. |
90 |
| BRK-139P (PDF - 421 KB) |
Student Advocacy: Designing Solutions for Students |
Attend this session to learn more about Cisco's new Student Advocacy efforts. We will provide an in depth profile of the students in the US and Canada and hold interactive breakout sessions to propose solutions for the challenges students face today. Please join us if you would like to be part of the solution and hear about some of the investments we will be making in the coming year. |
90 |
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