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New CCNA Curricula Updates In February 2007 we sent an update regarding the next generation of the CCNA curricula to internal and select external audiences and received great feedback. We now have the following new and updated resources available:
We will continue to provide information as it becomes available.
U.S. Academy Recognition Award Deadline Extended to April 13
Remember, winners will be announced in advance of the U.S. Academy Conference 2007 events so that Academies can host local events to honor the winners. Each winning instructor and one representative per winning Academy will also receive a promotional code to apply toward a complementary registration for the conference, and are encouraged to attend one of the events this summer to receive the award in person.
U.S. Academy Conference 2007 – Register Today!
We share your commitment to “Educating the Architects of the Networked Economy” and to preparing students to successfully compete in a global economy, so you'll find this year's agenda packed with both technical and program sessions that will help you and your students be successful. At the conference, we will provide you with curriculum, program, and technical updates, as well as opportunities to share ideas and best practices with your peers, IT professionals, Academy partners, Cisco staff and members of the Cisco Networking Academy team. And did we mention it's our 10th anniversary? We’ll have exciting and fun materials to share with you at this year’s conference as well as suggestions for ways you can leverage this milestone in your local Academies and communities. And of course, once again, we will have opportunities to have some fun! The cost of the conference is being subsidized by the Cisco Learning Institute and is $275 per attendee, not including travel expenses or hotel costs. Please plan to join us for Academy Conference 2007 and be part of our human network! For more information, please visit the Academy Conference Website. If you have additional questions, please send an e-mail to: academyconference2007@cisco.com. Related links |
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Celebrating 10 Years of Student Success |
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Travel with Us As We Feature Academy Stories from Around the World!
We are in the process of creating a global video featuring students, instructors, and academies; highlighting their stories and the impact that the Networking Academy has had on their lives. A Networking Academy team will be filming in eight countries between March 23 and April 20 and we would like you to join them "virtually" on their trip. To assist with your virtual travels, we are pleased to announce the launch of www.netspacelive.com, a community blog designed for you to track the team's progress as they meet with Academy students and instructors from around the world, and connect with the people who bring the human network to life. Join us to share thoughts, stories, and pictures as we search for the architects of the Internet, the storytellers of education, and the future rock stars of information and communication technologies. Postings from our first four cities and students: Sao Paolo, Brazil; Birmingham, United Kingdom; Kyiv, Ukraine; and Cairo, Egypt are already live on the site. In addition, starting this week, you will be able to make your own connections and share your personal story on AcademyNetSpace through a new feature that will allow you to create a personal profile, upload pictures, and connect with other community members. You will receive an invitation to create your profile soon. Please join us now in our adventures at www.netspacelive.com. See you online! Looking Forward to the Next Decade of Student Success: News@Cisco Feature Article
News@Cisco: Cisco Networking Academy at 10 When it comes to technology, a decade can represent a lifetime. Read the full article at News@Cisco Download the article as a formatted pdf
New Materials to Mark 10 Years of Success
Our community Website, Academy NetSpace, is also becoming increasingly brighter, with more than 5000 points of light! If you have not yet done so, please make sure your Academy has its point of light on the map. Read the full story |
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Certification Magazine to Newbies: How to Break into the IT Industry Asbury Park Press: Find a Hot Job Now Available from Cisco Press: IP Telephony Using CallManager Express Lab Portfolio
Visit the product page to download a sample chapter. For more information about these and other Cisco Press titles, please visit www.ciscopress.comCisco Is Looking for Network Engineers Cisco’s Intelligent Networking Solutions (INS) team is looking for entry-level, full-time individuals to support our Global Engineering Operations department in the area of voice, data, and video IP-based communication systems. The job openings are in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and San Jose, California. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about ways in which emerging technologies are used to enhance communications. |
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Network World Profiles Cisco Networking Academy Graduate Finding success with certifications: One former HR executive found success retraining as an IT professional Here’s one story that shows how certifications can boost a person’s career. Cisco got me in touch with Michael Crocker, a six-year human resources specialist who, feeling uninspired in his “paper-driven” job decided to take networking classes part-time and is now enjoying a shift lead position working on the Navy Marines Corps Intranet (NMCI) project. Submit Your Own Success Story for the 2007 Academy Recognition Awards We encourage you to share your success as well. Nominate an Academy, instructor, student, or graduate for a 2007 Academy Recognition Award. |
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Promoting IT Careers |
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Will Someone Help Me Find My TV Remote? By Peter Joyce, Cisco Networking Academy Workforce Development Manager
Laying the Groundwork for Wirelessness
Adler’s refinement was rather simple. When a viewer pressed the buttons on the Space Command, tiny hammers struck lightweight aluminum rods to produce high-frequency sounds. The sounds triggered vacuum-tube receivers inside the TV that moved the power, channel changer, and volume controls up or down. It would be impossible to watch one of today’s 500-channel, high-definition, plasma televisions without a remote. In fact, those of us with the Y chromosome would be lost without the ability to constantly flip through the channels and frustrate our spouses. I believe Adler’s vision provided the groundwork for wirelessness in general. Television remotes taught us to expect similar ease in almost everything – garage door openers, wireless phones, and even laptops. Equipping Students for Real Problem-Solving and Innovation So, why I am writing about Mr. Adler in a workforce column? We hear that employers are looking for people who can leverage their classroom-based technical knowledge and skills to solve problems in a real work setting. We hear that the key to America’s competitiveness in this flat world is creating workers who are innovative. People like Robert Adler serve as examples for our future workforce. But are people like Alder born, or are they taught and shaped? As a father, I can assure you that “wiring” at birth is a big factor. But our education is an undeniably strong catalyst. In the technology field, we spend a lot of time with “boxes” –computers, routers, wireless devices, and the like. We should teach students not only how the box works and what is inside the box that makes it work, but also the basic concept behind the technology in the box. This is true for the technician as well as the engineer. Employers believe, and rightly so, that this in-depth knowledge allows students to “think outside the box,” thereby equipping students for real problem-solving and innovation. Shaping tomorrow’s IT and networking workers is no easy task in an era of rapidly changing technology. It requires a thorough understanding of the basics – physics, math, technology. It requires a mix of classroom- and work-based experiences. But through every learning modality, we must think imaginatively to create situations that test student knowledge, foster technological investigations, and spur innovation. I am hoping that the next innovation will be technology that helps me keep track of my remote! Related links
In the News: Cisco Networking Academies Host Job Shadow Day 2007
Working with America's Promise and Junior Achievement, Cisco will be hosting dozens of events with students from the Cisco Networking Academy throughout the month to provide detailed information about career opportunities in the information technology industry. Robin Raskin's Raising Digital Kids: Cisco’s Groundhog Day A study conducted after last year’s Job Shadow Day found that teens who have job-shadowed are more likely to seek employment while in high school and more likely to believe they will complete college. Yahoo! Tech: Cisco's Groundhog Job Shadow Day I spent Groundhog Day in Cisco's New York offices with 70 students representing the cream of the crop of high schools that are a part of the Cisco Networking Academy, a program designed to teach students how to build and maintain networks. The participating schools partner with Cisco to offer basic network administration certification. If it sounds like the kind of day where you might catch a few Zs while someone talked about routers, think again. There's Still Time to Host Your Own Job Shadowing Event
Remember to contact us two weeks prior to your event so we can send you giveaways for the day of the event as well as a gift of appreciation: a Job Shadow Day 2007 pennant. If you have already held your 2007 event, we still want to thank you. Please contact us so we can send you a Job Shadow Day 2007 pennant.
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Wisconsin Technology Network on IT Workforce Development: Losing the Numbers Game An estimated 46 million baby boomers with a college education will retire by 2020, and will be replaced by 49 million college graduates who will enter the workforce. However, about 12 million new skilled positions will be added overall by 2020, leaving a gap of nine million between the number of skilled positions available and the number of college graduates available to fill them. The Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles has tracked the decline in the percentage of incoming freshman students who list computer science as a probable major. That percentage dropped from 3.5 percent in 1999 and 2000 to about 1.1 percent in 2004, including declines of 6.5 percent to 2.5 percent among men, and about 1.1 percent to about 0.3 percent among women. Network World: The Hot Technology Skills for 2007 Forrester's November 2006 survey of about 280 IT decision makers revealed that project management is a "missing skill set" in some 55 percent of respondents' IT organizations. IT managers will also be looking to increase their information security skills. According to survey results, nearly one-third of IT leaders plan to hire security staff in 2007. Certification Magazine to Newbies: How to Break into the IT Industry Overall Overall, IT employment in the United States climbed a little more than 4 percent in 2006. More than 3.6 million people work in IT. Technology is at the forefront of several job categories projected to see significant growth in the next seven to 10 years. In fact, computer-related occupations account for five of the 20 fastest-growing occupations in the U.S. economy, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Asbury Park Press: Find a Hot Job Now In Michael Farr's book, Top 100 Careers for College Graduates, computer-related jobs show up time and again. No. 2 is systems manager, No. 3 is computer software engineer, and No. 5 is computer systems analyst. Another thing that hasn't slowed: great salaries. The median annual pay range is from $40,000 to $92,000. |
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Download the market research, which is compiled for the Cisco Networking Academy by a public relations firm. Information is broken down by category: job market / technology trends, gender, Cisco news, theater-specific information. |
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Before Adler made the remote wireless, Zenith produced a device called the Lazy Bones, which performed on/off and channel-changing functions through a cord. The initial wireless remote ran on photoelectric cells embedded in the TV cabinet. Unfortunately, the cells reacted to sunlight as well as the remote. 
Wall Street Journal: Cisco Takes Part in National Groundhog Job Shadow Day 2007
