Lesson 1: CISCO integration
The Cisco Networking Academy:
It was established in response to a growing
need for skilled network administrators within
schools. It was also envisioned by a small group
of inspired educators and CISCO engineers.
- An educational program that would
deliver networking skills training to
students.
- A global educational community based
on partnerships between CISCO, NGO,
Educational institutions, government,
businesses, etc.
These students could then be able to assist in
designing, building, and maintaining school
computer networks.
CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Curriculum – This happened because business
leaders at CISCO supported a fledgling program.
Additional Courses: IT Essentials, CCNA
Security, CISCO Certified Network Professional
(CCNP)
- It also prepares student for a higher
education in computer science and
engineering as well as networking,
information, and computer-technology
related jobs.
- It creates a qualified talent pool that can
design, build, and maintain network
infrastructure.
Networking Academy Partners:
The Networking Academy – They support, and
training model is intended to ensure operational
effectiveness and sustainability.
Academy Support Centers (ASCs) – They are
leading academies within the program. They
also provide academies with guidance and
ongoing support.
ASCs Services:
- Onboarding support for academies
- Localized communicators
- Assistance with use of netacad.com
- Assistance with membership agreement
process
- Assistance locating services, information,
and tools.
The Roles Within the Networking Academy:
- The primary responsibility is to teach
students and ICT principles and skills.
Networking Academy Instructor’s
Responsibilities:
- Set up and manage classes
- Teach classes
- Manage online gradebook before, during,
and after class.
- Engage in the online communities to keep
abreast of the latest Networking
Academy.
The Networking Academy Membership:
- All academies are required to accept a
membership agreement with CISCO.
The Membership Agreement governs your
academy’s participation. It is accompanied by
a membership guide which provides
detailed information about the policies and
expectations for all participants. After it is
accepted online, the agreement can be
printed. The printed agreement includes the
date it was accepted and the information ID.
Netacad.com – is a cloud-based learning
and collaboration platform that enables
you and the instructor to interact with
students in new ways.
- It combines best of breed cloud-based
applications for teaching, learning, and
collaboration.
Your netacad.com profile is the key to
collaborating with your students around the world
Netacad.com my netacad page uses three tabs
to organize functionality according to a user’s
designated role.
I’m Teaching – contains links for instructors to
create and access courses, enroll students, and
manage classes.
I’m Managing – available to users with the
Networking Academy Contact, Success Lead, or
other administrative role. Here they can manage
users, create classes, etc.
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Lesson 2: Information and
communication technology
ICT – is an acronym for Information and
Communications Technology.
It covers any product that will store, retrieve,
manipulate, transmit, or receive information
electronically in a digital form.
Some of its branches are:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Business
- Banking
- Government
Technology – enables individuals, businesses,
and organizations to use digital information.
Online Safety, Security, Ethics, and
Etiquette:
According to July 2016 statistics, there are
already 3.4 billion internet users worldwide.
Offline Identity – Is the person who your
friends and family interact daily. They know
your personal information such as name, age,
and address.
Online Identity – It is who you are in
cyberspace. How you present yourself to others
online.
- It should only reveal a limited amount of
information about you.
- It can also be considered as an actively
constructed presentation of oneself.
Online Identity may even be determined by
user’s relationship to a certain social group they
are a part of online. Some can even be deceptive
of their identity.
Avatar – An icon size graphic image users can
represent themselves with.
- One-way users express their online
identity.
1.1 Current State of ICT Technologies:
Web 1.0 (1996) – It is considered the
foundation of technology. Its objective is to
provide access for the web itself.
- It is about sharing information
- One way communication and read only
web
Web 2.0 (2006) – It is known as the second
generation of Internet-based services. Now
about interaction, encourages collaboration,
participation, and sharing information.
Increased of websites enable community-
based input, interaction, content-sharing, and
collaboration. Types of social media sites and
applications include forums, microblogging,
social networking, social bookmarking, social
curation, and wikis.
- Greater collaboration among internet
users than the first generation
- Dynamic
- Two-way communication
- Read, write, web
Web 3.0 (2016) – The supposed third
generation of Internet-based technological
innovations.
- Referred to as the “Intelligent Web”
About a computer doing smart stuff.
- Three-way communication
- Semantic
- Read, write, executive web
- Machine learning, automation, artificial
intelligence