Cisco has expanded
the Networking Academy curriculum to include courses sponsored
by IT industry leaders providing students with comprehensive
Internet technology skills. This new school year brings two
new Sponsored Curriculum courses: Fundamentals of UNIX, sponsored
by Sun Microsystems, and Fundamentals of Web Design, sponsored
by Adobe Systems.
These new courses offer Cisco Networking Academy students the
opportunity to specialize in UNIX and Web Design training and
prepare for jobs in the Internet Economy. Students will receive
real hands-on experience in topics such as: the UNIX operating
system, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and much more!
Many Academies have started implementing the new courses. Here
are just a few Academies and instructors who would like to share
their stories and best practices.
Glenville High School
Cisco Networking Academy Instructor, Dan McMillan, realized
that he did not have any trouble getting enrollment when his
Academy, Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio, offered the
new Adobe sponsored Fundamentals of Web Design course. Within
the second week of school, there were students trying to enroll
in his already full class.
Dan is teaching the course in a more interactive way, allowing
students to explore all the possibilities of building a web
page. The hands-on exercises include evaluating web sites, seeing
how they work and building actual web pages.
“I have very little trouble motivating my students. They’re
really pushing me and want to learn to do this and that. Kids
spend so much time looking at the web, they want to know how
it works,” Dan says.
University of Wisconsin - Stout
John Burningham, an instructor at University of Wisconsin –
Stout, was ready to develop his own UNIX course for his Academy
students. And when he had heard that Cisco was partnering with
Sun Microsystems to offer the Fundamentals of UNIX course, he
was ecstatic.“It fits right into what we wanted to do,” he says.
John has found the Fundamentals of UNIX course hands-on labs
to be invaluable for his students. He devotes his lecture time
to go over new material and review problems on online exams.
He then breaks his class into smaller groups to work on labs.
John saw a need for his students to learn UNIX skills. “Our
decision to offer the course was based upon what we felt was
an important need to have UNIX experience within the degree
program,” John said.
The School District of Philadelphia
The School District of Philadelphia was excited to deliver the
Fundamentals of Web Design course to the 11th to 12th grade
students. Chris Tully, a Cisco Networking Academy Instructor,
included multi-media and video production into the course. Another
Academy Instructor, Al Ozer, incorporated the Adobe curriculum
into a 12th grade,community-based project where the students
gather information from local businesses, government and residents
to create a web site for community use.
Anne Urevick, a Cisco Regional Administrator, recruits and trains
instructors to teach the Adobe applications. In training, instructors
complete the prescribed Cisco training and during their summer
boot camp, they work together to create their own individual
web sites. Lorraine Bell, an Adobe Project Leader, works with
her team to support each other.
“As long as we provide a collegial, supportive environment,
the proper tools and goals, there will always be more people
wanting to be part of the program,” Anne said.
Currently, Curriculum is being taught in English by Networking
Academies in the U.S. and in selected sites internationally.
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