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Welcome & Syllabus Cisco System Fact Sheet Course Structure Cisco Line of Certification

– CCNA Exam Objectives.– CCDA Exam Objectives.

Log-In and tour the curriculum Chapter 1.

First Meeting Agenda

Let us get acquainted!1. What is your name and how would you like us to

address you?2. Are you taking any other networking classes?3. What is your background in networking?4. Are you a career changer?5. Why did you sign up for this class and what are

your expectations?6. How determined are you to take the CCNA

exam?7. Would you be interested in the CCNP track

(Semester 5-8)?8. What is your next step in technical training and

industry certification after finishing this class?

Cisco Systems Fact Sheet Cisco Started shipping its first product in 1986 In 1990 became a public company with $69

million annual revenues. Now, Cisco Systems is the world wide leader in

networking for the Internet with $13.4 billion annual revenues.

Cisco offers a broad range of network services: Hardware, Software, Protocols

World headquarters in San Jose, California, USA

For more information visit Cisco at www.cisco.com

Program History

Launched in October 1997– 64 Academies; 7 states

Created as solution for schools– Schools becoming wired – Lacked financial and

human resources to manage networks

– Academy students design, maintain, and troubleshoot school networks

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Global Reach

Program Stats-July 1999:– 50 states– More than 40

countries – 2100+ Academies

Where the program is headed in 2000:– 4400 Academies – 60 countries

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Global Translations

Web-Based Curriculum

Online Assessment

Hands-On Learning

Students design, build, and maintain actual networks

Students assessed on ability to apply skills

Develops problem-solving and critical thinking skills

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Academy Hierarchy

S T U D E N T SS T U D E N T S

Cisco Line of Certifications Routing and Switching Network Implementation & Support Routing and Switching Network Design

CCNA Exam #640-407

Semester1: Network Essentials Semester2: Cisco Router Configurations Semester3: LAN Switching Semester4: WAN Technologies

CCDADesigning Cisco Networks

A CCDA can do the following:– Determines the customer requirements for network

performance, security, and scalability.– Design a network structure that meets these requirements.– Articulates the benefit of the design to the customer

satisfaction.– Develop and test a prototype network that validates the

design. Positions for CCDA Include:

– Level 1 Network Engineer.– Level 1 System Engineer.– Sales representative for Cisco Channel Partners.

http://www.cisco.com/edu/academies/

Opportunities for the Future

There are 58 openings in

pro basketball. There are 800,000

in Information Technology.

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Log in and tour the Curriculum

http://cisco.netacad.net Student Name: first three letters of your last name + first Initial + _ + VCC – Example: a student with the name of Wael Yousif would use: youw_vcc Student Password: First 3 letters of your last name + last 4 digits of your

SS# – Example: a student with the last name of Yousif and SS# 123456789 would

use you6789

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