CLI Announces the John Morgridge Scholarship Program for US Networking Academy Students

In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Cisco Networking Academy, Cisco Learning Institute is pleased to announce the John Morgridge Scholarship Program for Cisco Networking Academy students in the United States. Fifty-one $500 scholarships will be awarded; one scholarship to one student in each of the fifty states in the United States and one in the District of Columbia.
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CLI Announces Awards for Panduit Scholarship Program

CLI and Panduit have announced 40 scholarship awards for the Panduit Excellence Scholarship Program. Awards were based on demonstrated commitment to networking education leading to the CCNA certification. More than 500 applications were submitted and reviewed. Each application provided information about education, experience, community service, and an essay on careers goals in the networking industry. Each award winner will receive USD $1,000 towards tuition in CCNA courses for the 2008-2009 academic year.
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Cisco Academy Instructor Professional Development Updates

All Professional Development materials can be accessed through CLI's Interactive Course Guides link on Academy Connection.

• Packet Tracer instructor materials are now available in support of the Packet Tracer 5.0 release. A new Multiuser Guide describes and demonstrates the new multiuser features in PT 5 through the use of video clips. A new Reference for Network Administrators and Academy Instructors provides advanced information for PT 5. Additionally, updated Beginner and Intermediate Guides, PowerPoints (PPTs) and Speaker Notes are available.
• Instructor resources in Spanish for CCNA Discovery and Exploration courses are now available. Spanish instructor resources consist of Interactive Course Guides (ICGs), Instructor Reference Guides (IRGs), and PowerPoints (PPTs).

2008 Cisco Scholarship Program (China) Recipients

Cisco Learning Institute, together with China NetAcad, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Cisco Scholarship Program (China) for the following Cisco Networking Academy Courses: CCNA Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Businesses; CCNA Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP; CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals; and CCNA Exploration: Routing Protocols and Concepts. 170 students from 13 Academies in the developing regions of the China provinces were selected to receive scholarships that will be used to partially fund their training at their respective Academy.

The scholarships were to be distributed evenly among the academies. However, in response to the massive earthquake that struck in May, Cisco Learning Institute awarded 18% of the scholarships to students from the devastated Province of Sichuan.

The scholarships were awarded based on the applicants' financial needs as well as their narrative describing why they want to achieve CCNA certification. The finalists were selected by the China Academy Council. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Qualcomm and Cisco Learning Institute Partner to Provide IT Skills in Indonesia

Qualcomm and Cisco Learning Institute entered into an agreement earlier this year to provide IT Essentials and CCNA Discovery courses to the remote region of Way Kanan in Indonesia. Qualcomm's Wireless Reach™ initiative was created in 2005 to support programs and solutions that bring the benefits of connectivity to developing communities globally. By working with partners, Wireless Reach projects create new ways for people to communicate, learn, access health care and reach global markets. As part of a joint effort with Cisco Networking Academy, local Indonesian regional Networking Academies, the Academy of Educational Development (AED), Qualcomm and Cisco Learning Institute,five high schools were selected from a previous Wireless Reach project in Way Kanan to convert their computer labs into Cisco Networking Academies. This will include training instructors, providing scholarships and internships, along with supporting connectivity and infrastructure costs for this project.
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Cisco Academy Instructor Professional Development Updates

Cisco Learning Institute announces the following Cisco Academy Professional Development Updates: Pacing Guides, CCNA Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP v4.1 Instructor Materials, NetSpace Instructor Guide, Academy Orientation Materials and the Hybrid Blended Distance Learning (HBDL) Pilot.
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Success of the CCNA Program: Six-month Follow-up

In this study, Indiana University, as an independent, third party evaluator, focuses on the overall impact of the CCNA program on student success, six months after completion of the program. They compared the success of U.S. CCNA students to a "comparison group" of similar U.S. students drawn from the same high schools or community colleges who did not enroll in the CCNA program.

The study showed that the CCNA program had an "education effect" on high school students and an "employment effect" on community college students in the United States. High school students with a career interest in IT who completed the CCNA program were 10% more likely than other students at the same school to take the SAT/ACT exam and 50% more likely to enroll in a 4-year university program. Community college students who completed the CCNA program were 30% more likely to get a full-time job and averaged a 20% higher salary ($40,660 vs. $33,950). In addition, there was a powerful effect on student attitudes concerning the value of learning and the effort they are willing to expend in learning.
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Spanish Teaching Resources

Spanish teaching resources for CCNA Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Businesses & Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP and CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals & Routing Protocols and Concepts are now available to Networking Academy instructors. These can be accessed through Academy Connection and include Interactive Course Guides (ICGs), Instructor Reference Guides (IRG), and PowerPoint Presentations (PPTs). The Spanish resources will also be available for CCNA Discovery: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise & Designing and Supporting Computer Networks and CCNA Exploration: LAN Switching and Wireless & Accessing the WAN this summer. Check back regularly for information regarding future translation projects.
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Conference Presentation

Kristen DiCerbo, PhD., a member of the CLI Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics team, presented two papers relating to how students learn computer networking skills at the American Educational Research Association conference, March 24-28 in New York City. Over 14,000 education researchers were expected to attend the conference highlighting significant research around the globe to improve educational systems, address access and opportunity, and strengthen student learning and achievement.
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John Morgridge Scholarship

Ten students from post-secondary institutions in the United States were given the opportunity to apply for the John Morgridge Pilot Scholarship Program that will be used to partially fund the continuation of their training at their Academy. Cisco Learning Institutes proudly announces the winners.
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Computational Science

Cisco Learning Institute has teamed up with the North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) and Parabon^® Computation to bring Computational Science to K-12 classrooms around the United States.
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AsiaPac Presentation

Cisco Learning Institute Presents at Cisco Networking Academy AsiaPac Conference in Hong Kong. Eliza Kienitz and Cathy Llewellyn teamed up with John Lim, AsiaPac Technical Manager, to present 'Cisco Learning Institute - Supporting Instructors, Supporting Students'.
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