[gui-talk] Fwd: cisco courses running in 2008

[Steve Pattison]

From: Kerry Hoath kerry at gotss.net
To: vip-l vip-l at softspeak.com.au

Please distribute this where you think it makes sense to do so.
The Ccna and ITE essentials courses are running again in 2008.
We will accept people up until 21 January.
The course costs 2 days worth of your regular income; however it will be
relatively hard work with homework
and reading time outside of course time.
When we say hard work; we mean that you may have to spend 2 or 3 days 
per
week beyond the 2 course lecture days in order to get all the work done. 
We
are happy to answer any questions on work load or put you in touch with 
some
previous students who can answer your questions.

ccna1 will run on Fridays; and It essentials 1 will run on Wednesday;
lectures 9 till 11 Perth time.
Ite1 and Ccna1 will take 6 months to complete if you work at regular 
speed;
Ite2 and Ccna2 will take the second 6 months.
All lectures   are recorded and if you can not attend class you are able 
to
listen to the recordings.
This however will mean you will not be able to ask questions in class 
time
and will have to do so outside class time or on the mailing lists.

You can either do the IT issentials 1 course or both CCNA 1 and IT
Essentials.

Ccna gives you basic networking knowledge; teaches you how to build and
maintain home networks and small business networks.
We do not cover wireless networks in this course however we will talk 
about
them as we go through.

IT essentials will teach you how to fix computers; install operating 
systems
and troubleshoot technical problems.

Anyone interested can email me directly or contact Iain on the below 
contact
details.

My email address is kerry at gotss.net
and Iain's email address is I.murray at curtin.edu.au

Remote students should have good to excellent jaws skills; a reasonably
modern computer and jaws (able to run firefox and ventrilo) and either 
be
comfortable installing software on their machine or get a separate box 
for
this purpose.
We can suggest places to get another desktop computer for aprox $100-200
(with no monitor).

I appologize for the formatting of the below; it was cut from a word
document available on request.

EXCITING TRAINING OPPORTUNITY IN COMPUTER NETWORKING

- for students who are blind or vision impaired

A CISCO Training Academy for people who are blind or vision
impaired has been established by Curtin University and the Association 
for
the Blind of WA. This is the first of its kind in the world.

On successful completion of this course you will have a fundamental 
level
understanding of hardware and networking operating systems. Some of the
skills and knowledge gained will include how to -

§         install, configure, and operate local area networks, wide area
networks and dial access services for medium to large sized networks; 
and

§         use decision-making and problem-solving techniques to resolve
networking issues; and

§         undertake the proper care, maintenance and use of networking
software tools and equipment; and

§         learn how to build a computer and install different versions 
of
the Microsoft Windows operating system.

This course will run for two days per week over a one year period, and 
will
be delivered in a form that is completely accessible to people with a 
vision
impairment.

For students not located in Perth Western Australia, the course will be
offered 100% remotely withy live lectures over the internet and 
available
for download All laboratory equipment is also available via the 
internet.

Places on this course are now available. To be eligible, students must 
have
literacy skills to year 10 level (minimum) and be familiar with any
assistive technology required to access a computer. The minimum entry 
age is
generally 16 years or someone entering year 11. An additional 
requirement
for remote students is access to a reliable broadband internet 
connection.

Please register your interest by 21/1/07 with Iain Murray, Lecturer at
Curtin University on Tel: (08) 9266 4540 or vie email:
i.murray at curtin.edu.au

Regards Steve
Email:  srp at internode.on.net
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