[gui-talk] Fwd: Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired is now accepting applications

[Steve Pattison]

From:    Grace arwen at gotss.net
To:      vip-l at freelists.org

Greetings.
Are you curious about the hardware inside of your computer? Do you want 
to sharpen your troubleshooting and computer maintenance skills? Perhaps 
you would like to build a computer or home network of your own.

The Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired enables blind students to 
enter the world of Information technology. We provide Diagram 
descriptions, audio lab recordings, live online lectures by blind and 
vision impaired instructors, and a community of students and instructors 
to network with even after you have graduated our courses.

The academy is currently taking applications for the first semester of 
2011. We Will be offering IT Essentials 1, Discovery 1 and Exploration 1 
starting the first  week of February.

ITE1 is an introduction to PC repair including: Hardware, installing and 
maintaining an operating system, Troubleshooting, portable devices, and 
customer service.

Discovery 1 is focused on home and small business networking. It is the 
first of four courses that prepare students to takethe CCNA certification.

Exploration is a more in depth look at networking, both theoretical and 
practical for those students who wish to really get their hands into 
building and designing networks.

Each class runs for a total of six  months, with online lectures. The 
classes are self-paced so you can finish them in a month, or take the 
entire semester if desired. The cost for each course is 500 US dollars 
however, scholarships are available to students who are paying out of 
pocket that lower the price to $150. Students are required to have good 
internet access skills and be familiar with their screen reader of 
choice, or be willing to teach themselves the necessary skills as we go 
along. Students should be familiar with reading Adobe PDF documents, as 
they may be encountered while doing research projects. We do not teach 
basic computer skills. Course content is online, so a broadband internet 
connection is highly recommended. Students should also have a working 
headset/microphone and be willing to install skype and Ventrilo, in 
order to attend lectures and communicate with instructors. Applications 
will be accepted until 28 January 2011.

For more information on any of our courses or to request an application, 
please email

caviinfo at gmail.com

You can also visit our website at:

www.ciscovision.org

Regards,

The CAVI Team

Regards Steve
Email:  srp at internode.on.net
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