[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 is accepting applicants for 
classes in the second semester of 2010. We Will be offering IT 
Essentials 1, Discovery 1 and Exploration 1 starting the last  week of July.
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 take
the 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, however scholarships and 
discounts are available to eligible students.
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. You will need an 
internet plan with at least 1 Gigabyte of traffic per month for 
completing course work, and downloading recorded lectures if desired. 
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 21 July 2010.
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 course.
For more information on any of our courses please email
caviinfo at gmail.com
You can also check out our new website:
www.ciscovision.org.
If you would like more information, or to request  an application, 
please email
caviinfo at gmail.com
Regards,
The CAVI Team

Regards Steve
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