[gui-talk] FW: Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired now acceptingenrollments!

[Baracco, Andrew W]

FYI!
 Subject: [Blindattic] Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired 
 now acceptingenrollments!
 
 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 second 
 semester of 2011. We will be offering IT Essentials, Discovery 
 1 and Exploration 1 starting the last week of July.
 
 IT Essentials 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 US dollars however, scholarships are 
 available to students who are paying out of pocket that lower 
 the price to $150. Your eligibility for a scholarship will be 
 assessed as part of the application process and payment plans 
 are available. 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 July 22, 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 Finally, we have a podcast about the CAVI 
 program from our student's point of view at:
 
 http://cucat.org/podcast/CAVI%20Potential%20new%20students2011.mp3
 
 Regards,
 
 The CAVI Team