Preparing Students for
21st Century Careers
June 2010
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Agenda
Passport21 Offerings
Passport21 to Entrepreneurship
Passport21 to Broadband
Using Passport21 Materials
Passport21 Beta Release
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Value = Comprehensive Learning
Experience
Cisco Networking Academy’s Comprehensive Learning
Experience spans a Collaborative Global Community,
integrating the Applied Practice of 21st Century Skills
and Innovative ICT Curricula and Assessments
Collaborative
Global Community
21st Century Skills
and Applied
Practice
Innovative ICT
Curricula,
Assessments and
Services
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What We’re Hearing
 More emphasis on personal development, business
development and soft skills
Communication, negotiation skills
Financial literacy—tracking costs, budgets, investment
requirements, ROI
Manage business relationships
 Expand applied practice
Problem solving
Creativity
Decision making
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“We are facing a transition, and we must take
this opportunity to provide today’s students and
entrepreneurs with the tools and the thinking that is
required for the future. Collaborative technologies can
fundamentally transform both how we teach and learn.
We need to harness the power of the Internet and
these new technologies for creating and sharing
knowledge that will prepare students with the skills
to compete in the 21st century.”
John Chambers
Chairman and CEO, Cisco
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Passport21 Offerings
Passport21 Offerings
Passport21 to
Entrepreneurship
Passport21 to
Broadband
 A set of offerings to supplement Networking Academy curricula
 Designed to help students prepare for 21st century careers
 Helps students discover career opportunities and expose them to
attitudes, mindset and skills to compete in the 21st century
 Optional learning materials to use in a class
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Benefits of Passport21 Offerings
For Instructors
 Engaged, excited, motivated
students
 Professional development
opportunity
For Students
 Personal development—Selfconfidence, motivation, leadership,
exposure
 Business development—Financial
literacy
 Technical knowledge—Increased
practice leading to greater mastery
of skills
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Passport21 to
Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship Education
World
Economic
Forum
White Paper
 Unlock entrepreneurial capabilities to
meet global challenges of 21st
Century
 Advance entrepreneurship education
as a key driver for sustained social
and economic development
 Cultivate and provide exposure to
entrepreneurial thinking and mindset
Cisco Networking
Academy
Approach
 Teach technology-based entrepreneurial
skills
 Help students discover entrepreneurship
opportunities
 Align with ICT skills and 21st century
skills taught in Networking Academy
courses
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Entrepreneurship Education
Technology
Skills
21st Century
Skills
Entrepreneurial
Skills
 Networking
 Collaboration
 Mindset
 Security
 Community
 Innovative Thinking
 Wireless
 Communication
 Basic Computing
 Problem-Solving
 Personal and Social
Responsibility
 Configuration
 Initiative-Taking
What You
Learn
How You
Learn
 Business
Management
How You
Think
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Passport21 to Entrepreneurship
Five Case Studies
Charging for Expertise
Starting an Internet Café
Making a Business Successful
Providing Outsource Services
Building a Contracting Business
Cisco Aspire game
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Case Studies
Online Case Study Modules with Realistic Scenarios
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Cisco Aspire
Simulation-based Game for Experiential Learning
 Multiple levels,
multiple paths
 Multiple contract
choices
 Simulated time
and economy
 Money management
 Problem injector
 Skills proficiency
indicator
 Networking simulation
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Cisco Aspire
Game Pedagogy
Skills
Game Scenario Examples
Decision making
 Refurbished vs. new equipment
Social responsibility
 Fire at local food bank … donate money, time,
or do nothing
Ethics
 Over shipment of equipment … return, keep it or
make a deal with supplier to purchase at lower cost
Financial management
 Take out loans to pay bills, buy equipment without contract
 Profits … spend, give raise, donate to local business
incubator
Customer relations
 Angry customers calling because helper tracked mud over
customer’s carpet
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Passport21 to Broadband
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Broadband (BB)
 Familiarize students with
opportunities created due
to BB expansion
 Combine networking and
entrepreneurship
opportunities
 Focus on internet-based
applications and socially
responsible local
economic growth
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Passport21 to Broadband
Two Case Studies
Providing Outsource Services
Building a Contracting Business
Cisco Packet Tracer Simulation
Scenarios
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Broadband (BB)
Case Study
Scenarios
Packet Tracer Scenarios
 Providing installation services
for a local cable company
 Installing a customer site router to connect
to DSL and provide secure wireless
 Advising business owners on
the best use of e-solutions
 Upgrading a customer serial connection
to use a new broadband connection with
a VPN
 Installing a managed single router solution
including voice and high-speed Internet
 Troubleshooting a wireless network
 Troubleshooting a teleworker network
problem
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Case Studies Outline
Charging for
Expertise
Starting an
Internet Café
Making a
Business
Successful
 Recognizing
expertise
 Think like an
entrepreneur
 Review the
business plan
 Generating
income
 Plan like an
entrepreneur
 Customer and
market analysis
 Creating a
presentation
 Decide like an
entrepreneur
 Keeping
records
 Writing the
business plan
 Implement,
evaluate, and
anticipate
change
 Providing good
customer
service
 Revise the
business plan
Providing
Outsource
Services
Building a
Contracting
Business
 Employment
opportunities
in contracting
 Identifying
the business
structure
 The role of
contracts in
business
relationships
 Creating a
business
structure
 The request for
proposal
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 Expanding
the business
structure
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Using
Passport21
Materials
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Using Case Studies
Case Studies
Charging for Expertise
Starting an Internet Café
Making a Business
Successful
Providing Outsource
Services
Building a Contracting
Business
Entrepreneurship
Minimum Skills
Recommended
Broadband
X
IT Essentials—Ch 10
X
CCNA Discovery 1—Ch 5
or
CCNA Exploration 1—Ch 6
X
CCNA Discovery 1—Ch 8
or
CCNA Exploration 1—Ch 6
X
X
CCNA Discovery 2—Ch 5
or
CCNA Exploration 3—Ch 7
X
CCNA Discovery 2—Ch 5
or
CCNA Exploration 3—Ch 7
X
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Student User Experience
CCNA Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP
Spanish
1. Study ITE or CCNA
Curricula
2. Go to Student Class Home Page
4. Learn related business
skills in case studies
5. Practice skills in Cisco Aspire
game
3. Click on Passport21 materials
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Instructors Add Passport21 Materials
 Located below the “View
Official Course Materials”
section on the Instructor
Class Homepage
 Both primary and
secondary class instructors
have access
 Available in all courses,
all language versions
 “Find Out More” links to
the Passport21 Course
Catalog page
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Providing Class Access
 Check box for selected
material(s) and save
Links to the selected resources
will display on both Instructor and
Student Class Home pages,
ready for use
 Un-check box for selected
material(s) and save
Links to the de-selected
resources will be removed from
both Instructor and Student Class
Home pages
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Student Class Home Page
 Students only have
access to Passport21
materials after the
instructor has enabled
the content
CCNA Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP
Spanish
 Students access
Passport21 materials
from their Student Class
Home page
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Passport21 Beta
Release
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Passport21 Beta Release Plan
Timeframe: June to December 2010
Availability: Accessible to all academies, all instructors, all classes globally
Objectives:
 Gather broad customer feedback
 Understand and measure usage, effectiveness and student impact
 Gather instructor training requirements
 Conduct educational research on using simulation-based games as a mode
of learning
How You
Can Help:
Participate in the beta and use materials in your classes
Give us feedback …students and instructors!
 Complete Pre-survey—BEFORE using any of the Passport21 materials
 Complete Post-survey—AFTER using the selected Passport21 materials
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Passport21 Instructor Community
• Join the Passport21 instructor
community to access
instructor orientation
materials, collaborate with
other instructors, and get
community support
http://passport21.netacad.net
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Beta Resources Available
Instructor Orientation
 Instructor Orientation
presentation with notes
 Cisco Aspire tutorials
 WebEx Recordings
Available on Passport21
Community site at
http://passport21.netacad.net
General Information
 Passport21 Overview
presentation
 Cisco Aspire video trailer
 Brochure
 FAQ
Available on Cisco Passport21
Course Catalog page on
Academy Connection
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