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CCNA R&S T3 Webinar
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Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1:
A Checklist for Instructor Trainers
Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD dfrezzo@cisco.com
Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering
On behalf of the Simulation, Assessment, Game Engineering Team
July 2013
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1 Installing PT 6.0.1 for CCNA R&S?
2 Viewing Simulation Mode?
3 Using PTSAs?
4 Building Models?
5 Telling Stories?
6 Playing Games?
7 Writing Activities?
8 Collaborating?
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 Benefits: bug fixes, avoiding
misconceptions, better interactions with
assessment and gaming systems
 New features for you and your classes to
build better models. Oh, and see “Help”!
 PT 6.0.1 is REQUIRED to use many
curriculum practice activities, but also
quizzes, Chapter exams, Practice and
Actual Final Exams, and of course PTSAs
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Octal Cable
Server with 2 NICs
Host Based Firewalls
HSRP
HWIC-8A
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• Scientific Visualization is a crucial part of
most STEM disciplines
• Consider PT Simulation mode a single-step,
entire-network, packet sniffer
• Research shows the power of animations,
packet tracing, and student “what if”
questions
• Check out the protocol list! Device tables!
Packet contents! Scenario features! QoS!
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• Research indicates the utility of
performance-based assessments
• PTSAs can improve the validity, fairness,
and security of an your exam portfolio
• Automatically graded work product, process
logs, and extensive feedback
• Isomorphic tasks (“task families”) allow for
better security and/or multiple retakes for
mastery
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• Research shows the power of learners
building their own network models
• This process may be described as
constructivist; as an “inquiry” process; as
“what ifs” with “aha” moments
• Scaffolding can be heavy (lots of guidance)
or minimal (more problem-based),
individual or in teams, in-person or via
social networking, compare/contrasting PT
& real
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• Learning research emphasizes the
importance of context, especially for
motivation and transfer of learning to work
contexts. Consider .pkz (like zip, with gfx)
• Curriculum .pka files are often (not always)
written with a minimal amount of context to
avoid cognitive overload (distraction)
• Stories provide context; but many times the
best stories are localized to the learners
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• Research indicates that games have great
educational potential
• Many types of NetAcad resources can be
turned into games by social means
• We have two computer-based games,
Packet Tracer Multiuser (PTMU) and Aspire
• Educational games that are both fun and
teach useful networking skills are
challenging for Cisco to develop; help us.
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• First, you need not, since there are:
• dozens of new PT 6.0.1 activities,
• hundreds of PT 5.3.x activities
• activities you personally have written
• But maybe you want to modify them?
Maybe you want to translate or localize?
• Maybe you alone, or you and your peers,
want to write your own, from “scratch”?
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Task Types
Student Initiated
Formative Assessments
Summative Assessments
Understanding
Performance
Quizzes
Packet Tracer Labs
Testlets
Packet Tracer Simulations
Interactive Media (e.g., Dragand-drop, Syntax Checker,
etc.)
Learning Checkpoints
Learning Checkpoints
Packet Tracer Media Objects
Understanding
To triangulate what students know, a student, their
instructor, and NetAcad can draw upon this
Assessment toolkit.
Moving toward ubiquitous
formative assessment.
Packet Tracer Media Objects
Shifting from knowledge feedback
to feedback about skills and
abilities.
Packet Tracer Simulations
Instructor Initiated
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Performance
Course Chapter Exams
Hands-on Labs
Course Mid-term Checkpoint
Packet Tracer Skills
Assessments
Pre-Tests
Packet Tracer Multiuser Game
Skills Check
Course Final
Hands-on-Equipment Skills
Assessments
Practice Finals
Packet Tracer Skills
Assessments
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• Variables are associated with pools of
multiple values.
• Pools can be associated with seeds to
determine which set to use from the pool.
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• Create your own
• PT has hundreds
of gradable
components
• Add to your course
• Please see also
sessions entitled
“Packet Tracer 6.0
and Beyond!”, and
“Shake up and
Shape Up PT
Activities with
Variable Manager
and IsoMorph”
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• You are part of a complex activity system
• If your preferred mode of collaboration is
international, check out the PT community
• If your preferred mode of collaboration is more local, work with
Sew Hoon, Kevin, Karen, and Giuseppe and your peers
• There is immense power and openness in the Packet Tracer
Ecosystem. Be patient with Activity Wizard, Scoring Model and
Scripting, as we prioritize student-facing features, not AW UX
• WE. ARE. PARTNERS.
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• Link to Packet Tracer Discussion Forum
• FAQs and Packet Tracer 6.0.1 Errata List
• Supplementary activities for curricula
• At A Glance
• Overview Presentation
• Instructor training materials
• Link to Instructor Guides
• Packet Tracer resource page
• Look for Upcoming PT 6.1 Beta (TBA)
Wildcard: virtual PT activity scripting conference?
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Equipping Today’s Instructors
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Academy Conference 2013
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Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 and Beyond!
Addressing the Digital Divide
Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD
Senior Manager, Learning and Collaboration Engineering
On behalf of the Simulation, Assessment, Game Engineering Team
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Equipping Today’s Instructors
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Academy Conference 2013
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Assessing Student Learning in 2013:
Surfing the Digital Ocean
How do we know what our students know?
Dennis C. Frezzo, PhD
Senior Manager, Simulation, Assessment, and Game Engineering (SAGE)
Telethia Willis
SAGE Program and Project Manager, Assessment
Cisco
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Academy Conference 2013
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Cisco Packet Tracer Multiuser
What it does and how to make it work
Brad Anderson
Product and Program Manager – Packet Tracer
Bob Schoenherr
Global Competition Lead
NetAcad
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Academy Conference 2013
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Shake up and Shape Up PT 6.0 Activities with
Variable Manager and IsoMorph
Steve Stiles
Paul Burkholder
Instructor
Rhodes State College
Instructor
Rhodes State College
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