NO DEAD ZONES HERE:
CREATING A PBL IN
CTE PROJECT
Beth Hall, CCNA, CCAI
Elkhart Area Career Center
No Dead Zones: Introducing me
• Education
• Work experience
• Teaching experience
• Cisco Networking Academy
No Dead Zones: How it started
No Dead Zones: No, seriously…
http://http://truthbook.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3589&start=15www.cisco.c
om/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-antennasaccessories/prod_white_paper0900aecd806a1a3e.html (edited)
http://physics.gmu.edu/~pnikolic/topological-insulators.html
No Dead Zones: Dipole antennas
No Dead Zones: Let’s get real…
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Math-in-CTE
No Dead Zones: Torus?
No Dead Zones: Ahm…no.
No Dead Zones: Transitioning to PBL
• Need to add:
• Literacy prompt
• Science prompts
• Technical prompts
• Fit in PBL format
No Dead Zones: Converted to PBL
Project Title: No Dead Zones Here: Designing a Wireless Network
Essential Question: How does a wireless network design affect worker efficiency?
Project Description: You work for HopperNet as a Network Technician assigned to a design
team. Your design team has worked together two years designing networks for clients.
afa
A client, Acme Corporation, needs a wireless network for its corporate offices. You have been
asked to design a wireless network that will allow Acme Corporation’s employees to move
throughout the building while remaining continuously connected via their devices. Your team
is competing against several other networking companies for the Acme Corporation’s job.
afa
Research, design, evaluate and communicate a proposal for a wireless network for Acme
Corporation. Steps in the design process may include researching various wireless standards.
Given the physical layout, determine coverage area within the building. The final written bid
will be delivered to Acme Corporation. The final bid will include:
• a hardware list
• mapped wireless access point (physical topology)
• performance expectations including fault tolerance
• total cost (including installation costs)
• justification for the design
No Dead Zones: Advisory response
• teams composed of 3-4 students because of the group
dynamics
• clean presentation important: employees good need public
speaking skills
• to whom it would be made: the CEO or technical personnel?
• Other considerations:
• network scalability (anticipating technology changes in next 10 years)
• physical barriers (steel racks, secure rooms)
• temperature or weather variations (accessing network outside on the
loading dock as trucks arrive)
• some wireless devices necessitate FCC licensing
• access to electricity for hardware
• securing the network
No Dead Zones: Ready to try…
No Dead Zones: Ready to try…
No Dead Zones: So over the summer….
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/business/Agriculture/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair/2014/07/26/Fairgoers-still-seeking-strong-wi-fisignals.print
No Dead Zones: So over the summer….
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/business/Agriculture/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair/2014/07/26/Fairgoers-still-seeking-strong-wi-fisignals.print
No Dead Zones: So over the summer….
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/business/Agriculture/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair/2014/07/26/Fairgoers-still-seeking-strong-wi-fisignals.print
No Dead Zones: So over the summer….
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/business/Agriculture/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair/2014/08/14/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair-will-consider-spending-thousands-to-fix-wifi-issues.print
No Dead Zones: So over the summer….
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/business/Agriculture/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair/2014/08/14/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair-will-consider-spending-thousands-to-fix-wifi-issues.print
No Dead Zones: Elkhart 4-H Fair
• 2nd largest 4-H fair in the country
• 4th largest attendance event in
Indiana
No Dead Zones: What they shared
• Attendance stats -
correlated to weather records
No Dead Zones: Aerial shots
No Dead Zones: Aerial shots
No Dead Zones: Access Points
No Dead Zones: What we used
• Google maps
• To provide scale
• Personal experience
• Who’s been there?
• Internet research
No Dead Zones: Discussions
No Dead Zones: Technology used
• Google
Docs
• Shared
folders
No Dead Zones: A.M.’s Report
No Dead Zones: P.M.’s Report
No Dead Zones: The Reporter
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/schools/2014/10/09/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair-Internet-connection-Wi-Fi-subject-of-Elkhart-Area-Career-Center-students-case-study.print
No Dead Zones: The Reporter
http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/schools/2014/10/09/Elkhart-County-4-H-Fair-Internet-connection-Wi-Fi-subject-of-Elkhart-Area-Career-Center-students-case-study.print
No Dead Zones: Cisco Net Acad
No Dead Zones: What I Learned…
• Time management:
• Keeping on track
• Focusing on relevant issues
• Group dynamics:
• Sharing workload
No Dead Zones: Next time!
• Benchmarks to be met
• Presentation to advisory members
No Dead Zones: What’s next?
• New PBL:
No Dead Zones: Resources
For more information, visit:
elkhart.k12.in.us/EACC/tctw
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Contact:
bhall@elkhart.k12.in.us