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Cisco Annual Talent Connection Event - 1 March 2019

On 1 March Cisco BeLux invites all Cisco Academy students who are ready for ICND1, CCNA or CCNP certification. Getting in touch with the world of ICT business that will influence your life in the future workforce. Your students will be able to talk informally to about twenty ICT employers about jobs in networking, security, devops and programming. A visit to the famous Cisco TAC is included.

 

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/fuUaAurZz7pF5MAx1

 

Agenda

8:30-9:00 Reception Desk 
9:00-11:30 Relevant Information Sessions

Lunch

11:30-16:30 TAC Visits
13:30-16:30 Partner Information Stands
13:30-16:30 Informal Partner Interview Sessions

Contact: Yvan Rooseleer <yvan@biasc.be>

CISCO NETACAD BENELUX WORKSHOP DAY | 23 MAY 2019

Welcome at the next NetAcad Instructor Workshop in Belgium => 23 MAY 2019 => Three Languages

Need an update? We invite you and your fellow NetAcad instructors to join us at the Cisco office in Diegem to learn about evolutions that will influence your life as an instructor.

REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/mQygObc3KNUc9bYh1

CISCO NETACAD BENELUX WORKSHOP DAY
Date: 23 May 2019 => in 3 different languages
Time: 10am-18pm
Address: Cisco BeLux, De Kleetlaan 6A, Diegem

TOPICS & WORKSHOPS
Keynote/ Trends and Evolutions/ Instructor Training Project
IT Essentials/ Future Workforce and Digital Skills
CCNA Security & CyberSecurity/ IPSec IKEv2
Internet of Things & IoT Security/ Workshops
DevNet & Network Programmability
CCNP ROUTE Pilot Curriculum/ Cisco Learning Network
Packet Tracer Hackathon
Connected Classroom/ Classroom of the Future

Please register your name using the form below if you wish to attend the CISCO NETACAD BENELUX WORKSHOP DAY on 23 MAY 2019:
URL: https://goo.gl/forms/mQygObc3KNUc9bYh1

Inspiration Toolkit for Academies & Instructors

Every year Cisco CSR is producing materials for Cisco Academies to communicate about the Networking Academy programme. There is a large variation of professionally designed visuals. You will not only be able to display logos and banners, but there are also videos, wallpapers and posters. 

SHORT CUTS TO TOOLS
Academy Logo Brochures Cloth Banners Posters Signs	T-shirts Videos Wall Plaques Websites

 

All the digital visuals can be printed freely, but at your own expense. The details can be found via the hyperlink below.
URL: NetAcad Marketing Toolkit
(login required)

CiscoLive 2019 Last Minute Details

Ziehier een aantal afspraken voor collega's die deelnemen aan CiscoLive 2019

 

VOLLEDIG PROGRAMMASCHEMA NETACAD @ CISCOLIVE BARCELONA

Ziehier het volledige programma: Download CL19_Activities_Networking-Academy-Day_Agenda_1547840347475001kTAV

 

DINNER BELGIE-NEDERLAND: woensdagavond 30 januari om 20 uur

Cafè Salambó, Carrer de Torrijos, 51, 08012 Barcelona, Spain 

Alle NetAcad members in Barcelona worden uitgenodigd.

Stuur aan mij en aan Nico (cc) een seintje als je graag deelneemt 

 

SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER BARCELONA: woensdagochtend 30 januari om 8:15 uur

Hieronder vind je bijkomende informatie betreffence het bezoek aan het Super Computing Center van Barcelona.

De uitnodiging geldt voor alle deelnemers die ook voor de activiteiten zijn ingeschreven op woensdag in Barcelona, niet voor de personen die alleen voor donderdag en vrijdag ingeschreven zijn.

 

BY THE WAY, 2020

In 2020 zal CiscoLive opnieuw in Barcelona plaatsvinden.

EU 2030 High-Tech T-shaped Skills Vision

COSME is Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises. The European Commission runs a number of campaigns and projects aimed at promoting a business-friendly environment, sharing best practices and exchanging ideas among entrepreneurs.

Key Aspects of the EU 2030 High-Tech T-shaped Skills Vision for Smart Industrial Specialisation and Digital Transformation -- extracts

Five focus areas

Key Trends
Digital transformation is not the end goal but a meaning and paradigm shift that happens at 3 layers:
1. Culture and organisation;
2. People and skills;
3. Technology and infrastructure.
Data-driven decision making and customer centricity;
Transition in employment patterns from life-long employee at one company towards working at multiple companies and projects at a time;
Collaborative work across disciplines being the new norm.

New CompTIA A+ Certification

Message from CompTIA
CompTIA A+ certified professionals are proven problem solvers. They support today’s core technologies from security to cloud to data management and more. CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world. CompTIA Certification is trusted by employers around the world to identify the go-to person in end point management & technical support roles. A+ certified professionals identify issues and problem solve more effectively than those without certification.

Two Exams: Core-1 (220-1001) and Core-2 (220-1002)
Release date: January 2019

More information URL: https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/a

Job Titles
CompTIA A+ Certification leads to the following job titles: • Service Desk Analyst • Help Desk Tech • Technical Support Specialist • Field Service Technician • Associate Network Engineer • Data Support Technician • Desktop Support Administrator • End User Computing Technician • Help Desk Technician • System Support Specialist

CompTIA A+ Content
The new CompTIA A+ Core Series includes expanded content on these growing parts of the IT support role.

"Fiber is the Future" Workshop

On 7 and 8 January 2019 BiASC organized a practical hands-on fiber optics training in cooperation with SixFourteen Projects and T'SAAM VTI Diskmuide. Fiber is the future. It is relevant for NetAcad instructors to learn the tricks of the trade. Anyway, for Fiber you need to be focussed, clever and handy. If you are in a fiber team, some team members have to be handy, others have to be clever. Everyone has to be focussed.

Topics

• Cables, connectors and splicing: Hands-On Exercises
• Design and Measurement: Practical Applications
• Corning Fiber IQ Programme 

At the end of the training you will be able to install and measure fiber cable in your own school.

Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EWeRSPKdezLzmDJW8

If you want to know more about this  practical two-day training for six participants, please contact <yvan@biasc.be>

 

Good intentions, building bridges

Some of the messages from NetAcad that we have been reading lately, can be intentions to strive for in 2019

« ... Cisco Networking Academy has achieved successful student outcomes for more than 20 years by balancing agility with expertise—staying abreast of what’s next in technology while maintaining elements of our program that have proven effective ... » 

« ... We innovate everywhere to create fresh ideas and possibilities. We take bold risks to shape the future because we understand every failure is a success, if we learn from it ... » 

« ... Technology proficiency can be the key to a lifetime of opportunity for individuals in a rapidly digitizing world. Likewise, a workforce with skills and passion for the latest networking technologies is critical in the long-term ... » 

« ... doing amazing things with technology— with the ultimate goal of driving positive business outcomes, empowering people, and helping to better society at large ... solving problems, connecting people and striving for positive outcomes... » -- Tae Yoo, Cisco CSR

URL: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/csr/pdf/CSR-Report-2018.pdf

European policy on digital literacy - DEC 2018

Education in the digital era: challenges, opportunities and lessons for EU policy design 

Top three extracts

• Digital technologies can facilitate access to knowledge and learning and their use enables all training facilities at various levels to be easily accessible and inclusive
• Open data and collaborative digital technology tools and methods can enable innovation in education
• The progressive digitalisation of work will result in the disappearance of many professions and an increase in unemployment; whereas the new professions that will emerge with digitalisation may compensate for some of the jobs lost

URL: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0485+0+DOC+PDF+V0%2F%2FEN&fbclid=IwAR3alZlVMsgykxUXJoPMFaglGYliqwqTxGwuaopkMv6GycpU6MH6PFGIGvg

New CCNP PILOT for career-ready training

A new CCNP PILOT course is being tested by a group of experienced NetAcad instructors. On 7 March we will inform all interested community members and demonstrate the virtual labs and the learning environment.

A lot of demand has been received for an improved CCNP career-oriented training in Cisco Networking Academy. Recently a pilot project has started within BiASC in which twelve experienced Cisco NetAcad instructors will give feedback on the learning management system and the virtual labs.

On 7 March we intend to have an open meeting with the CCNP pilot instructors and other interested BiASC members. At the end of the session you will have a clear opinion about the new CCNP training materials and the virtual labs.

Topic: Cisco NetAcad CCNP ROUTE PILOT Meeting => Feedback Session
Date: 7 March 2019
Time: NL 10am-13pm *** FR 14-17pm
Address: Cisco BeLux, De Kleetlaan 6A, Diegem

REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/e4dQ0TDAekRAHXvR2

 

FOSDEM Open Source - Brussels - 2 & 3 February 2019

FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best open source conference in Europe.

Every year, FOSDEM hosts a wide variety of activities about open source. The 2019 edition features 452 speakers, 470 events, and 54 tracks. There are essentially six different categories of sessions and activities: keynotes, main tracks, developer rooms, lightning talks, stands and certification exams.

Date
2 & 3 February 2019

Location
Activities take place in 33 rooms spread across several buildings of the Solbosch campus of the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
ULB,Campus du Solbosch,Av.F.D.Roosevelt50,1050 Bruxelles,Belgium

Registration
No registration necessary

Good to know

• Cisco provides all of the WLAN hardware and manages the wireless network at FOSDEM.
• Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has a stand at FOSDEM.
• LPI Linux Certification exams have been scheduled on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. 

CiscoLive 2019 Registration for NetAcad Instructors

Cisco NetAcad instuctors are invited to take part in the annual CiscoLive conference in Barcelona in the last week of January. Access is free on Thursday 31 January  and Friday 1 February. On Wednesday 30 January the access ticket to explore the conference and be active in the learning labs will be 100 euro. For the full conference starting on Monday 28 January the Explorer Pass will cost 500 (early birds) or 700 euro.

You will be able to talk to experts and perform hands-on labs on all the relevant technologies for Networking Academies, including Software Defined Networking and Blockchain technology.

More information and registration: Download Cisco_live_Program_Registration_guideline_for_Instructors

Cisco Collaboration for Education - Classroom of the Future - 19 Dec 2018

Maarten Druwe of Cisco Systems explaining Collaboration tools

On 19  December 2018 a group of members from BiASC were invited at the Cisco BeLux office in Diegem to learn the ins and outs of online collaboration. Frank, Maarten and Rudy of Cisco BeLux thoroughly demonstrated the use of online collaboration tools to a group of about 15 academy trainers, allowing participants to ask all the questions about new communication tools and methods. Demonstrations of Collaboration Systems need restricted groups of about 15 participants. 

Webex Teams and Webex Meet are very well designed with open standards and are quite user friendly. If you like to experiment with Webex just send a message to <yvan@biasc.be>. Education prices are free for students and one euro per academy user (teachers, manangement, admin staff).

To start using all the possibilities a "presenter" needs a decent introduction. "Participating" in online collaboration is easy, just press "Join".

Pictures of the demonstration: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wgDyx3UyNH7WMubAA

=>    Members of BiASC who are interested in a deep-dive demonstration please contact <yvan@biasc.be>

 

 

NetAcad Days 24 & 25 januari 2019

Alle BiASC-leden worden uitgenodigd op de komende studiedagen op 24 en/of 25 januari bij Cisco in Amsterdam. Networking Academy helpt studenten om zich klaar te stomen voor de arbeidsmarkt van de toekomst. De sessies gaan door in het Nederlands.

 

NetAcad Days 24 & 25 januari 2019

 

Om het jaar 2019 goed te beginnen, nodigen wij u samen Cisco NetAcad uit voor de Cisco NetAcad Days op 24 en 25 januari op het kantoor van Cisco te Amsterdam. Tijdens deze dagen wordt u meegenomen in de nieuwste ontwikkelingen rondom het Networking Academy programma en de wereld van IT.

 

> Meld u aan
Inschrijven voor beide dagen is niet verplicht. 

 

Het Networking Academy programma bereidt sinds vele jaren studenten voor op de IT-arbeidsmarkt. In lijn met het dynamische en constant veranderende IT-landschap, investeert Cisco voortdurend in de Networking Academy. Dit zorgt voor ‘cutting-edge’ updates in het cursusmateriaal op onder andere netwerken, IoT en cybersecurity.

 

Met het toerusten in de juiste digitale vaardigheden, helpt de Networking Academy studenten om zich klaar te stomen voor de arbeidsmarkt van de toekomst.

 

Being BiASC, Trusted Advisor

Being BiASC, a trusted advisor in innovation in IT education, we are in frequent contact with IT Vendors and other partners offering or supporting IT academy programmes.

All BiASC academy members have the right to be informed of developments and opportunities.

Issue in the scoring of the Packet Tracer Practice exams

Currently, when using Packet Tracer version 7.2, some of the Skills Exams are scored incorrectly.  

The work around is to use the previous version 7.1, and the exams will score correctly.   

 

=> The new version of Packet Tracer 7.2.1 has solved the issue

Building Bridges Between Hope and Possibility

Cisco will continue public-private partnerships. Chuck Robbins, Cisco’s CEO,  announced that Cisco are doubling  investments in Networking Academy, with a commitment to educate another 10 million people in the next five years to work and thrive in the digital economy

At Cisco, making a difference and improving lives around the world has been core to who we are for over 30 years. We have consistently leveraged our technology to solve real business and social problems, and ultimately to build bridges to new possibilities. It is this mission that has driven us to establish our Networking Academy program, which for more than 20 years has been providing IT training, preparing students around the world for entry-level jobs, career transitions, and professional certification. More than 9 million students in 180 countries have participated in Networking Academy thus far, and the number continues to grow.

 

New NetAcad Learning Portfolio

Here is the latest list of NetAcad courses for the coming year 2019. We are counting 38 courses at different education levels.
Click to enlarge

Cisco NetAcad & Education Partners

Very often we are talking to organisations interested in the Networking Academy program. It is important to note that  NetAcad is an educational publisher, concerned with issues that are different from commercial aspirations:

• NetAcad will provide training for  students so that they will be able to better contribute to the changing economy.
• NetAcad will provide opportunities for teachers, educators and instructors to create a professional network so that they are better prepared in using new technologies.

Cisco Networking Academy is not commercial
All goals, activities and learning materials are relevant for the Future Workforce.
NetAcad does not focus on products, but rather on ideas, concepts, methods, competences and skills.

Cisco Systems & Cisco Learning are commercial
Cisco Learning focuses on professional certifications and on specific product knowledge.
Cisco Academies do not compete with commercial Cisco Partners. The goals as well as the course materials are completely different.

 

Practical Introduction to Emerging Technologies/ Network Programmability/ 30 NOV 2018

On 30 November there is a practical introduction to Network Programmability during the Global Online IPD Week, in Dutch language.

Presentations - used during the session

• Download En_ETW_Overview-PPT_v1.0 (5)
• Download ETW APIC-EM (1)

PATH TRACE - Sample Python Code 

• Download DevNet Ticket Hosts Network Devices Path Trace

CODING PRACTICE

• Coding is not new to Cisco. There have always been talented programmers for the IOS and for network applications.
• Writing simple code based on examples is easy.
• Writing complex code is difficult.
• Writing complex declarative CLI scripts is no easy task either.
• In the future a number of networkers will be writing code, if they like it.
• But even more networkers will run the code, and maybe adapt it.

Background - Useful Python Libraries for Network Engineers (YouTube)

• H. Preston, Useful Python Libraries for Network Engineers, Cisco DevNet
  URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4vfA11fPo0
  56:48 
  viewed on 30 November 2018
• Topics Covered - Time Links - Introduction
  Libraries to Work with Data - 1:52 - xmltodict - 3:30 - json - 8:14 - PyYAML - 11:21 - csv - 14:27 - pyang - 18:05 - API Libraries - 23:42 - requests & RESTCONF - 24:20 - ncclient & NETCONF - 32:56 - netmiko & CLI - 39:21 - pysnmp & SNMP - 44:03 - Configuration Management Tools - 46:26 - NAPALM - 47:52 - Ansible - 48:58 - Other Cool Python Tools - 49:51 - virlutils - 49:53 - pyATS - 51:45 - Summary - 52:59 - Webinar Resources - 54:03 - Code Exchange Challenge - 54:39

HOWTO integrate emerging technology workshops into the curriculum

Cisco Networking Academy will continue to offer specific Emerging Technology Workshops that can be used in addition to the existing curriculum.

Typically, the workshops use the Python programming language as well as relevant APIs to access and monitor services.

Topics

• Network Programmability
• DevNet
• DevOps
• Cloud
• Collaboration

Definitely, it is possible to use the Emerging Technology Workshops for any student group that is ready to grasp the new concepts and methods.

Overview how to integrate into the current curriculum

• PPT: Download Insertion Points - ETW 

More information about Emerging Technologies Workshops

• Download En_ETW_Overview-PPT_v1.0 (5)