Kids are our Future http www computingatschool org

CAS West Midlands Regional Centre Birmingham City University Department of Computing, Telecoms and Networks

History • Taught Computer Networking to HE and FE teachers and lecturers for over

Computing at School Why the Cisco Academy ? Part of the CS curricula covers:

Computing at School So what have we done so far : Leveraged Cisco’s LMS

Computing for School Produced resources for each learning objective Presentation Documents Practical Tests

What is available ? • KS 1 - KS 4 • Lots of videos

LMS • • Moodle like Automatically marked quizzes Add your own content Modify existing

Availability • Secondary Schools. – Classes can be set up for individual student access

Interested ? http: //cs. co/Computing. For. Schools. Course Contact : Duncan Maidens duncan. maidens@bcu.

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Kids are our Future http: //www. computingatschool. org. uk/

CAS West Midlands Regional Centre Birmingham City University Department of Computing, Telecoms and Networks Keith Buncle Duncan Maidens John Higgins caswestmidlands@computingatschool. org. uk

History • Taught Computer Networking to HE and FE teachers and lecturers for over 16 years. • Used the Cisco Academy program to bring Computer Networking to life and make it accessible.

Computing at School Why the Cisco Academy ? Part of the CS curricula covers: • Data an data Communications • Computer Networking Resources we have are : • Packet Tracer • Net. Space. • Badge of the World Leading Networking company. • Lots of knowledge

Curriculum Pathways

Computing at School So what have we done so far : Leveraged Cisco’s LMS (Net. Space). • Developed course content hosted in Net. Space to deliver the Networking stand of the new CS curricula. • Made Packet Tracer available to teach Networking • Hardware and Processing Strand under development. (Sept 17) • Course materials for learners in Open Learn Create.

Computing for School Produced resources for each learning objective Presentation Documents Practical Tests

Each section has the following

What is available ? • KS 1 - KS 4 • Lots of videos • Unplugged Activities at lower levels • Packet Tracer at Higher Levels

Home Network Senarios

Linked into The Internet

LMS • • Moodle like Automatically marked quizzes Add your own content Modify existing content Re order curriculum Create your own assessments Export your courses.

Availability • Secondary Schools. – Classes can be set up for individual student access – Use school or gmail+ addresses • Primary Schools – Teachers can have access to the set of resources. • Many other IT courses available.

Interested ? • Sign up to be a School Cisco Academy • Set up your Academy • Add more instructors • Set up student classes

Interested ? http: //cs. co/Computing. For. Schools. Course Contact : Duncan Maidens duncan. maidens@bcu. ac. uk