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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As a student and soon to be alumnus of the Cisco Academy for the Visually I<i>mpaired (CAVI) I am proud to circulate the following announcement of its upcoming spring 2012 semester course offerings. CAVI is premised on the concept of the blind training their fellow blind colleagues to become not only competent but excellent computer and PC network technicians and helpdesk analysts. Classes are held live in Perth, Western Australia at the Association of the Blind of Western Australia (ABWA) facility and are enhanced with a highly interactive and very high quality distance learning component. If you want to become a computer technician, you can rest assured CAVI will prepare you to be transformed into a geek extraordinaire. Its IT Essentials course will prepare you to sit for the CompTIA A+ certification test series. The Thursday evening/Friday morning CAVI chats are audio presentations that give lots of extra information on a variety of subjects, mostly IT related. I’m especially excited to help disseminate this information because I learned of CAVI through at least one of the NFB discussion forums. Ladies and gentlemen, start your computers and good luck!!<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rob Tabor & Guide Cane Raśl Junior<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> cavi-announce-bounces@ciscovision.org [mailto:cavi-announce-bounces@ciscovision.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Hoath<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 07, 2012 4:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> cavi-announce@ciscovision.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cavi-announce] This years enrollments press release<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<br>Here is this years CAVI press release. Please feel free to distribute it far and wide. I got this shiny new job and don't have as much time to advertise so I am leaving this in your most capable hands!<br>Thanks so much,<br>Grace<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Greetings, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Are you curious about the hardware inside of your computer? Do you want to sharpen your troubleshooting and computer maintenance skills? Perhaps you would like to build a computer or home network of your own. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>The Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired enables blind students to enter the world of Information technology. We provide Diagram descriptions, audio lab recordings, live online lectures by blind and vision impaired instructors, and a community of students and instructors to network with even after you have graduated our courses.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>The academy is currently taking applications for the first semester of 2012. We will be offering IT Essentials, Discovery 1, Exploration 1, and our brand new Linux administration course starting the first week of February.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>IT Essentials is an introduction to PC repair including: Hardware, installing and maintaining an operating system, Troubleshooting, portable devices, and customer service. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Discovery 1 is focused on home and small business networking. It is the first of four courses that prepare students to take the CCNA certification. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Exploration is a more in depth look at networking, both theoretical and practical for those students who wish to really get their hands into building and designing networks. After completing Exploration 1, students may sit the CCENT exam.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=bullet2><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>The Linux Administration course introduces server-based Linux systems administration for vision impaired users. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=bullet2><span style='font-family:Courier'>¾</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Students will learn how to install and configure a Ubuntu server system and install and configure a number of server based programs such as webserver,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=bullet2><span style='font-family:Courier'>¾</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Email and a wiki. The course aims to take a student from what is Linux to installing and using a Linux-based server system via SSH.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Each class runs for a total of six months, with online lectures. The classes are self-paced so you can finish them in a month, or take the entire semester if desired. The cost for each course is 500 US dollars however; scholarships are available to students who are paying out of pocket that lower the price to $150. Your eligibility for a scholarship will be assessed as part of the application process and payment plans are available. Students are required to have good internet access skills and be familiar with their screen reader of choice, or be willing to teach themselves the necessary skills as we go along. Students should be familiar with reading Adobe PDF documents, as they may be encountered while doing research projects. We do not teach basic computer skills. Course content is online, so a broadband internet connection is highly recommended. Students should also have a working headset/microphone and be willing to install Skype and Ventrilo, in order to attend lectures and communicate with instructors. Applications will be accepted until February 3, 2012. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>For more information on any of our courses or to request an application, please email </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><a href="mailto:caviinfo@ciscovision.org">caviinfo@ciscovision.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>You can also visit our website at: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><a href="www.ciscovision.org">www.ciscovision.org</a> finally, we have a podcast about the CAVI program from our student’s point of view at: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><a href="http://cucat.org/podcast/CAVI%20Potential%20new%20students2011.mp3">http://cucat.org/podcast/CAVI%20Potential%20new%20students2011.mp3</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>The CAVI Team </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>