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Going where the talents are
Here is an image from the inspiring panel with Andreas Wicki & Bram Stieltjes from the University Hospital Base. It was though provoking and critical,
13 September 2018
Category: Europe
Gain knowledge or a competency?
How does the course material fit into your IT syllabus requirements? Auf Einladung von Carsten Johnson und der Curriculumgruppe zur Kompetenzentwicklung unter der Leitung der
2 April 2018
Germany
Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß
„Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß“ ist seit der Antike ein geflügeltes Wort. Erstmals benützt von Cicero so einige Jahrzehnte v. Chr. sagt er damit
27 February 2018
Europe
PT Challenge going live
What is PT? These abbreviations … really hard for people who are not in this Techie World yet. It is just like a independent language,
20 January 2018
Tsunami of Learning
Are you playing the gipfelspiel.de ? The gaming platform yeepa initiated a Tsunami of Learning in German schools since yesterday: 200 school classes registered
1 November 2016
Analog and Digital
Working with others when you do not know them, their backgrounds and have never met Today’s problems and issues are complex. To solve them we
19 October 2016
Keep the ideas flying
Teams and Ideas from Berlin Bratislava and Rome The very first time a Creathon happened across borders. At the same time in 3 cities. Hard
18 October 2016
Ideas cooking
After a full day of technology introduction Internet of Everything, Businesss Model Thinking, Expert Checkpoints and timed presentations, brainstorming rounds lead by Julian from MakeSense
17 October 2016
You have 200 volunteers
… how would you solve your problem? It is not an easy task to collect ideas, from the best to the worst ideas … brainstorming
17 October 2016
Breaking physical realities
Beyond the physical borders of a room in Berlin, Bratislava and Rome On Monday a group of young people will start working together to create
12 October 2016
Digital Transformation and Skills in Europe
Joining forces is the only way to approach this challenge Our daily lives become more digital every day. The global marketplace requires all countries, cities
11 October 2016
Prototyping in wonderful sunshine
Day 2 #Netacad Instructor prototyping at the #openBerlin Innovation Center At the instructor hackathon in Berlin, we have the most wonderful weather you can imagine.
7 May 2016
Reduced to the Max
Day 1 #Netacad Instructor Hackathon at the#openBerlin IoT center The key qualifications for starting your career are not so easily defined any more as it
6 May 2016
The Art of Learning from Mistakes
We live in an unprecedented time of transformation. Digital Technologies are impacting not only companies but the society as a whole: Industry 4.0, Virtual Reality,
28 April 2016
What is Willkommenskultur?
Cisco awarded a special prize from the Great Place to Work organization for their #Willkommenskultur “Willkommenskultur” can be translated as “culture of welcome”. The AcademyDay
19 February 2016
Every end is also a beginning
A team of mentors, advisers, and jurors guided 6 Teams 30 #netacad Students from 3 cities 3 days #CLhackathon #CLEur You all came a long
18 February 2016
Digital Integration
#benetacad @CiscoNetAcad @ReDISchool #AlleHelfenJetzt Initiatives with IMPACT The ReDI – SCHOOL OF DIGITAL INTEGRATION offers basic and advanced coding classes for refugees. With their TechTalk
15 February 2016
OSZ IMT – the place to be
#CLEur #CLHackathon #netacad Logbook: These are the last days before the NetAcad Hackathon from 15. – 17.2.2016 at OSZ IMT in Berlin See the world
11 February 2016
Mobility Fundamentals Series
Many of you know Bogdan Doinea, now Cisco Systems Engineer for IoE, prior Technical Manager in the Networking Academy, who might have become a dear
16 September 2015
Preparations for WorldSkills in 36 Countries
Author: Lantz Anders, Sweden WorldSkills Sâo Paulo 2015 is not far away, and as the Chief Expert it’s a lot to do all since the
3 June 2015
European Cybersecurity Challenge
Most countries lack sufficient IT security professionals to protect their IT infrastructure. To help mitigate this problem, many of them setup national cyber security competitions
20 May 2015
Step outside your box
STEM Entrepreneurship Programm Stemettes are running Outbox Incubator this Summer – for girls interested in starting, running or trying out STEM-based business. If you’ve got
30 April 2015
I have so much to tell you …
We are two computer science classes from Sweden in our last year of school before university. For many of us this is the first time
15 March 2015
Are you …
… working in a school being responsible for the technical development and implementation of ICT? Are you providing technical support to teachers, administering the network
18 February 2015
Crossing borders
What does sitting in an IT Essentials Course for teachers have to do with crossing borders? The participants are teachers from different subjects: English Language,
5 February 2015
Assessments or Possibility to check their own learning
The discussion about missing experts in IT and other industries which requires a STEM education just does not stop. If you participate in the discussion
5 February 2015
Passion working @ IoE Hackathon
It was really nice, interesting and exciting to meet and work with you at Talent Garden in Milan. Thanks for putting the passion into all
2 February 2015
2nd Day @Hackathon Milan
Cisco IoE Hackathon, Day 2 #IoE4SI — with Alexandru Radovici from Wyliodrin Six teams of Italian students comprise of designers, engineer and programmers accepted the
27 January 2015
Young Women’s Innovation Challenge
A proven pathway to more innovative results and better solutions is to gather ideas from a diverse group of people get feedback from other disciplines
9 January 2015
Internet of Things i var mans mun
Har du koll på Internet of Everything? The Internet of Things is a topic that affects everyone more and more in our everyday life. It
7 January 2015
Who is behind the Partner Advocacy Email?
Have you ever visited the ASC and ITC Community on NetSpace? Do you know the people sending you information from Partner Advocacy? Friday 12. Dec
16 December 2014
Build your smart device
… without learning a programming language. Some of you might remember … the ones who came to the Cisco Partner Summit in Barcelona from 22-23.
11 December 2014
Young Talent learning from Engineers
I am Dominik Herkel. I was given the chance to listen to a very interesting and future driven workshop, directly presented by a member of
5 December 2014
The era of cybercrime
20.11.2014 High Level Discussion at the 8. Cisco Public Service Talk 2014 in the Norwegian Embassy in Vienna Together with the Norwegian Ambassador Bente Angell-
1 December 2014
From BIM in Salzburg to the @WorldSkills in Sao Paulo 2015
BIM in Salzburg from 20. to 23. November 2014 On this fair visitors could learn about different professions by practically seeing what a certain profession
24 November 2014
Media Zone at Kindercity
“I wished that this kind of introduction to technology would have been there when I was that age.” Congratulation to Kindercity – Sandrine and Jean
13 November 2014
More than a bridge from industry to education
Taking part in shaping the workforce and gain a competitive advantage with early access to their future IT talent is an alliance indispensable for success.
7 November 2014
Linux Community Intitiative
In collaboration with The Open University the Cisco Networking Academy is launching an initiative to enable schools, colleges and other educational organizations who are not
4 November 2014
Most important resource of the future: Enthusiasm and Skills
#skillsbern2014 #ictskillsch #NetAcad The futere of our nations is depending on our young talents. The Swiss Skills 2014 in Bern showed that the most important
27 September 2014
A Century-old question: Measuring Learning
The controversy about assessments Lately there are lots of discussions on different levels of society about the lack of skills in IT and other industries
25 September 2014
Competitions are key
#skillsbern2014 #ictskillsch #NetAcad What is the essence of competitions and how does it help learners? Thanks to our guest author Bob Schoenherr Competitions enable students
16 September 2014
Ready for you – thanks to our volunteers
#skillsbern2014 #ictskillsch #NetAcad Thanks to our Networking Academy students and Partners we are able to offer you a diverse program for different age groups and
15 September 2014
Find your calling – speak to the Best
#skillsbern2014 #ictskillsch #NetAcad Unclear career path? Interested in several areas? You want to check out different professions? Not yet thought about it … The right
12 September 2014
Germany: National IT Skills Competition
The aim of the WorldSkills Germany IT Network Technology Competition is to identify and reward the best IT network professionals in the PC industry. However,
9 September 2014
Penguins and Networking Technology
If I speak about penguins in our context, most of you will automatically think about the small penguin that is in the Linux Logo. As
4 September 2014
Teaching others makes you learn
Veronika Klauzova’s studies at the Technical University of Košice in the Slovak Republic helped inspire her to become an academy instructor on her path to a
28 August 2014
Summer Postcard
Lifetime NetAcad Curriculum for Alumni Dear NetAcad Instructors! Dear Alumni! Another education year completed and the summer almost gone as well. 🙁 In Fall new
14 August 2014
Passion is the new currency
Meet young people with passion, loving what they do – get inspired and find your passion and future profession THE FEELING OF DOING SOMETHING WITH
21 July 2014
This week: NetAcad Tech Webinars
We take the opportunity to warmly invite you, between the 30th of June and 3rd of July to participate once again in Tech Webinars, VoD,
1 July 2014
Best practice in collaboration: IT meets Soccer
Cisco Academy IT-Bildungsnetz e.V. and the supporters clubs of VfL Bochum and BVB Dortmund invite pupils in soccer stadiums to learn at the place of
25 June 2014
This was a new experience: Working side by side with the Pros
Guest Author: Sophie Bauditz Internship @Cisco – An e-Skills for jobs 2014 Action We are 11 pupils from two secondary schools in Berlin: the French
25 June 2014
The first time
#NetAcad Team at the Wings For Life #worldrun Many of you read about the Wings for Life World Run or heard about it on the
13 May 2014
Reporting from Wings for Life World Run
@CiscoNetAcad at Wingsforlifeworldrun #worldrun Please follow our technical briefings and insights on networkingakademien.wordpress.com Initiator and Lead Jutta Jerlich NetAcad Team OnSite @ WorldRun Maximilian Lehrbaum
4 May 2014
The NetAcad Team
Cisco Networking Academy #netacad at Wingsforlifeworldrun #worldrun The NetAcad Team invited to come behind the scenes at Worldrun arrived in the Global Race Control Center
3 May 2014
Female Power – Girls in ICT Day in Vienna
24.4.2014, Cisco Office Vienna On Thursday there were considerably more female faces at the Cisco Office in Vienna than normally. We owed this to the
28 April 2014
Technology in Action: Real World Learning
Real world examples for learning are essential. Especially when there is a complex context to understand. Additionally it gives you the possibility to learn how
16 April 2014
Cool Event: Wings for Life World Run
A Sports Application of the Internet-of-Everything Technology #Worldrun #Netacad Austrians have a lot of mountains, are good sportsmen and women (at least most of them),
28 March 2014
Smart Grid Dissemination Strategy Discussed
It is not an easy tasks to convince employers and employees from electrical engineering that they will need IT competences in the near future. The
20 March 2014
Smart Grid Workshop with Teachers and Industry Partners
Oldenburg, 14th February 2014 The first information workshop on Smart Grid during the e-Skills for Digital Jobs campaign! Teachers, industry partners, IT-associations and the Ministry
19 February 2014
Fresh out of press: The Davos Declaration
European Commission joins forces with companies to deliver over 250,000 extra training courses and thousands of new digital jobs 14 industry leaders joined President Barroso,
27 January 2014
Last night before the trip of a lifetime
This is Bernd. Bernd Überbacher —>>>> In the second when the photo was taken, he just heard that he won. He won the International NetRiders
11 January 2014
Dual thinkers highly in demand
Today Europe has 274.000 open ICT jobs to be filled. In 2015 this number will have grown to 509.000. This is the estimation of more
10 January 2014
5AHITN at the Holodeck
Knowing what abbreviations and certain names that do not have a meaning per se stand for is often the key into a professional field. We
19 December 2013
Crowd Translation
The language of IT is English. If we want it or not, many IT terms are adopted into other languages as they are in English.
6 December 2013
Education with a future
HTL Spengergasse Cisco Academy Spengergasse (CA, ASC, ITC) By a generous donation of equipment from “Austrian Lotteries” we now have the opportunity to provide each
2 December 2013
A router has few holes, a switch has many
… spot on description for the main components of an Internet data highway for ordinary people who just use the Internet from Networking Academy Instructor
25 November 2013
More Mobile Phone Access Than Toothbrushes
… this quote from Google is one of the signs for the developments of more and more things connecting to the Internet and forming the
21 November 2013
At the Site of Action
ASC Meeting = Exchange thoughts, bundles forces and be able to do more together IT-Bildungsnetz, the association of ASC Academy Support Center of the Networking
31 October 2013
LINUX Professional Institute Partner Meeting
Munich on 17th October 2013 by Carsten Johnson The LINUX Professional Institute (LPI) invited partners from the EMEA region to Munich. The objective was to
17 October 2013
So far and so close
Visitors from China at the FH Technikum in Vienna The FH Technikum in Vienna started as Cisco Networking Academy in 2004 and offers IT Adiministration
11 October 2013
Conference in Brussels – Pledge Tracking
Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs The European Commission invited IT companies and local initiatives which joined forces to fight the skills gap AND youth unemployment
4 October 2013
Power from Tirol
Winner of the Study Trip to the Cisco Headquarters in California is Bernd Überbacher from Tirol On 24.9.2013 this year’s International NetRiders competition took place.
25 September 2013
Extraordinary engagement leads to extraordinary achievements
Felix Hartung wins Skills Austria and Medal of Excellence for Austria at the Worldskills 2013 in Leipzig The Networking Academy HTL 3 Rennweg in Vienna
25 July 2013
Girls Day in Switzerland
7. June 2013 Girls Group from ZHAW at Cisco Zurich Office A Girls Group from ZHAW visited the office in Zurich to learn about Cisco
8 June 2013
Girls’Day Berlin
Cisco and Telekom trainees working together for a successful future of the girls For the sixth time in a row female students of the “Integrierten
30 April 2013
NetAcad Italy visits Vienna
Visit of a NetAcad student group from the Landesberufsschule Brixen in Cisco Office Vienna On 22nd of April a NetAcad student group from Landesberufsschule Brixen,
25 April 2013
Cross Border Collaboration Italy & Switzerland
Together with Luca Lepore, Program Manager Networking Academy Italy, we visited the SSIG in Bellinzona , in personal Roberto, the LMC – academy contact and
15 April 2013
Go Lukas go
Lukas Hubschmid is representing Switzerland at the WorldSkills in Leipzig in Juli 2013 in Trade 39 IT Network Engineering. He was selected in his trade
22 February 2013